Question

The formal qualities of the work shown identify it as an example of the

Answer 1

The quality of work shown is an example of Byzantine art icon because of the heavily contoured figures in a shallow space.  Materials and the art making process show the influence of Late Antique Eyptian funerary portraiture.   These were expressed in the form of relief carvings and hieroglyphics which are a part of the interior and exterior surfaces of the monuments.

Answer 2

The ‘formal qualities of the work’ shown identify it as an example of the ‘Early Byzantine icon’ because of the heavily contoured figures in a ‘shallow space’.

Explanation:

• The various forms of artistic traditions are shown through the different products that were made through artistic productions.  

• The artistic traditions reflect the process of art-making along with interacting with the audience.  

• The content of art is in the mode display and the early Byzantine icon in the art refers to the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman times as the contoured figures in a shallow space.