Describe a flying buttress.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. Exterior arches that spring from the lower roofs over the aisles and ambulatory and counter the outward thrust of the nave vaults.

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Match the term with the appropriate definition.

A. Beatlemania B. Art song C. D. Concept album E. F. Beat poetry G. H. Psychedelia

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Which feature of this representation of Greek women relates to the developing theme of Athenian democracy?

A. The naturalistic depiction of each woman emphasizes the individual within a social order. B. The focus upon women and labor underscores their restricted role in society. C. The activity of filling pots with water links women to that symbolic source of life. D. Greek columns suggest an association between the fountain house and a temple where women perform a daily ritual of serving the gods.

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Generation X, X-Ray Spex, and The Ramones were all British punk bands.

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

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Ancient Islamic scholars are famous for having preserved which of the following throughout the Middle Ages?

A. The Holy Grail B. Hundreds of Greek manuscripts C. The Torah D. Roman numerals

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