Which structure best illustrates the perception of architecture to "defy gravity"?
What will be an ideal response?
Brunelleschi's Dome of the Florence Cathedral
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The urban subject matter and tighter brushwork of Georgia O’Keeffe’s The Radiator Building—Night, Night York is a direct result of the artist’s relationship with __________.
a. Georges Braque b. Henri Matisse c. Alfred Stieglitz d. Marcel Duchamp
A characteristic of Mycenaean culture was the construction of underground burial chambers for kings in the shape of a rounded building. The term for this innovative architectural form is
a) tholos. b) megaron. c) corbel. d) buttress.
In The Agnew Clinic, why does Thomas Eakins show no blood Dr. Agnew's patient?
a. Dr. Agnew requested this. b. Blood would distract viewers. c. Women are in the painting. d. Eakins's wife, Susan, requested this.
Changes of key (tonal center) in Baroque music are rare
a. true b. false