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Byzantine art — a marriage of Roman splendor, Greek art styles, and Christian subject matter — flourished in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome in AD 476. But Byzantine art is less naturalistic than the Greek and Roman art that inspired it. It points to the hereafter rather than the here and now.

The most popular Byzantine art form was icon painting. Icons (holy images of Jesus, Mary, and the saints) were used in prayer. Byzantine artists also worked in mosaic (pictures made from pieces of cut glass).