Which pedal on a piano shifts the position of the hammers, reducing the dynamic level?

We know the Basin by Muhammad ibn al-Zain must have been a special work for the artist because:

a. it ended up in possession of the King of France b. he signed the work 6 times c. he decorated it with hunting scenes d. it is made of pewter

As reflected in View of Père Lachaise Cemetery from the Entrance and the concept of the garden cemetery, nineteenth-century representations of life and death shifted from a focus on suffering and sorrow in the Middle Ages toward visions of

a) eternal life in a natural paradise. b) the inevitable journey to Judgment Day. c) the folly of human desire expressed through architecture. d) salvation through city life.