Question

Which of the following statements is true about the paintings of Flanders?
a.
Artists created individual symbols for their own artwork.
b.
Flemish artists used non-symbolic art.
c.
Artists used commonly understood symbols in their paintings.
d.
none of the above

Answer 1

c. Artists used commonly understood symbols in their paintings.

Flemish painters (especially during the Northern Renaissance) often used established iconography—objects and gestures with agreed-upon meanings—so viewers could read moral, religious, or allegorical messages.