Altarpieces became common features of European church altars from the thirteenth century onward.

The coffin shaped like a crab or fish might be for a:

High Renaissance art avoided complex poses in favor of strict frontal poses.

Who commissioned Palazzo Rucellai and the façade of Santa Maria Novella from Alberti?

Grünewald’s Crucifixion panel was intended to comfort patients by emphasizing Christ’s suffering.

Fantasy coffins are often created to:

Renaissance artists learned anatomy exclusively from books; dissection was unheard of.

In the Middle Ages, the human body was often regarded as ______.

Giotto’s figures are weighty and occupy believable space through modeling.

Giotto’s murals within the Arena Chapel are praised for translating scripture into ______ terms.