Palaeologan Renaissance

Icon with metal background. Constantinople, 14th century. Located in Ohrid, North Macedonia.[1]

The Palaeologan Renaissance or Palaiologan Renaissance is the final period in the development of Byzantine art. Coinciding with the reign of the Palaiologoi, the last dynasty to rule the Byzantine Empire (1261–1453), it was an attempt to restore Byzantine self-confidence and cultural prestige after the empire had endured a long period of foreign occupation.[2] The legacy of this era is observable both in Greek culture after the empire's fall[3] and in the Italian Renaissance.[4] Scholars of the time utilized several classical texts.[5]

  1. ^ "The Icon of the Virgin and Child, Ohrid". Mapping Eastern Europe.
  2. ^ Cormack 2000, pgs. 199-200
  3. ^ Talbot Rice 1959, pg. 14.
  4. ^ Palaeologan Renaissance
  5. ^ Faveri, De; Lorena (Venice) (2006-10-01), "Palaeologan Renaissance", Brill’s New Pauly, Brill, retrieved 2022-12-11