The emperor, __________, commissioned the Taj Mahal (Fig. 24-1, Fig. 24-10) and is thought to have had a major part in overseeing its design and construction
A. Akbar
B. Shah Jahan
C. Zahir
D. Afif
Answer: B
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A. easily recognizable things in a work of art B. representation of nature C. way a work of art is designed D. physical characteristics in a work of art
How do historians know that cave paintings had special meaning?
a. People closed the cave openings after they had moved on. b. People wiped away their tracks after entering deep caverns. c. People painted animals that were primarily used as a food sources. d. People returned many times generation after generation.
Which of the following differs from typical examples of Baroque art because the artist uses luminous light to define form?
a. Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait b. Peter Paul Ruben’s The Raising of the Cross c. Jan Vermeer’s The Kitchen Maid d. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
Which of the following is an accurate statement about Johannes Regis's Missa Ecce ancilla Domini-Ne timeas Maria?
a) In almost every movement, each voice has its own unique mensuration b) it combines two cantus firmi simultaneously in the lower voices at the beginning of each movement and uses no fewer than seven cantus firmi throughout, all drawn from Marian antiphons c) it musically spells out the name Duke of Ferrara. d) it is based on a cantus firmus consisting of the notes A-G-F-D-E