Discuss the International Style of Architecture and its expression in the Seagram Building in New York. Include its use of materials and ideas of aesthetics

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Essay responses should include these points:
The International Style is characterized by sleek, rectilinear buildings.
The building's architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, used custom-made bronze instead of standardized steel on the exterior.
Tall, narrow windows with discreet dark glass emphasize the skyscraper's height.
The straight lines and clean design seemed to embody the qualities of efficiency and practicality that postwar business was eager to project.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Odysseus's faithful and virtuous wife Penelope represents what essential quality?

a. areté b. hubris c. aegis d. siren

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What is "payola"?

A. the practice of bribing record labels to promote a musician B. the practice of paying disc jockeys for playing records C. government grants to promote rock music D. the practice of paying musicians under-the-table

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Designers always attempt to create a world on stage that closely resembles real life

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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