The Renaissance began in 1401 with a competition for the commission to sculpt bronze doors for the baptistery of Florence. The subject of the entry panels was __________

a. Rebecca at the Well
b. Moses and the Ten Commandments
c. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
d. The Sacrifice of Isaac
e. Cain and Abel


d

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A. casting. B. blocking. C. business. D. auditions.

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At which two schools did Bartók teach?

A. The Prague Conservatory and the Budapest Academy B. The Prague Conservatory and Princeton University C. The Budapest Academy and Columbia University D. The Budapest Academy and the Vienna Conservatory

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For Siena this fresco and its location illustrate the theme of

a) civic devotion and wise counsel. b) sacrifice for the common good. c) the holiness of government servants. d) the separation of church and state.

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Deep-focus cinematography continued well into the 1960s for black-and-white films, but color films usually cultivated:

A. shallow-focus imagery. B. layers of visual clutter. C. canted compositions. D. chiaroscuro lighting extremes.

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