________ is the name for a standard subject in Christian art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after he was taken down from the cross
A. Portrait
B. PietÃ
C. Vanitas
D. All of these are correct answers: Portrait, Pietà , and Vanitas.
E. None of these answers are correct.
B
Pieta means "pity" in Italian and describes the emotional connotation of the image in regard to the religious iconography.
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A. tirthankaras B. gopuras C. mudras D. mamluks
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____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer
a. Tilman Riemenschneider b. Dirk Bouts c. Hugo van der Goes d. Jan van Eyck
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