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Byzantine iconography develops the ancient Greek principle of rhythm—understood as dynamic equilibrium and ordered movement—into a liturgical visual language that abandons naturalistic representation to create forms and spaces oriented toward the viewer, thus overcoming the Renaissance model of autonomous pictorial space. This presentation examines the Byzantine plastic arts system based on the postulates of Greek iconographer Georges Kordis. Exploring this principle of rhythm and its use in painting will be relevant to many artists considering the implications of different means of expression and how they represent what we see and that beyond what is seen.