Introduced in Florence in the early fifteenth century, the system for creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface is called __________.

Higher criticism refers to a nineteenth-century intellectual movement in which scholars

A. focused exclusively on literary texts while ignoring their historical settings. B. studied the Bible not as a divinely inspired book incapable of error but simply as a set of writings susceptible to varied interpretations. C. analyzed all writings, secular and sacred, in accordance with Marxist theory. D. applied linguistic theory to literature to show that all texts are the same.

A feature of this excerpt is

a. dissonance b. counterpoint c. imitation d. irregular rhythmic patterns