How does viewing byzantine representational art as icons/windows change the interpretations we give them? does that adequately account for the change in style to more simplified and non-natural forms? or do you think that there was a loss in artistic skill after the fall of the roman empire? is the byzantine understanding of icon in understanding our obsession with art in museums, where we place singular objects against a blank white wall within temple like complexes to be revered and honored?

-has naturalistic color-has neutral colors-has color harmony-has variations of colors with shading and reflections(charing cross bridge by andré derain; the copper drinking fountain by jean-baptiste-siméon chardin)the copper drinking fountain by jean-baptiste-siméon chardinchardin and derain used color differently in these paintings.which painting has these characteristics? -has fauve color-has monochromatic colors-has intense, unnatural color-has pure color with no shading(charing cross bridge by andré derain; the copper drinking fountain by jean-baptiste-siméon chardin)charing cross bridge by andré derain