When Japan reopened its doors to the world in 1853, what about its culture especially appealed to Westerners?
A) the tea ceremony
B) haiku poetry
C) landscape gardens
D) Zen Buddhism
Answer: D) Zen Buddhism
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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How has Morris Louis's Abstract Expressionist workBlue Veilbeen interpreted?
A. Using feminist criticism, the way the works' curving lines echo and celebrate the female form was explored. B. Using phenomenology, the relationship of the viewer to Louis' painting was understood. C. Using ideological criticism, the Central Intelligence Agency's use of Abstract Expressionism for propaganda was analyzed. D. Using structuralism, the paintings' many different components were interpreted in relation to one another.
Discuss the increasing importance of spectacle in many Broadway musicals, such as Wicked or The Phantom of the Opera. How does this affect theatre as a whole? For instance, discuss the expense of elaborate scenery and its effect on the types of plays done. Or discuss the new opportunities afforded playwrights by such technological wizardry.
What will be an ideal response?
Chinese orchestras have always been fairly small.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)