Describe in brief the history of government funding of symphonies and operas in Europe and the United States up to the 1970s.
What will be an ideal response?
Europe has a tradition of governments providing money to symphonies and operas, which provides
stability. In the United States, government grants were rare until the late 1960s, when funding started
and rose into the 1970s.
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What modern city encompasses the Ming dynasty Forbidden City?
A. Suzhou B. Shanghai C. Beijing D. Guangzhou
Explain how Luncheon of the Boating Party can be seen as a response to Émile Zola's claim that the Impressionists were selling "sketches that are hardly dry."
What will be an ideal response?
Discuss why David's Oath of the Horatii is considered to be a severely classical painting by a most truly Neoclassical artist.
What will be an ideal response?
How did scholars working in the "House of Wisdom" contribute to the dissemination of Aristotle's writings in the West?
A) ?They published Latin translations of Aristotle's works. B) ?Their Arabic translations of Aristotle preserved the works. C) ?Their Arabic translations of Aristotle preserved the works. D) ?They discovered previously unknown writings by Aristotle.