Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of the Last Judgement's conventional position on the west wall?
Hints
- Three concern what the position does; one offers a practical explanation.
- Ask what a congregation sees on the way out.
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- B. The congregation faces it as they leave
- C. Moving the same image to the apse would change its meaning
- D. The placement is part of the argument the image makes
Why
The first three are the same point three times: position is meaning. The congregation departs facing the Judgement, which turns the image into an admonition attached to leaving, and the same image in the apse, facing worshippers throughout the service, would be doing something else entirely.
Practise Judeo-Christian Sources II: Programmes and the Life of the Virgin
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