Why is Venice home to a vast amount of Byzantine art?
A) Wealthy residents of Constantinople fled to Venice after their city fell to the Muslims.
B) Most of the Constantinople's artists and skilled laborers came from Venice.
C) Venetian mercenaries looted Constantinople's art during the Fourth Crusade.
D) During Leo III's purge,the people of Constantinople smuggled art to Venice to save it.
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