For The Continuing Presence of the Past: Anselm Kiefer’s Pope Alexander VI: The Golden Bull: Kiefer is interested particularly in the tension between religion and everyday life, between the spiritual and secular, or heaven and earth. How does this painting reflect those issues?
What will be an ideal response?
Kiefer’s painting is a visual double entendre in which the artist simultaneously depicts the rituals of the ancient Aztecs and the material conquest of colonialism. The image represents the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacán, where people were sacrificed to the gods. The painting depicts the steps of the pyramid stained with their blood. However, the image also depicts the stairs with gold leaf, which represents the flow of gold out of Mexico and the lives lost as a result.
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A. stele B. lamassu C. ziggurats D. cuneiform
A __________ was often part of a handscroll and could consist of inscriptions related to the work, such as a poem or comments by various owners of the scroll over time
A. index B. antiphon C. forward D. colophon
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