What type of pattern was typically used in the basso ostinato of a lament aria?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER: a chromatically descending line, or bass line that descends by step

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In what type of art will you find narrative images with human figures?

A) ?Mosaic tilework B) Mosque lamps? C) Secular books? D) Prayer rugs

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