Summarize connections between Robert Mapplethorpe's Calla Lily and the tradition of memento mori

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The white lily is traditionally associated with death.
2. The shadow cast by the flower symbolizes death.
3. The work was created in response to the AIDS epidemic in memory of its victims.

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Who composed Rigoletto and believed that opera should be dramatically realistic?

a. Giuseppe Verdi b. Jacques Offenbach c. Richard Wagner d. Edwin P. Christy

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Name the title of the person who is familiar with and who can facilitate access to the remote location and key people

a. producer b. production assistant c. director d. contact person

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In researching the play Joe Turner's Come and Gone, the actors in the production:

A. Watched movies on slavery B. Looked at old photographs of Pittsburgh C. Traveled to Pittsburgh D. Traveled to the deep South

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