Byzantine art can look anonymous to modern eyes. The emperors, saints, and donors are often named; the people who actually made the images usually are not. Most Byzantine artists were skilled craftspeople rather than celebrated individual personalities. Painters, mosaicists, manuscript illuminators, metalworkers, ivory carvers, textile makers, and other specialists worked through workshops in which techniques … Continue reading Handprints To AI Art Series – The Hands Behind Byzantine Art: Artists, Patrons, And The Business Of Beauty