Compare fresco secco to true fresco. What is the purpose of fresco secco?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Fresco is the application of wet pigment to a damp plaster surface, but fresco secco applies tempera to a dry surface.
2. Fresco secco provides a greater color intensity and enhances finishing details.
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The figures on The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 are this in origin:
a. German b. Roman c. Greek d. French
Which of the following was NOT a Trojan?
a. Priam. b. Paris. c. Menelaus. d. Kassandra.
Listen to "Fontomfrom" (PL 10-5), then indicate the best answer for the following question:The basic rhythmic pattern of the gongon bell part is
A. not exactly the same as that of any of the drum parts. B. exactly the same as that of the eguankoba. C. exactly the same as that of the atumpan. D. exactly the same as that of the from.
Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.
a. a female ruler b. the figure of a shaman c. a hunter-gatherer d. the Great Mother Goddess