Discuss the use of repetition in Pieter de Hooch’s Interior of a Dutch House. In this painting, what other two principles of design are achieved through repetition?
What will be an ideal response?
1. Pieter de Hooch organizes his composition by repeating rectangular shapes in the tile floor and on the wall.
2. The repetition of rectangular shapes also creates unity and rhythm.
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Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) is distinct from other Realist artworks in its __________.
A. depiction of common people in a rural setting B. flat, outlined, and starkly lit figures C. rounded forms and illusionistic perspective D. emphasis on the effects of fleeting light
Olaudah Equiano, author of the first slave autobiography, was known during his lifetime as __________, a name derived from a king of Sweden
A) ?Faith Ringgold B) ?Samuel Fosso C) ?Frederik Willem de Klerk D) ?Gustavus Vassa
How was the patronage of opera different in Venice than elsewhere in Italy in the early decades of the seventeenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is generally true of Chinese scholars under the Yuan dynasty?
a. They took government positions. b. They suppressed the arts. c. They developed the arts. d. They educated the Yuan rulers.