What type of plan did Bramante create for the new St. Peter's basilica? What changes were made over time and by whom?

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Bramante designed a Greek cross floor plan topped by a central dome and surrounded by four apses connected by piers. Later, Pope Paul III appointed Michelangelo as architect who proceeded to thicken the walls and added a portico reached by a massive flight of steps.

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Which work best embodies the principles of eighteenth-century neoclassicism?

a. Fragonard's The Swing b. Hogarth's Marriage Contract c. David's Oath of the Horatii d. Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

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Le Roi Soleil ("the Sun King") refers to __________.

A. Phillip IV B. Charles I C. Louis XIV D. Urban VIII

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Prior to its destruction, this work featured two huge standing Buddhas:

a. Angkor, the temple of Ankor Wat b. Borobudur c. Jowo Rinpoche, from the Jokhang Temple d. Buddha from Bamiyan

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The Villa of the Papyri contained a copy in the form of a herm of what famous Greek sculpture?

A) ?Lysippos's Apoxyomenos B) ?Pheidias's Athena Promachos C) ?Praxiteles's Aphrodite of Knidos D) ?Polykleitos's Doryphoros

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