Describe the veena
What will be an ideal response?
• A veena is a plucked string instrument with seven strings—three drone strings and four playing strings (for playing melodies). The brass frets are set in black wax, which is scalloped to allow room for the fingers to bend the strings and ornament the notes.
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In Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez proclaimed the dignity and importance of painting as one of the liberal arts by __________.
A. using tenebrism to create a sense of theatricality B. focusing on the central figure of the Infanta C. including a dog and attendants in the foreground D. depicting himself as a courtier with the keys of the palace
Virgil composed the Aeneid to
a. provide Rome and Augustus with a suitably grand founding myth. b. fulfill his state obligations as Rome’s first poet laureate. c. explain the enmity between Carthage and Rome. d. celebrate Augustus’ gift of farmland to veterans.
______ are small rooms that housed sarcophagi in catacombs.
a. Cubicula b. Narthex c. Transepts d. Synagogues
Pompeian wall paintings of the Second Style are characterized by which of the following?
A. fantastic architecture based on the theater B. painted copies of inlaid stonework C. various sections, some painted decoratively, others containing what seems to be painting on the wall D. the wall seemingly opening up into an illusionistic landscape