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Chronology:       A. Gothic     B. Pop art     C. Realism     D. High Renaissance    E. Baroque

Which one of the following is False?  

Commodity art is a reflection of our society as we live in a consumer based culture. 

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Rococo art emerged based on paintings, which showed social satire of the aristocrats as a new subject in art, as seen in Jean Honore Fragonard’s Swing.

From the documentary, Against the Odds:  The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke believed that black artists must depict African traditions and Africa in their arts to emphasize on their heritage.

In a well structured paragraph, compare the similarities and differences between Augustine’s Neoplatonic mystical experience and the mystical vision at Ostia. 

In a well structured paragraph, compare the similarities and differences between Augustine’s Neoplatonic mystical experience and the mystical vision at Ostia. (12pts)

Of the “three kinds of wickedness” or “types of evil”, which did Augustine find the most “shackling” (i.e. which did he think he struggled with the most intensely)? [sin1] Of the kinds of wickedness, which did Augustine come to identify as the source/root of all the others (i.e. the worst kind of sin)? [sin2]