What is the significance of the contrast between the plain exterior of the Oratory of Galla Placidia (Figs. 7-19, 7-20, and 7-21) and its highly decorated interior?
What will be an ideal response?
It symbolizes the transition from the real world into a supernatural realm
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a. it included a movement toward independence from foreign rule. b. the movement was most influential between 1815-1835, the twenty yearsimmediately following the Congress of Vienna. c. expressed in the desire of people having a common language to be politicallyunified. d. it was felt most strongly on the Italian peninsula and in German lands.
The Chinese often considered __________ the highest form of art
A. poetry B. prose C. landscape painting D. portraits E. calligraphy
The evolution of handheld music devices, from the transistor radio to the mp3 player, represents the distinctive use of cutting-edge technology in __________.
a. industrial product design b. interactive design c. motion graphics d. graphic design
All of the following are characteristics of plebeian art during the Late Republic and Early Empire EXCEPT
A) ?it always sought to emulate the Classical style in both style and subject matter. B) ?it commonly contained ambiguous spatial relationships. C) ?it often used hierarchy of scale. D) ?it could show both living and deceased people in the same scene.