Consider Jan van Eyck's painting Arnolfini Double Portrait. Discuss three symbols within it that reveal the possible iconography of the work. Then explain an alternate interpretation of the work relating to the meaning of the same objects.
What will be an ideal response?
Symbols such as the dog, the shoes, the one candle, and the mirror have a cultural significance. In a contemporary era, those symbols would have other meanings, depending on the viewer's interpretation.
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The Jewish law prohibiting the worship of idols made the production of ___________most suspect
A. narrative subjects B. symbolic imagery C. sculpture in the round D. all of the above
Which of the following characterized the philosophers and scientists of Archaic Greece?
A. belief that human reason could understand the natural world B. belief that the deities controlled human events C. belief that the earth and the universe were completely unpredictable D. belief that mathematics was unrelated to the quest for knowledge
Which type of composition became more important in the nineteenth century as composers sought to integrate purely instrumental music with outside ideas?
a) trio sonatas b) recitative c) program music d) opera
Monteverdi's taste for dramatic and emotional settings of madrigal texts, using dissonance for expressive purposes, was called
A. the stile antico. B. the first practice. C. the second practice. D. the style of the heart.