What are groundlings?

What will be an ideal response?


The groundlings were commoners who paid a penny for admission to the Globe Theater where they stood in the yard, exposed to the elements, in order to watch a play.

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The decorative scheme of the Etruscan Room in Osterley Park House was inspired by what contemporary activity?

A. Excavation of Etruscan site of Cerveteri B. Excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum C. Grand Tour travels through ancient towns of Italy D. Rebuilding of the basilica of Saint Peter's

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Which architect, considered one of the greatest of the Early Renaissance, created the dome of the Florence Cathedral?

a) Piero della Francesca b) Filippo Brunelleschi c) Lorenzo Ghiberti d) Michelozzo Michelozzi

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Etruscan temples were built on a(n) __________ or platform

A. tholos B. podium C. canopus D. triclinium

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What did Raphael have to do before painting the fresco Assumed Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere, detail from the School of Athens?

a)  make a full-size cartoon for that part of the painting b)  sketch the entire figure in charcoal on the wall c)  grind pigments to mix with linseed oil d)  mix melted beeswax into the colored pigment

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