Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred:
A. re-creation of daily life in their art.
B. a natural, more realistic art.
C. calligraphy in their art.
D. a flattened, abstracted style of art.
E. None of these answers is correct.
D
Unlike their predecessors, Byzantine artists strove to portray complex religious doctrines and beliefs, not scenes from everyday life. By deemphasizing the human factor, they focused on the eternal world of the spirit.
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