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 Which work of art is a successful combination of naturalistic representation, complexity, and emotion that contains a ledge in the background creating a diagonal plane that draws the viewers eye to Christ, has followers mourning over the dead savior’s body before his entombment, and features foreshortened angels above in the heavens?                                                                                                                                               

What is a main theme of “Resistance to Civil Government”?

What was the High Cross of Muiredach?                                                                                                                      

According to the textbook, which author was the first African American woman known to have authored a slave narrative in the United States?

Which sculpture was an intimate human characterization of mother and son showing the Christ Child without a care in the world playfully reaching for his mother and is made of silver-gilt?           

Which of the following works takes place in a cozy, lazy, leisurely village in the Catskill Mountains in the state of New York?

Which Ancient Greek order had capitals that were comprised of rows of acanthas leaves surrounding a basket?

What structure allowed visiting pilgrims to access the chapels in the apse and behind the choir?  

Giotto, who worked in the Late Medieval period, painted Madonna Enthroned. This work of art:  

Who was responsible for synthesizing elements of architecture from previous periods  in order to glorify God and transform space for the congregation in what would come to be known as Gothic style?