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Apr 6, 2018 · Aristocratic women in the Byzantine Empire, then, like in the earlier Western Roman Empire, were largely expected to marry, produce children and then look after them. Women also cared for the family home - specifically its property and servants. Girls, if they received education at all, were educated in the family home.
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Jun 22, 2018 · Byzantine art is at once both unchanging and evolutionary, themes such as the Classical traditions and conventional religious scenes were reworked for century after century, but at the same time, a closer examination of individual works reveals the details of an ever-changing approach to art.
- Mark Cartwright
The Byzantine Empire was a monarchy, and as in many other monarchies, the royal system allowed for women to participate in politics as monarchs in their own name or as regents in place of a husband or son. Many royal women are known to have participated in politics during the centuries. Among them were female monarchs like Pulcheria, Irene of ...
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Mar 8, 2024 · After his death, she assumed the role of regent for Constantine VI, her son, from 780 to 790. She was the only female Byzantine ruler to take the male title of emperor or basileus. From 797 to 802, she ruled as emperor in her own right, and was the first woman of such high status in Byzantine history.
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll. Byzantine. late 4th–early 5th century. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301. This sensitively carved portrait bust presents a mature woman with a thoughtful expression and piercing gaze; the scroll held in her right hand signals an appreciation for classical learning and marks her as a ...
Dec 6, 2023 · In this sense, art of the Byzantine Empire continued some of the traditions of Roman art. Generally speaking, Byzantine art differs from the art of the Romans in that it is interested in depicting that which we cannot see—the intangible world of Heaven and the spiritual. Thus, the Greco-Roman interest in depth and naturalism is replaced by an ...
Byzantine Women and Their World, the first exhibition of its kind, explores the representation of women during the span of the Byzantine Empire and assembles almost 200 objects including jewelry, icons, religious amulets, textiles, coins, and household items that date from the 4th through 15th centuries.
