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← HistoryWhich long-term outcome was accelerated by the tesserae's manufacturing limitations of early Byzantine mosaics?
A)Smaller detail in larger murals✓
B)Increased mosaic structural instability
C)Byzantine artists' preference of frescoes
D)Difficulty rendering complex shading
💡 Explanation
More detail was required to create larger scenes; therefore, limited color resulted in artists using smaller tesserae to effectively increase perceived resolution, because additive color mixing was not well-understood yet, rather than accepting lower detail.
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