What is the significance of the dancing Shiva in the large bronze and copper images made in southern India as early as the tenth and eleventh centuries?
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Answer: Shiva embodies the rhythms of the universe, and he promised to dance in the hearts of his devotees as well as in his sacred grove in Tamil Nadu. In these images, he dances in a circle of fire, symbolic of creation and destruction, the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
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A. Chubby Checker B. Hank Ballard C. Fabian D. Chuck Berry
How does the author of this chapter define popular music?
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What was the favorite subject of the American group of painters called "the Eight"?
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Why would traditional art critics in 1850 have criticized Gustave Courbet's Burial at Ornans?
a. it depicted a commonplace scene from ordinary life b. it used brilliant and bizarre color combinations c. it depicted mythological creatures and fantastic scenes d. it imitated classical sculpture and architecture