WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Medieval art and literature are largely based on the Christian religion. More specifically, they are based on either Catholicism or Byzantine Christianity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: In Medieval Europe, art and the Catholic religion were closely related. The Catholic Church was most often the primary source of funding for the visual arts, and medieval arts most often focused on Christian religious themes as a result.

Detailed explanation-3: -Christianity strongly influenced the subject matter of early Medieval art, which very often depicts religious figures and scenes. It also determined artistic form, as we saw when we looked at illuminated manuscripts, liturgical vessels and High Cross sculptures.

Detailed explanation-4: -3.3 Sacraments and Salvation in the Middle Ages Most people in medieval Europe believed in God and an afterlife, in which the soul lives on after the body’s death. The Church taught that people gained salvation, or entry into heaven and eternal life, by following the Church’s teachings and living a moral life.

Detailed explanation-5: -The medieval literature was written with a purpose to teach Christian dogmas to the masses. The prose and poetry of the time meant to show men the ugliness of sin and the beauty of goodness.