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1. B

2. B

3. A

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. A

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9. A

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11. B

12. C

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14. A

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1. The painting “The Third of May 1808” by Francisco Goya communicates hostility through portraying the horror of the French invasion of Spain. The painting depicts a man waiting to be shot, with dead men on the side and another line of men waiting to be shot after. The light is spotlighting the man with his arms outstretched, while shadowing the line of French soldiers that are ready to shoot. The light symbolizes good and evil. The men who are being victimized are good and the French soldiers are the evil.
The Stele Palate of Narmer shows the glorification of violence as opposed to the raw truth that Goya portrays. It shows Narmer as the glorious ruler; he is two times bigger than everyone else. He and his army are marching over the enemy.

2. It is similar to a Greek temple with its general style i.e. the columns and the similar roof and built with the same materials. However, Greek temples can be accessed by all sides, while Roman temples can only be accessed through the front doorway.

3. The artist is William Hogarth. The first painting is of two men of nobility meeting to arrange a marriage between their two children. It is satirical in that Hogarth is making fun of societal standards in England. The men are arranging marriages for their children in order to gain and/or maintain their standings in society and to have more money. Hogarth capitalizes on the fact that they had relatively no concern for their child’s desires or happiness and that society preached to place importance on materialistic things. The second painting is satirical in that he makes fun of their bad taste and he makes fun of the rococo style.

4. Kruger uses appropriation in that she uses an image that was already produced by another artist, but she uses it in a different way that is contradictory to the text that she uses. The image is of a passive face, yet the text confronts the viewer with confusing inconsistency because it is almost combative. Kruger’s art challenges the viewer to think more about the submissive façade the statue is showing.

5. It is the Bayeux Tapestry and it was commissioned by Duke William of Normandy. He commissioned the tapestry to show how powerful he is and to document the battle against the English army.

6. The statue is in the Neoclassic style. The position and form of the figure Venus are expressing the artist’s admiration for the perfection of the gods.

7. The window is in the Gothic style and the medium used is stained glass. Stained glass was used because it let in light and the Gothic period was all about light and finding hope through God.

8. Michelangelo painted the ceiling during the Renaissance. The ceiling exemplified Vasari’s claims in that it brought light to the Renaissance that was lacking in the Middle Ages. It encompassed the meaning of Renaissance- “rebirth”.

9. The Coliseum in Rome was built before 1800C.E. It uses the Roman arch in order to build such a huge structure for that time period. The arch allowed them to disperse the weight of each level so that there could be more levels. The Coliseum also used the advancements made in plumbing to make a series of tunnels so that they could flood the floor and reenact naval battles.
Nam June Paik is an artist that uses televisions and other electric technologies to create his art. “Prebell Man” is a sculpture that he created using a variety of mediums, but television screens were a main part of it. It makes his art come alive and allows the viewer to participate in it.