Citing specific paintings or works of architecture, discuss the way that popes and cardinals used the arts to emphasize their own power, wealth, and superiority.
What will be an ideal response?
Popes and cardinals redesigned Rome’s streets and plazas and commissioned monuments and palaces that would enhance the image of the Church, Rome, and themselves. Specifically, the influence of Pope Julius II in the design program of the Sistine Chapel ceiling can be seen in the inclusion of the heraldic symbols of oak and acorn, indicating the pope’s patronage. His decision to demolish Old St. Peter’s Basilica and erect a new one was the ultimate expression of his majesty and power.
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A. Four arms of equal length B. An additional top slanting bar C. A circle intersecting the cross arms D. A swastika symbolizing the four directions
For the Paleolithic Hall of Bulls cave painting, artists used all of the following techniques except __________
a. drawing with chunks of raw pigment b. painting with a bronze knife blade c. spray painting with a hollowed-out bone d. foreshortening to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms e. painting with fingers and sticks
What is the musical form of this selection?
a) Strophic b) A b b a A c) Two repeated sections of music accommodating two poetic strophes following by a ritornello refrain d) an opening refrain followed by a strictly strophic musical design
Which is one of the greatest changes that took place during the Middle Kingdom?
a. Mummification procedures became more complex and ritualized. b. Architects used mathematics and astronomy for pyramid construction. c. Writing and literature moved from the sacred to the imaginative. d. Upper and Lower Egypt split and remained separate kingdoms.