Hadrian devoted special attention to Athens in the form of building projects, which included all of the following EXCEPT
A) ?the construction of a grandiose library.
B) ?the restoration of the temples on the Acropolis after their destruction by the Persians.
C) ?the completion of the Olympieion (Temple of Olympian Zeus).
D) ?the construction of a gateway between the Olympieion and the Acropolis.
B
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Identify the work heard in the listening example
a. Cage, 4’33” b. Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine c. Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire d. Barber, Adagio for Strings e. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
Neoclassicism was
a. an attempt to retain the characteristics of nineteenth-century music. b. a way to adapt classical compositions and make them new by adding jazz chords and non-traditional rhythms and melodies. c. an attempt to incorporate eighteenth-century styles into a contemporary idiom. d. a movement that sought to revive the music of the ancient Greeks.
Which of the following paintings cannot be viewed as a moralizing work pertaining to the materialism of earthly existence?
A. Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights B. Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow C. Massys, Money-Changer and His Wife D. Aertsen, Butcher's Stall
What detail of The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory exemplifies Christian iconography?
a. the figures from the folk art tradition. b. the trompe l’oeil depiction of objects c. the saltire motif found in family heraldry d. the subjects, including God, Mary, and angels