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Baroque artists used a technique called _______________, employing strong contrasts of light and dark, wherein darkness becomes a dominant feature of the image.​

How did industrialization impact the nature of production and work?

What mode of transportation began to compete with horse-drawn locomotives in the late 1820s?

What was the role of the putting-out system in the rise of industrialization?

How did the construction of roads and canals impact American commerce?

What did Thomas Paine advocate for as an alternative to monarchy?

Caravaggio David.jpg Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609–10. Oil on canvas. Why did Caravaggio represent himself as Goliath in this piece?

Which canal connected New York City to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Valley?

Dali Apparition.jpg Salvador Dalí, Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, 1938–39. Oil on canvas, 45 × 56⅝ in. (114.3 × 143.8 cm).  The art movement call [BLANK-1] was based on the belief in the power of dreams and the unconscious mind.

David Death of Marat.jpg Jacques-Louis David, The ​Death of Marat. 1793. Oil. How did Jacques-Louis David’s The Death of Marat position the sitter as a martyr?