Discuss the symbolism and meaning within the Royal Standard of Ur

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Essay responses should include these points:
• The Standard was created with social perspective or hieratic scale; the most important figures are larger.
• The display of goods and consumption implies the king's ability to control the trade routes.
• The Standard serves as a historical narrative.
• The inclusion of nonindigenous animals demonstrates the importation of luxury goods.
• The war chariots reveal the status of such technology during that era.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Caspar David Friedrich's works, such as Woman in Front of the Setting Sun (fig. 24.7), attempt to achieve a sense of the __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The statue Constantine the Great (fig. 4.19) demonstrates that the rise of Christianity brought a change in Roman art from the factual to the __________

A. spiritual B. literal C. emotional D. brutal E. ideal

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Before Stanislavsky, most acting on the European and North American stages was declamatory and presentational. After Darwin, Freud, and Ibsen, the style of acting needed to change and Stanislavsky ushered in that change. What is Stanislavsky-style acting, and how did the work of Darwin, Freud, and Ibsen influence his approach?

What will be an ideal response?

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