Name the artist who is thought to have been the most proficient and inventive pastel artist, and describe how this artist's pastels were proficient and innovative

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The artist is Edgar Degas. He captured the immediacy of contemporary life by building up layers of loose, sketchy strokes of pastel, innovatively using a fixative to preserve the medium's intense colors.

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The principal names associated with the masque are:

a. Shakespeare, Bacon, Marlowe b. Jonson, Green, the University Wits c. Jones, Jonson, Davenant d. Kyd, Marlowe, Davenant e. Jonson, Marlowe, Kyd

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What is the "wall of sound"?

A. the barrier between pop music and R&B  B. a rhythmic conception that would become the rhythmic foundation of country rock  C. electronic feedback D. a process that maximized the limited frequency range of a transistor or car radio

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