The architect Mnesicles designed which building on the Athenian Acropolis?
A. the Parthenon
B. the Erechtheum
C. the Propylaea
D. the temple of Athena Nike
B
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a. Sacred and Profane Love b. Venus of Urbino c. Tempest d. Pastoral Concert
In The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, why did Albert Bierstadt paint a mountain from the Swiss Alps, not the actual Lander's Peak?
a. He regarded the Swiss mountain as more picturesque. b. He had never been to the Rocky Mountains. c. There is no Lander's Peak in the Rocky Mountains. d. His audience expected that familiar view.
The Society of Men of Letters refused to accept Auguste Rodin's Monument to Balzac for
a. being too large for the designated site. b. portraying Balzac erotically. c. being cast in bronze, an expensive material. d. not being a realistic portrayal.
Why did the Byzantine emperor Leo III inaugurate a program of iconoclasm?
a. He believed that too much of the church’s resources were being spent on art. b. He believed that Muslims’ military successes were partly attributable to their prohibition of images. c. He objected to images of Jesus and Mary being used on coins. d. He claimed that churchgoers were being distracted from worship by the art.