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What does iconoclasm mean?
The destruction of religious images
Reverence shown toward religious images
The creation of religious images
The copying of religious images
Explanation
Iconoclasm refers to the destruction of religious images. A government-led iconoclasm occurred in the Byzantine era after the reign of Roman Emperor Justinian saw an increase in the creation of icons.
In medieval hagiographic paintings, a figure holding keys represents __________.
St. Peter
St. Paul
Jesus Christ
Moses
Explanation
In the Christian tradition, Jesus is said to have given Peter the keys to his Kingdom, which the Roman Catholic church interpreted as making Peter the first Pope. In the highly symbolic and representative religious art of the middle ages, illiterate viewers could recognize St. Peter in painting by seeing him holding a set of keys.
The Bayeux Tapestry is a large tapestry that commemorates __________.
the Norman Conquest of England in 1066
the East-West Schism of Christianity in 1054
the defeat of Christian armies to the Almoravids in 1086
the capture of Pope Leo XI in 1053
Explanation
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous and well preserved Medieval tapestries, a common artistic form of the time period that served as a pictorial chronicle. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the conquest of England by William II, Duke of Normandy, in 1066, and his defeat of the English King Harold Godwinson. The tapestry represents a certain kind of Romanesque art on a grand scale that has not survived in large numbers, while also serving as a historical record of William's conquest.