I was in art class and was taking notes on my laptop so I had this on my clipboard: 1. Art that originated from eastern Mediterranean which was made up of a combination of art of eastern Persia amd western art of Greece onstantinople was the greatest city for 400 years. The Emperor Justinian decided to build a church to honour this and hired two mathematicians to create a completely innovative structure. It's name means "holy wisdom", it blended the vast scale of Roman buildings with an Eastern mystical atmosphere. --- 2. Two key art forms from this era were mosaics and Byzantine Mosaics: - used reflective glass cubes - surface was left uneven to reflect the light and sparkle - use of wide range of colours - Found on walls and ceilings - religious subject - background was abstract ...
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