Between the wars, totalitarian governments officially required a socially and politically "correct" form of art, social realism, which had as its goal to

retreat from the old and advance with the new.
make people more compassionate.
protest and cause revolution.
retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public.


retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public.

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The Arch of the Sergii functioned primarily as a

A) ?triumphal a?rch.? B) ?funerary monument. C) ?focus of imperial cult worship. D) ?public gathering place.

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There is little surviving evidence with which to judge Rome's accomplishments in the field of

a. architecture. b. literature. c. sculpture. d. music.

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According to Millard Meiss, artists working after the Black Death reverted to a __________ in religious art

A. softly modeled style B. highly detailed naturalism C. classically-posed figures D. hieratic linearity

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? In what city is this mosque located?

A. Córdoba B. Kairouan C. Cairo D. Granada

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