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In what year did the Council of Trent issue its decree on images?
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- The final session of the council.
- 1563.
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1563 (answers within ±3 count)
Why
1563, at the council's final session. Its effects on the nude in devotional contexts were immediate and traceable, the draping added to Michelangelo's Last Judgement after his death being the standard case, and a striking demonstration that no work was too important to be altered.
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