The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 24 - 25 Flashcards
1
Q
3 major shifts that occurred that had large effects on Western Civilization
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- Cultural leadership moved north from the Mediterranean to France, Germany, and the British Isles
- Christianity triumphed over paganism and barbarism
- Emphasis shifted from the here-and-now to the hereafter and with it from the body as beautiful to the body as corrupt
2
Q
byzantine art
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- eastern Mediterranean are from A.D. 330
3
Q
mosaics
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- were intended to publicize the now-official Christian creed
4
Q
Hagia Sophia
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- means holy wisdom
- Emperor Justinian ordered its building
- took 400 years
