In The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck achieves realistic details, rich textures, and brilliant colors by using __________.

a. chiaroscuro
b. oil paint
c. foreshortening
d. tempera paint


b. oil paint

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Which swing-era jazz trumpeter can be considered to be a link between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie?

a. Johnny Hodges b. Cootie Williams c. Roy Eldridge d. Lee Morgan

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In the Stele of Naram-Sin (Fig. 2-1), what artistic device is used to signal Naram-Sin's importance and reinforce his divine right to rule?

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Howard Gardner theorized in his book Frames of Mind that there was/were

a. one type of intelligence. b. five types of intelligence. c. seven types of intelligence. d. nine types of intelligence.

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