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It wasn't until later in the Byzantine period that gold was used excessively in art. In the early period when it was largely confined to halos, as a contrasting
by AlanYx 2y ago
It wasn't until later in the Byzantine period that gold was used excessively in art. In the early period when it was largely confined to halos, as a contrasting accent around painted halos, or to convey specific religious symbolism, it was hardly ostentatious.
- Retric 2y ago> largely confined to halos I’d say that’s close to the definition of ostentatious. So we may simply disagree with what the word means.
- lo_zamoyski 2y agoI challenge you to define "excess". Without a norm, this is a judgement pulled out of thin air, because excess means exactly to exceed the limit set by a norm. The OP suffers from a similar problem. He judged the use of gold "ostentatious" (which is pejorative), and behind this judgement is a tacit backdrop of sensibilities and I claim prejudices that constitute a pseudo-norm, but no objective norm. Arbitrary norms are not interesting.