Consider Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and details the circumstances of their individual creations. Also examine the similarities and differences
What will be an ideal response?
Both are stories of a group of people deciding to entertain each other with individual stories over a period of time. Boccaccio's tales were in response to the plague while The Canterbury Tales served as a social critique.
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Which dancer, who spent a number of years in residence at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, represented the essence of what we now call "classical ballet"?
a. Marie Taglioni b. Nadezhda von Meck c. Marie d'Agoult d. Marius Petipa
Which aspect of the Lamentation scene in Saint Pantaleimon, Nerezi, contributes to an emotionally charged realization of the theme?
A. The abstracted figures and background B. The natural setting and modeled figures C. The architectural backdrop and garments D. The gold background and architectural fantasies