The pagoda, a typical East Asian Buddhist structure, developed by combining the multi-storied stupa from India with what architectural form from China?
A) palace courtyards
B) watchtowers
C) bracketing systems
D) bay systems
B) watchtowers
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Mausoleum of the Julii at Saint- Rémy-de-Provence?
A) ?It combines funerary, triumphal, and sacred architectural forms. B) ?It contained a monopteros resembling a tholos temple. C) ?It contained a burial chamber for a Gallic family. D) ?It contained a quadrifons arch.
According to Nietzsche, a stage production of the Greek tragedy The Oresteia should
a. absorb viewers emotionally into the horror of the play. b. cause viewers to reject their own emotional responses. c. humble viewers before the grandeur of the language. d. teach viewers about the shortcomings of the characters.
Perhaps owing to difficulties in identifying with Jesus, the Middle Ages witnessed a significant cult of
a. Jesse. b. Mary, Sister of Moses. c. the Virgin. d. Elizabeth.