Classicism can best be defined as a
A) cultural fashion in literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, guided by the attempt to find perfect forms of expression based upon ancient models and universal laws.
B) delicate, ornate, and fanciful style of architecture and painting of the eighteenth century.
C) type of literature that uses irony, exaggeration, and wit to expose and ridicule human folly.
D) style that strictly follows the most admired models of ancient art, seeking to reproduce their orderliness, proportion, and restraint.
E) None of these
A
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When Adb Rahman Ibrahima was freed from slavery, he eventually raised enough money to buy
a) a new set of clothes. b) his wife and some of his children. c) passage back to Africa. d) a present for John Cox. e) his own tobacco farm.
Most scholars think it likely that Zheng He circumnavigated the globe.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the distinction of Caral in north-central Peru?
a. largest city built in the Americas b. earliest known city in the Americas c. developed the first written language in the Americas d. site of first human sacrifices performed in the Americas e. first farming village in the Americas