Consider the Figurine of a Voluptuous Lady. Identify the culture in which this work was created and discuss its formal elements and the purposes for which it was likely created

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Figurine of a Voluptuous Lady is a modeled sculpture of a graceful female figure from the Maya civilization in Mesoamerica. The abstract presentation of the figure emphasizes gently rounded forms from the masses of the head and body to the heavy ornaments and elaborate hairdo. Like much ancient art, this sculpture survived as part of a group of objects buried in a tomb.

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In 1959, happenings were pioneered by the composer John Cage and which of the following people?

a. Joseph Chaikin b. Allan Kaprow c. Josef Svoboda d. Richard Schechner

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