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Which of the following is a convention that Byzantine artists used in icon paintings?

Responses

Artists created figures in realistic settings.

Artists created figures in realistic settings.

Artists stylized the clothing and highlighted the folds with gold lines.

Artists stylized the clothing and highlighted the folds with gold lines.

Artists painted faces and hands with textured colors.

Artists painted faces and hands with textured colors.

Artists added gold backgrounds to signify the wealth of bishops.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Artists stylized the clothing and highlighted the folds with gold lines.

(They also often used gold backgrounds, but to signify the heavenly/divine realm, not the wealth of bishops.)