The stylistic shift between the roundel Hadrian Sacrificing to Apollo and the relief Constantine Addressing the People can best be explained by the fact that
a. Christians disliked naturalism.
b. Christians valued art’s symbolic function more than its illusionistic function.
c. Constantine refused to provide much funding for art.
d. Christians considered beauty sinful.
Ans: b. Christians valued art’s symbolic function more than its illusionistic function.
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