St. Michael Archangel
a. How does this show classical influences?
b. Why is that important?
c. How has this evolved into Early Byzantine?
d. What is the medium?
Answers will vary.
a. The prototype for this figure is the classical winged victory; the drapery flows across the body revealing the form and the substance.
b. It continues to show the persistence of classical art.
c. It is being transformed into the Early Byzantine aesthetic. The figure dwarfs the frame, and he literally does not stand in the frame but rather floats-- a definitive Byzantine aesthetic tool to visualize heavenly places.
d. Ivory.
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