How is the subject of double identity explored through visual devices in recent artwork?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Shigeyuki Kihara superimposes her face onto the male figure, doubling the use of her face for the female character in Ulugali'i Samoa: Samoan Couple.
2. Two identities merge into a single shape (artist's body plus dagger) in Ana Mendieta's Untitled, both representing the artist's life.
3. The arms and hands of a female model are superimposed on the cross-dressed male subject in Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy.

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A) no effect B) a detrimental influence C) a spiral effect D) a financial effect E) a substantial influence

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The significance of Maximianus is emphasized in the mosaic Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, in San Vitale, Ravenna, through the presence of ____

a. the magnificence of his crown b. the hand of God c. a halo d. an identifying inscription

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