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Byzantine Icons and Manuscripts

Authored by Viktor Rastvorov

Arts, History, Science

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an "Icon"?

Icon means "image"

Icon means "spiritual"

Icon means "portrait"

Icon means "painting"

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Earlier Christian art had relied more on...

strict body image rules

allegory and symbolism

Greco-Roman traditions

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The social belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons is called?

Iconoclasm

Aniconism

Iconolatry

Slighting

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why statues in the round were avoided by Christians?

they could not convey spirituality

they were prohibited with Edict of Milan

they were too close to pagan cult practices

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why icons' symbolism was strictly regulated?

icons were supposed to glorify royal power

icons were supposed to be more aesthetic

icons were supposed to manifest the unique presence of the Saints

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the symbolism of angel wings on icons?

angels have wings because they are messengers

angels have wings because they are heavenly forces

angels have wings because they are very spiritual figures

angels have wings due to biblical traditions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When the revival of illustrated manuscripts began in Byzantium

During the late 9th and 10th centuries

During the 11th and 12th centuries

During the Iconoclasm

During Constantine period

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