What is an icon in Byzantine art?

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1. Is Byzantine medieval?
2. What is an icon in art?
3. What were the main characteristics of Byzantine art and architecture?
4. How is iconography important in art?
5. What was the significance of icons in Byzantium?
6. What is an icon person?
7. What was the Byzantine style of art?
8. What roles did monks and nuns play in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox life?
9. Why were illuminated manuscripts created?
10. What inspired Byzantine art and architecture?

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