As seen in the columns of the Parthenon, ____ is a slight swelling at the middle of a column to

create a feeling of organic flexing.

a. oculus
b. frieze
c. entablature
d. entasis


D

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A series of paintings on a single allegorical subject is called __________.

A. an altarpiece B. a cycle C. a predella D. a cartoon

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The form of this composition is essentially?

a) strophic b) through-composed c) A B A d) A B B A

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In the wake of the French Revolution, the rationality of the Enlightenment gradually gave way to a new mode of thought loosely known as

a) Darwinism b) Rationalism c) Romanticism d) Nationalism

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The leading music center in sixteenth-century Europe was ________.

A. Germany B. Flanders C. Spain D. Italy

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