What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère?
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all of the other answers(i.e. the bar top,the barmaid
,liquor and wine bottles)
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The Stela of Naram-Sin is made of what material?
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-pink limestone
-Limestone
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The Stela of Naram-Sin shows ________.
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-It depicts the King Naram-Sin of Akkad leading the Akkadian army to victory over the mountain people, the Lullubi.
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Why was Tilted Arc controversial?
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-Those against the sculpture, for the most part people who work at Federal Plaza, say that the sculpture interferes with public use of the plaza. They also accuse it of attracting graffiti, rats, and terrorists who might use it as a blasting wall for bombs. The jury of five, vote 4-1 in favor of removing the sculpture.
-wall may be used by terroist
-people didnt like how they had to walk around it
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Which cultural practices are highlighted in Wenda Gu's United Nations—China Monument?
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-all the other answers
-Is reminiscent of a Buddhist temple in which one partakes of a tea ceremony, and uncludes ancient-looking Chinese tables and chairs
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The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god (4.3.1) was made by which culture?
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Aztec
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The Ecstasy of St. Teresa was meant to show Teresa ________.
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-being pierced by an angel's arrow
-being infused with divine love as a devout Christian
-as a role model to be followed by other devout Christians
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What is significant about August 13, 3114 BCE?
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-the start of the Mayan calendar
-the flint depicts the story of creation, said by the Maya to have occurred precisely on August 13, 3114 BCE, when the first father was sacrificed after losing a ball game against the lords of death.
-Flint depicting a crocodile with passengers
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Why might the paintings at Lascaux be considered sacred?
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-because the site was visited repeatedly and painted again and again
-ceremonial meeting places
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In ancient Egypt, what is a book of the dead?
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Book that help navigate the dead to the afterlife
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Why were the Roman catacombs of sacred importance?
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Pagan, Christians and Jewish Romans used them
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Why are the bodies of the damned in the Last Judgment tympanum from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare so graphically grotesque?
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to give a strong warning to viewers that they should live a virtuous life
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Why was Diego Rivera's mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?
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Because the artist included elements inspired by his communist beliefs
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Which religion specifically emphasizes the ways that natural elements, such as the sun, mountains, water, and trees, are connected to well-being?
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Shinto
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When were the walls of Lascaux painted?
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?
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Krzysztof Wodiczko makes video installations that comment on ________ all over the world.
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social injustice
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The Greek pediment on the temple dedicated to the god Zeus at Olympia (4.2.1) depicts a scene from ________.
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The battle between the lapiths and centaurs
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Ancient Near Eastern ziggurats served as ________.
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Temples and civic centers
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The ziggurat at Ur was dedicated to:
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Honored Nanna/Sin
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Ziggurats were made of what material?
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Mud Brick
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The subject matter of Buddhist art consists of ________.
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Stories from buddhas life, teachings and beliefs
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The AT&T Stadium is noteworthy in the study of art and architecture because ________.
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it is the world's largest domed structure with interior columns
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Amongst other entertainments, Roman citizens watched ________ in the Colosseum.
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Mock sea battles
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The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed by:
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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One important similarity between Stonehenge and The Gates is that ________.
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it took a highly organized team to construct them
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Why did Jasper Johns paint his Flag (4.4.15) in green, orange, and black?
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because they are the complements of the US flag's actual colors
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The painting called Dead Christ focuses the viewer's attention on ________.
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The immediacy of Christ body and the fact that he is no longer alive
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What was the purpose of the Senufo mother-and-child figure?
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As a guiding spirits for the guardians of religious and historical traditions
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People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:
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the sun rise over the heelstone
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The sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal shows him ________.
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Marking the intersection of the earthly realm andthe underworld
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Which artist was investigated by the US Treasury Department for counterfeiting because his painting of a dollar bill looked so real?
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William Harnett
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Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror can best be described as ________.
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a realistic still life painting
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The term "vanitas" in art includes references to ________.
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all of the other answers
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Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?
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Leon Battista Alberti
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