Georgia O'Keeffe's Deer's Skull with Pedernal, which is set directly on the vertical axis, utilizes ___________ balance
A. asymmetrical
B. relieved symmetrical
C. radial
D. optimal
E. hierarchical
B
A symmetrical balance has a vertical axis down the center of the composition, with forms on both sides of the axis corresponding to another in size, shape, and placement.
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The imperial ban on images that ended the early Byzantine period is called _____
a. liturgy b. transfiguration c. the Edict of Milan d. iconoclasm
Woven Navajo textiles like this example are called “Chief Blankets” because of their
a) high quality and cost. b) traditional use by tribal officials. c) use of historical design patterns d) production by female descendants of tribal elders.
Although homosexuality has been an occasional topic in drama since the Greeks, it was not the primary focus of plays produced on Broadway until 1968 with: a. Harvey Fierstein's La Cage aux Folles
b. Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band. c. Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy. d. Tony Kushner's Angels In America.
What does the structure of the following excerpt from Aquinas’s Summa Theologica illustrate: “Is there a God? REPLY: There are five ways in which one can prove there is a God . . .”?
a. Aquinas’s lack of faith in God b. Aquinas’s deliberate imitation of liturgical practice c. Aquinas’s insistence that his readers accept revealed truth d. Aquinas’s use of dialectical method