Evaluate the change in emphasis from religious to secular art
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The change in aesthetic values was related to the iconoclast movement which rejected the presence of religious images for fear of practicing idolatry. Commissions of religious art evaporated so other styles took over, such as portraiture and landscapes. Cycle paintings, while not religious in theme, often had some moral message.
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a. dramatically lit. b. sensual. c. theatrical. d. All these answers are correct.
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a. Second century BCE b. Sixth century BCE c. First century BCE d. Ninth century BCE
Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, and Henri Matisse were 20th-century painters
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What events beginning in the 19th century greatly contributed to the introduction of the arts of diverse cultures to the Western civilization?
A) the exploration of space B) the invention of the telephone C) the world wars D) the world expositions or fairs