Describe how Ana Mendieta’s The Tree of Life series demonstrates the characteristics of performance art

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In The Tree of Life, Ana Mendieta used her own body as a symbol of the Earth and natural cycles.
2. Mendieta covered her body with mud and grasses and stood against ancient tree trunks to express the connections between the natural cycles of the female body and the Earth’s natural processes, such as birth and growth.

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Before loading sheet film into holders:

a. Carefully clean the entire sheet film holder. b. Make sure a safelight is on in the room. c. Use scissors to trim the sheet film to the proper size. d. Bring the camera into the room where the sheet film will be loaded.

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Compare and contrast the experience of Saraceno's in orbit and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates. Then indicate your responses to these works and the reasons you respond in these ways

What will be an ideal response?

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In their construction methods, the Anasazi cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde most closely resemble

a. Neolithic cities like Ain Ghazal. b. Olmec cities like La Venta. c. Neolithic megaliths like Stonehenge. d. Neolithic villages like Skara Brae.

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Explain why the director is the person most commonly viewed as the "author" of a film.

What will be an ideal response?

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