The technique in which the transition from highlight to shadow creates the illusion of three-dimensional form is called __________.
A. sfumato
B. chiaroscuro
C. trompe l'oeil
D. contrapposto
Answer: B
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A. Adrian Willaert's New Music madrigals B. Leon Battista Alberti's On the Family C. Veronica Franco's Terze Rime, Capitolo 13 D. Madalena Casulana's "My Heart Cannot Die"
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What will be an ideal response?
In Islam, the fasting period that commemorates the communication of the Qur'an to Mohammed is
a. Mecca. b. Sufi. c. Brahma. d. Ramadan.