What element or technique serves to unify and balance Raphael's School of Athens, an imagined dialogue among the great philosophers and scientists of classical antiquity?

a. a symmetrical architectural setting of receding barrel vaults
b. a foreground portrait of Michelangelo in the guise of a Greek philosopher
c. the delicate treatment of the female nude
d. the consistent use of vivid word-painting

Answer: a

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Which of the following Irish music groups emerged from the pioneering ensemble Ceoltóirí Cualann in the 1960s and continues to be a guiding force in the tradition and transformation of Irish music still today?

A. The Pogues. B. Clannad. C. The Chieftains. D. Altan.

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