relics. In terms of the arts, the medieval synthesis reflects the most complete integration of the arts when architecture, dance, drama, music, painting, poetry, sculpture, and textile arts all worked in unison to produce aesthetic settings that opened the way to religious experience. During the medieval period, all art was created “for the greater glory of God.” In medieval Europe, God and therefore Christianity was the center around which the world revolved. Art was interpreted by Christian theologians
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