How is Raphael's School of Athens reminiscent of Classicism?
a. Offering an illusion of Roman architecture, the painting includes figures of Greek gods and ancient philosophers.
b. The painting has a dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark within the scene.
c. It includes the twelve apostles in an ancient forum.
d. The painting is a study in the ratio (canon) of Praxiteles.
Answer: a
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a) Courbet’s art was attacked as socialistic. b) Courbet used everyday subject matter. c) Courbet shocked his audiences. d) Courbet rejected academic painting techniques.
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A. Classical sources B. realistic details C. disguised symbolism D. optical devices
Most of the directors associated with the New Hollywood-the "movie brats"-were in fact in their late thirties and early forties.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)