Discuss several ways in which works that were created to reflect the spiritual beliefs of different cultures meet the goals and needs of those cultures, with specific reference to at least three of the works considered in the text
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary. From the earliest times art has played an important role in our relationship to the sacred, helping to envision it, honor it, and communicate with it.
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Which of the following statements best characterizes the narrative scenes on the Column of Trajan?
A. Trajan rarely appears among his soldiers. B. Dacians are shown to have few military skills. C. The story is idealized and mythologized. D. Battle scenes take up a quarter of the whole.
What signified the end of ancient Stoicism?
A. the rise of Christianity B. the death of Marcus Aurelius C. the spread of the cult of Isis D. the banishment of its followers by the state
Romantic artists drew inspiration from the monuments of ancient Greece and
Rome.
a. true b. false
Many of the objects in the Sutton Hoo Ship burial are associated with . . .
a. farming b. religious rituals c. warfare d. mythology