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1. Byzantine Art

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   Legacy and Historiography
   The artistic influence of Byzantium permeated the developing cultures of Eastern Europe. The adoption of Byzantine iconography by Kievan Rus' and later Muscovy established the canonical visual language for Eastern Orthodoxy. The eventual fall of Constantinople in 1453 did not terminate the tradition but rather decentralized it, leading to the flourishing of Cretan Renaissance painting, which synthesized Byzantine formali…