The drapery worn by the three goddesses on the Parthenon is characterized as ____.
a. heavy and course
b. revealing and concealing the body masses
c. conservative because of modesty laws
d. a throwback to the Archaic period
Ans: b. revealing and concealing the body masses
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Figure-ground reversal can best be seen in
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