Discuss the intimate and personal nature of a drawing made for personal expression rather than for exhibition. Contrast the content and form of this type of drawing with those of a drawing executed for communication of information or for persuasion. Finally, comment on the characteristics that you think would make the latter type of drawing successful in achieving its purpose

What will be an ideal response?


Drawings for personal nature are not plans for subsequent formal artworks. The difference between the two drawing types involves the audience that will view the drawing or the resulting artwork.

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Which is best associated with "post-modernism," especially in its use of pastiche?

a. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot b. Jörn Utzon's Sydney Opera House c. Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sex d. Michael Graves, Public Services Building ("the Portland")

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Chinese opera sets are generally extravagant

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Match the following Renaissance playwrights with the most appropriate description.

A. Shakespeare's contemporary who championed a more literary approach to drama B. Elizabethan playwright known for his "mighty lines," who was killed in a tavern brawl at age twenty-nine C. Elizabethan called a "playwright for the ages" D. Spanish Golden Age playwright who is said to have written 1,500 plays E. French comic writer who was greatly influenced by commedia dell'arte and authored Tartuffe F. French writer of tragedies; author of Phaedra G. One of the numerous female playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age whose works have received significant scholarly attention

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