How did Degas paint the decadence of Parisian café society as a means of social commentary?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: In The Glass of Absinthe, Degas examines the dark side of café life. He shows the damage done to the nervous system by the drink absinthe, popular among the working classes, in the dazed, absent face of the woman at the café table.
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a. ?film songs. b. ?Shan’ge singing. c. ?Northwest style. d. ?Twelve Girls Band.
The classical Greek playwright best known for his wild, satirical comedies, such as
Lysistrata, and whose plays are our only remaining examples of Old Comedy, is:
a. Aristophanes b. Sophocles c. Euripides d. Aeschylus e. Aristotle
During the Renaissance, some scholars idolized the Romans and Greeks; they rejected the traditional curriculum of theology and instead studied the classical subjects. These scholars were called
A) The Students of Humanities B) The Reformation Student Movement C) The Eastern Orthodox Church D) Humanists E) Autos sacramentales
The visual arts of the early Renaissance followed the classical ideals of
A. balance and harmony. B. grandiosity and flamboyance. C. abstraction and subjectivity. D. sentimentality and prettiness.