What were the "ingredients" of the early medieval synthesis? How did they come to define the character of the West?

Which of the following paintings is set in Tahiti?

a. Les Poseuses b. The Scream c. Mahana no atua d. The Vision after the Sermon

By the 1470s, the favored texture of Renaissance composers was?

a) monophony b) chordal homophony c) non-imitative polyphony d) pervading imitation