Cultural Analysis of Byzantine Mosaics

Who commissioned these mosaics and the wood panel painting and for what purpose?What are these mosaics? What do they look like? What does Fiero say about them? What do they mean? What are the distinctive characteristics of the faces? Can you see how the Byzantine portrayal of the face is stylized and has certain characteristics? What are they? Why would the faces be stylized?Where are the mosaics located? What church? Where is the church? Where in the church are they? What does this mean (that they overlook the altar)?Why did Emperor Justinian have the mosaics created? Why did he have one made of his Empress Theodora? Why do they look the way they do? Why did they come out of this culture and not another?How? How might Justinian have been thinking of using these mosaics (back to purpose)? Why are they placed right up next to the altar [rephrased: how would it be different if they were in a different part of the church]?Your main topic should be to write about how the Byzantine Style (exemplified by these mosaics) indicates the culture that produced it. There are actually a number of different approaches available to you: you could talk about Justinian’s role within this culture or the significance of the Byzantine stylized face. Pick something you’re thinking about from your prewriting and make that your main point. Review the assignment instructions above.*** Here is the in text citation for the textbook. I have attached the only page you need from the textbook as well :Fiero, Gloria K. Landmarks in Humanities. 5th ed., McGraw Hill Education, 2020. *** This professor isn’t super strict, and this isn’t a super formal assignment. 1-2 in text citations of the textbook and 1-2 of the videos will do. He likes a lot of original thought, but of course in the sense that you are demonstrating a basic understanding of the material.