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Why Was Byzantine Art Was Created

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Have you ever looked at a sculpture and thought to yourself, why was this made? For what amazing purpose could this item have been created. Well during the ages of Ancient Greece and the Byzantine era, works of art were made for many purposes, one of which was to honor their religions. During the Greek era, they had a polytheistic religion based off the twelve Olympian gods that ruled Olympus, but those were they big ones there were also the minor gods like the god of decisions Janus and the goddess of victory Nike who was also sculpted into art but over time was partly destroyed. Also during the Late Byzantine empire there was also art being created based off the religion and belief in Christianity and the trinity of one God, and how a virgin
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