Packet L: Tossup 15

One of these artworks allegedly discovered floating in a forest may have been a wedding gift presented by a prince. The Keramion is a type of this artwork made “without hands.” (10[1])One of these (10[1])artworks (10[2])was painted (10[1])by Daniel Chorny and another (10[1])artist for the interior of the Dormition Cathedral. (10[2])Those (10[1])artists also created an artwork of this type (-5[1])depicting the head of a calf in a cup and three angels surrounding (-5[1])a table. (10[1])These artworks, (10[2])which (10[1])may use a riza (-5[1])for protection, (10[1])often feature (10[1])a figure (10[1])holding out his right hand and clutching (10[1])a book with (-5[1])his (10[1])left. (10[2]-5[1])Christ is often (10[2])depicted (10[1])with a “Pantocrator” (10[1])pose (10[2])in these artworks (10[1])that were (10[2])often painted by (10[1])Andrei Rublev. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])two periods in Byzantine history (10[2])opposed what religious (10[1])paintings (10[3])often (10[1])venerated in the Eastern (10[2])Orthodox Church? ■END■ (10[5])

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