Feeling the eternity of divine with Byzantine art

Bright stones, lively wall paintings, intricately carved ivory and gold mosaics sums up Byzantine art. The combination of eastern and classic western art tells the story of the Gospel and Old Testament in a unique manner. It makes an onlooker spellbound while feeling a deeper relationship with God. Each element in an Icon carries immense reason to convey the qualities of the saint depicted. That depiction encourages an onlooker to go nearer to God in prayer daily. The real realization awakens the thought that we are boarded on a paper boat and worried for the future is a purely foolish act.

The Byzantine Empire inherited the ideas from the classical world of Greece and Rome. A movement from classical tradition towards the more abstract and universal them paved a way to two-dimensional representations. We all agree that artworks that contain a religious message predominate. A visual symbolic language steals the show without any extra effort to it. The style that began in the 6^th century has been adopted for making out Byzantine Icon panels for several churches. Byzantine art leaves an amazing impression in the mind that no one can ignore the divine power present everywhere.