Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths is an example of what style of theatre?

What prompted Houston philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil to come to believe in the importance of commissioning religious works from avant-garde artists?

a) They visited French chapels designed by twentieth-century artists Henri Matisse and Le Corbusier. b) They visited nineteenth-century decorated chapels in New Mexico. c) They visited medieval Japanese shrines. d) They read St. John of the Cross's Dark Night of the Soul.

Enhancing its meaning, the Portinari Altarpiece contains small scenes, such as the ____, in the background

a. arrival of the magi b. crucifixion c. baptism of Christ d. resurrection