Although Caravaggio was extremely influential on Spanish artists in the seventeenth century, their work is distinguished by __________

A. the predominance of secular subject matter
B. a use of vivid color and expressive brushwork
C. an ecstatic religiosity combined with realistic surface detail
D. the use of decorative patterns and designs based on Islamic art


Answer: C

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A. worshipper in the temples B. figure celebrating military victories C. guardian figure D. illustration of favorite stories E. king

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In the portrait of St. Matthew from the Codex Colbertinus, the figure of the evangelist is most similar to __________.

A. a sculpted pier figure from a Romanesque portal B. a stylized figure from a Hiberno-Saxon manuscript C. a naturalistic figure from a Carolingian manuscript D. an expressionistic figure from Ottonian sculpture

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Eleanor Antin's performance of masculinity in My Kingdom is the Right Size enacts the same theme of self-determined identity as

a) Carolee Schneemann in Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions. b) Cindy Sherman in Untitled #96. c) Kimsooja in A Beggar Woman—Mexico City. d) Shigeyuki Kihara in Ulugali'i Samoa: Samoan Couple.

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TV channels delivered to viewers by broadband connection without a cable TV or other middleman channel aggregator are known as_____.

a. over-the-top (OTT) b. cyber video c. wire-line TV d. DirecTV

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