Unit 3- Early Europe and Colonial Americas

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In Hunters in the Snow, Bruegel unifies the composition through

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the repetition of a limited color palette

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The Byzantine mosaics of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora from the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna differ from classical Roman mosaics in that they

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favor stylized figures against a gold-leaf background, reflecting the emphasis of early Christian art on spirituality

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The Catacomb of Priscilla was designed by its original founders to provide a

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burial place for members of the early Christian community

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While different theories exist about why no Christian art older than the earliest paintings from catacombs seems to have survived, some scholars theorize that early Christians avoided making religious images to distinguish themselves from members of other religions.

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avoided making religious images to distinguish themselves from members of other religions

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The right side of the work shown, Cranach’s Allegory of Law and Grace, can be interpreted as being an illustration of Protestant Reformation theology, because

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the connection made between the nude man on the right side and the crucified Christ shows that salvation can only be granted through God’s grace and sacrifice

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Works like Cranach’s Allegory of Law and Grace would have appealed to a wide audience because

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woodcuts were inexpensive and could be reproduced in large quantities

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The cross-carpet page of the Lindisfarne Gospels demonstrates both continuity and change through the use of

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indigenous styles to express new religious meaning

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A feature of Donatello’s David that reflects Italian Renaissance interest in reviving the classical Greco-Roman sculptural tradition is the figure’s

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contrapposto stance

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Scholars think that early medieval fibulae, such as the Merovingian looped fibulae, served as

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status symbols owned to enhance prestige

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Original viewers of the interior of Hagia Sophia were described as reacting with

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awe that its dome seemingly hovered on a cushion of light