The term “gestalt” is a German word generally meaning the:

a. Geometrical measurements of a three-dimensional object.
b. Essence or shape of an entity’s complete form, or its unified whole.
c. Side of an object farthest from view.
d. Side of an object closest to view.


b. Essence or shape of an entity’s complete form, or its unified whole.

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A. Poland B. Romania C. Hungary D. Czechoslovakia

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a. Fang Lijun's 30th Mary b. Wang Gongxin's Our Sky is Falling In! c. Mariko Mori's Wave UFO d. Zhang Huan's Fresh Open Buddha Hand e. Zhang Xiaogang's Big Family

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How do music scholars know how Beethoven worked out his musical ideas?

a. He left behind several sketchbooks. b. He described his compositional process in several essays. c. His nephew, Karl, wrote a detailed biography. d. His one-time teacher, Haydn, wrote out Beethoven's compositional process in his memoir.

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