What does the stained glass Jesse Tree image (Fig. 12.7) refer to? In what way does this motif reflect the general purpose of window decoration in the Gothic cathedral?
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The Tree of Jesse was thought to represent the genealogy of Christ through the Virgin Mary. This image was important to the cult of the Virgin. All of the stained glass images were designed to tell stories from the Bible through images. This was a way to reach the illiterate population.
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A. Miguel de Cervantes B. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina C. Thomas Weelkes D. El Greco
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Which nineteenth-century writer declared that "all art constantly aspires towards the condition of music"?
a) Eduard Hanslick b) E. T. A. Hoffman c) Walter Pater d) Adolf Bernhard Marx
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