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You are an artist living in Western Europe between the 6th and 11th centuries, and you are concerned that your work is not being adequately appreciated by a group of hoity-toity art critics from Constantinople. Select two specific examples of early Medieval art and defend these against the insults of the Byzantine critics who state that your work “...doesn’t present a naturalistic view of the body...” or “...was not created with an understanding of Greek and Roman forms...”. In your post, address the following prompt:

          You are an artist living in Western Europe between the 6th and 11th centuries, and you are concerned that your work is not being adequately appreciated by a group of hoity-toity art critics from Constantinople. Select two specific examples of early Medieval art and defend these against the insults of the Byzantine critics who state that your work “...doesn’t present a naturalistic view of the body...” or “...was not created with an understanding of Greek and Roman forms...”. In your post, address the following prompt:

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