... oration for his mother, including a large amount of autobiographical information. Art from the Byzantine Era included Mosaics which were central to this culture. Byzantine church interiors were generally covered with golden mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries. In Ravenna, the capital of Byzantine Italy became the center for mosaic making. The Euphrasian ... ...

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... and prosperous future. Lucilla is then the focus of the camera with a low angle shot to show that she is powerful an angelic figure with a halo of light surrounding her golden locks of hair, this again symbolising trust and purity. Maximus lies on the floor, a high angle shot focuses on him to show he is weak and vulnerable, he then makes ... ...

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... for all patrons of the public baths during his term in office. Another example of a "good press- strategy is that of Trajan. Emperor Trajan converted the Esquiline wing of Nero's Golden Palace, an ostentatious display of wealth and absolute power, into the first of the giant public baths (the Baths of Trajan). This adept political decision proved to brand the name ... ...

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... highly stylised creating strong symmetrical compositions. The figures are flat appearing static they are arranged frontally floating, contained in a spiritual rather than a dimensional space. The backgrounds tend to be solidly golden or toned. Almost all that survives of the Byzantine architecture are its churches, with their glorious frescoes and mosaics. The use of mosaic is highly associated with Byzantine art covering ... ...

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