Which of the following best describes the Roman imperial spirit of architecture?

A. crowning hills with sacred buildings
B. subjection of nature to human will and order
C. planning structures to meld with the environment
D. aligning structures to point toward Rome


B. subjection of nature to human will and order

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A classic kind of total art, ________, was pioneered by the American artist Allan Kaprow (1927-2006). Kaprow, who coined the name for this conceptual genre, called it "a performance that occurs in a given time and space."

A. the Happening B. total art C. performance art D. the Be-in

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Which Islamic literary work illustrates the concept of the romantic epic?

a) Haft Paykar (“Seven Beauties”) b) The Thousand and One Nights c) “Seduction of Yusuf and Zulaykha” d) Mathnavi (“Rhymed Discourses”)

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What is the term for the covered courtyard in a monastery that embodied the seclusion of the spiritual life and offered a glimpse of Paradise?

A. Rectory B. Almonry C. Cloister D. Garderobe

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Situate the Constructivist movement within the broader trend of Modernism in the arts of the early twentieth century. What were the objectives of Constructivism, and which of those aims were especially important to the development of the Montage movement in film? Identify scenes or moments in a film screened in class that bear traces of the Constructivist influence.

What will be an ideal response?

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