What was the importance of Terraferma to the Venetians?
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The area around Venice that included Padua and Verona was distinguished from the canals and islands of Venice proper and called Terraferma (firm ground). It was through these lands that trade routes across the Alps to the north, and eastward across Asia Minor, Persia, and the Caucasus were developed.
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Which artistic method that fully realized the new Mannerist artistic style was developed from the contrapposto pose and implemented in Michelangelo's Pietà ?
A. realism B. classical pose C. serpentine figure D. parmigianino
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