What technical challenges faced Michelangelo when painting the Sistine Chapel?
What will be an ideal response?
The artist needed to reach the ceiling and thus had to design a new kind of scaffold that moved down the chapel from the entrance to the altar without the supports marring the ceiling itself. Further, his body needed to adjust itself to the constant strain of standing upright and looking back and up to paint.
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In what aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
a) movement and speed b) photographic innovations c) absolute rule d) acrylic paints
The earliest primate ancestors of present-day humans probably originated in
A. Europe. B. India. C. Africa. D. China.
Painter Richard Haas improved the unappealing façade of the Oregon Historical Society by
a) painting a trompe-l'oeil mural on it.
b) covering the building with white paint.
c) applying stucco to the building.
d) designing a grand stairway to the entrance.
It can be argued that the first performers in history were priests who communed with their gods and ancestors to heal disease and affect natural events through ritual and dance. These priests were called
a. actors. b. dancers. c. shamans. d. tribal chiefs.