How might the name of an object, such as the Woman from Willendorf, alter the way we understand it?

What will be an ideal response?


Essay responses should include these points:
The sculpture was originally labeled Venus of Willendorf.
The name suggests it is religious in nature, which it may not be.
Venus did not exist at the time the sculpture was created.
The name suggests beauty and reverence, but it may not have originally been thought of as beautiful.

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________, a leader of Post-Romantic composers, was strongly influenced by both Romanticism of Wagner and the Classicism of Mozart.

A. Richard Strauss B. Igor Stravinsky C. Gustav Mahler D. Alban Berg

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What will be an ideal response?

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The cities of Troy, Mycenae and Tiryns were uncovered by ________.

a. Howard Carter b. Leonard Woolley c. Frank Calvert d. Heinrich Schliemann

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