Which represents the best definition of "art"?
A. A picture painted or drawn onto canvas.
B. A visual representation of emotions.
C. Something that can be visually studied, analyzed, and appreciated.
D. The expression of the characteristic attitudes of the people of a certain age toward important aspects of life.
D. The expression of the characteristic attitudes of the people of a certain age toward important aspects of life.
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Musical theater in Western Civilization dates back to_____.
a. prehistoric man b. the end of the Roman Empire c. the Jewish synagogue and Roman Catholic Church d. the Shakespearian era
The Pergamon Altar is topped by a __________.
A. colonnade B. pediment C. tholos D. cella
Emerson's work of American transcendentalism is entitled
a. "Nature." b. Walden. c. "Song of Myself." d. Pomp and Circumstance.
In Courtesan Wakaume From the Tamaya in Edomachi, how does Kitagawa Utamaro depict a different notion of ideal beauty than the Medici Venus?
A. Utamaro accentuates the figure's sexual attributes through the sensual posing of her body. B. Utamaro emphasizes rich textiles and surface patterns over bodily form. C. Utamaro uses the bronze medium to draw attention to the figure's spiritual beauty. D. Utamaro references the figure's lost beauty by depicting her as emaciated and ugly.