The Amida Nyorai is an example of a sculpture that employs the iconography of Japanese Buddhism. Give an example of an artwork that employs Christian iconography and explain how the components of the artwork are examples of the term iconography
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The Arnolfini Double Portrait is an example of Christian iconography through symbolic details. Specific objects in the work represent concepts. For example, the single candle represents a holy presence; the dog, marriage, fidelity, and love; and shoes, a sign of a sacred ground.
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The term used in polyphonic music for the material that connects and supports the piece, holding it together, and which involves a note-against-note technique is
A) monophony. B) accompaniment. C) harmony. D) counterpoint.
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A section of fresh plaster that could be prepared and painted in one day is called __________.
A. pietra serena B. an aedicula C. sgraffito D. a giornata
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