The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 24 - 25

Question 1

3 major shifts that occurred that had large effects on Western Civilization

Answer 1

• Cultural leadership moved north from the Mediterranean to France, Germany, and the British Isles
• Christianity triumphed over paganism and barbarism
• Emphasis shifted from the here-and-now to the hereafter and with it from the body as beautiful to the body as corrupt

Question 2

byzantine art

Answer 2

• eastern Mediterranean are from A.D. 330

Question 3

mosaics

Answer 3

• were intended to publicize the now-official Christian creed

Question 4

Hagia Sophia

Answer 4

• means holy wisdom
• Emperor Justinian ordered its building
• took 400 years