Describe the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. What is the significance of the structure?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The Pyramid of the Sun imitates the shape of the surrounding mountains.
2. The structure is aligned to face the sunset on August 12, the date associated with the beginning of time in the Maya calendar.
3. The pyramid is in the center of a large city and also covers a deep cave.
4. Many ancient Mexican cultures believed that humanity first emerged from a hole in the ground and the Pyramid of the Sun may mark this spot.
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A) Haydn first used this movement in his Op. 33 quartets B) regularly uses such contrapuntal techniques as stretto, inversion, and canon C) the movement replaced the minuet D) Italian for "joke" or "jest"
The painting depicted was painted by Botticelli and is entitled...
A. Venus and Adonis. B. The Birth of Venus. C. The Last Judgment. D. Creation.
Wagner called his operas verismo.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The ________ pedal is the most important of the three pedals usually found on a piano.
A. una corda B. damper C. sostenuto D. swell