Still Life with Peaches

a. How is this work significant?

b. What is the medium?


Answers will vary.

a. It illustrates the Roman interest in depicting everyday objects in still-life paintings. Art historians have not found evidence of comparable paintings until the Dutch still-lifes of the 17 th and 18 th centuries.

b. Fresco.

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a) perceived their own city to be the center of culture. b) were unaware of the arts of Florence and Rome. c) believed that they would never be able to exceed the great achievements of Florence or Rome. d) were both under Medici and papal rule and thus saw themselves as part of both Florence and Rome.

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A. Consonant B. Major C. Minor D. Ambiguous

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The monumental composition and sculpturesque form in Hans Holbein's The French Ambassadors reflects the influence of ____

a. Italian art b. French art c. Medieval art d. Gothic art

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The technical director works for the scene designer and is supervised by the scene designer

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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