The English historian famous for writing 1776's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was which of the following?
A. Samuel Johnson
B. Edward Gibbon
C. Antoine Lavoisier
D. Georges Louis Leclerc
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What formal technique was used to create a very lifelike quality in Bison from Le Tuc d'Audoubert in southern France?
a. human figures surrounding the herds b. small footprints in the clay floor c. engraved short parallel lines below their necks d. low-relief carvings of thin, active animals
In art, the tactile qualities of surfaces and the visual representation of those qualities are known as __________.
a. shape b. mass c. texture d. perspective