Although the making of art is typically an individual effort, the production of a Japanese woodblock print was a team effort. Discuss how the "team players" worked together
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Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The team included the publisher, the artist/designer, the carver, and the printer.
2. The publisher was the head of the project. He often conceived the ideas for the prints and provided financing.
3. Workers prepared the paper with sizing.
4. The artist provided the designs—for instance, in the form of brush drawings.
5. Carvers then carved the block.
6. The artist then indicated the colors for the prints and the carver cut each sheet on a separate block.
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Donatello's David (pictured) is a sculpture that exhibits ___________ , a slight displacement of the hips and straightening of one leg to show the weight of the figure resting on that leg.
A. genre painting B. contrapposto C. foreshortening D. intaglio
In his study of slaves in South Carolina, Harvard professor Louis Agassiz aimed to prove that
a. all races were equal. b. slavery decreased brain size. c. Africans were inferior to whites. d. Africans and whites should interbreed.
The semicircular area above the door lintel of a church is called the __________.
A. archivolt B. trumeau C. jamb D. tympanum