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sam.t96 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Discuss the effect of the Reformation on religious images and the resulting shift in subject matter for Northern European artists.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which work of art tells the story of a man who was murdered in his bath?

A. The Ashes of Phokion
B. The Proposition
C. Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
D. The Death of Marat
E. The Pursuit

mcomstock09 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Protestant reforms included an attitude toward religious images that ranged from wariness to hostility. In their view, the Church in Rome encouraged the belief that images of saints and other figures possessed sacred powers. The walls of the Protestant churches were bare and artists had to look to new patrons. Northern European artists turned to the everyday world for subject matter, and the landscape was the most fruitful subject.

Answer to Question 2

D
David invested the event with all the pathos and dignity of a martyr for the Revolution.