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This is a self-paced course. You can wait until the last couple of weeks in the semester to watch the lectures, complete the laboratory simulations, and take the quizzes/exams. 

____ was a symbol of Louis XIV’s immense power.

During the Middle Ages religious art was primarily didactic.   Baroque art in the Catholic world was valued less for its ability to teach doctrine and more for its ability to ____ .

English garden and park design of the early 1700s was influenced by the paintings of ____ .

What is the relationship of Mamam-Nainaine and Babette in “Ripe Figs”?

One attribute of late Italian Baroque church painting that is intended to confuse and overwhelm the viewer is ____ .

Italian Baroque art of the late 17th and early 18th centuries is best understood by focusing on details and individual parts rather than considering the overall structure and visualizing it as a framework for ritual. 

During the play, ______________comments

French aristocracy of the early eighteenth century favored art and architecture displaying dainty color and delicate decoration.  These formal attributes are characteristic of ____ .

All of these are symbols in “Story of an Hour” except which one?