The two works reveal subtleties of anatomy not witnessed in earlier Byzantine or medieval paintings.

Westerners rediscovered Byzantine painting a century ago.

Several of the buildings are successfully foreshortened, and the relationship between buildings and figures is more effectively managed than in most Byzantine painting.

The posture of the two figures is typical of Byzantine painting of the subject.

On the right side of the house, the shutters have become Byzantine paintings.

Byzantine painting has a particularly hieratic feeling and icons were and still are seen as a reflection of the divine.

The Byzantine painting concentrated mainly on icons and hagiographies.

She has olive skin, an animated, birdlike face and wide, dark eyes like those in Byzantine paintings.

There are rich collections of Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting.

Byzantine painting has a hieratic feeling and icons were and still are seen as a representation of divine revelation.