Byzantine Art and Architecture

The paintings represented religious figures, with large amounts of yellow to show the brightness and purity of religion. The buildings were usually red or white, and built into cliffsides or were freestanding. The buildings appear to serve both decorative and functionalpurposes for the people of Constqntinople, which could have been used as Churches or government buildings. Th cliffsides' buildings do not seem present in American architecture, but the freestanding buildings can easily be derived from Constantinople.