Abstract
In this chapter, the author discusses certain basic aspects of Byzantine chrysography. The Byzantines reinvented chrysography in the Middle Byzantine period, and it is an important factor in Byzantine icon painting thereafter. Byzantine artists developed their concept of chrysography during the middle Byzantine period, which nonetheless consistently featured certain standard characteristics that focused on the divine radiance of holy figures. Chrysography is an important feature of Byzantine painting to which very little attention has been paid. Chrysography in Byzantine painting was apparently most commonly accomplished with a particular technique of applying gold leaf on a moistened ground. When Byzantine chrysography was appropriated by Crusader painters, both the basic concept and the technique were closely followed. This technique and the basic Byzantine concept of chrysography changed however, when the idea of golden highlighting was transmitted to the West in the 13th century. Keywords:Byzantine; Christ; chrysography; golden highlighting; holy light; icons; radiance; sacred objects
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