Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called

a) iconography.
b) content.
c) form.
d) aesthetics.


Answer: a) iconography.

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The most extensive examples of Byzantine architecture and art survive in __________.

A. Ravenna B. Istanbul C. Rome D. Athens

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a. Cuban dance rhythms with atonal harmonies. b. Spanish folksongs with hip-hop samples. c. modernist atonality with seventeenth-century polyphonic counterpoint. d. over a half-dozen distinct styles and genres of music.

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The fugue represents the highest form of Baroque homophonic music.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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