During the 1860s, white men with darkened caricatured stereotypical African American figures in minstrel shows.

Which object in Still Life with Lobster suggests the starting point of decay and decomposition, underlining the painting's vanitas theme?

a) the partially peeled lemon at lower center b) the uneaten loaf of bread at right c) the butterfly in the upper center d) the overturned silver piece at lower left

Italian neo-expressionism is also referred to as:

a. ars nova b. sprezzatura c. stile dolce d. transavantguardia