Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, the main publication from which art historians trace the beginnings of the discipline?
a. Giorgio Vasari
b. Pliny the Elder
c. Johann Joachim Winckelmann
d. Parrhasios
Answer: a
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a. Akhenaton's richly painted sarcophagus b. a Mycenaean gold funerary mask c. King Tut's gold throne d. a gold statue of Khafre e. King Tut's solid gold coffin
How is “tradition” understood?
What will be an ideal response?
The Egyptians painted important people with their heads in profile. How were their eyes depicted?
A. In profile B. Looking up C. In frontal position D. Closed
Justinian's accomplishments included all of the following EXCEPT
A. the temporary reconquest of much of lands in North Africa and Western Europe. B. building a vast set of landward walls to protect Constantinople from outside threats. C. the construction of the magnificent church, Hagia Sophia. D. the codification of Roman law in the Corpus Iuris Civilis.