Who was Vitruvius and why would we care about him?
a. He wrote a Roman version of Oedipus Rex which was read during the middle ages
b. He was a Roman poet who influenced Italian playwrights of the Renaissance
c. He was a Roman general who established theatres across the Roman empire
d. He was a Roman engineer whose De Architectura described how to build a theatre
e. Answers a. and b. but not c. and d.
D
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a) It is the author's story of growing up in Iran and the difficulties she faced as Western and Eastern cultures collided. b) It tells of the fall of the Persians to the Athenians and Spartans in the fifth century BCE. c) It recounts the story of the rise of the Persian Empire under Darius. d) It is the story of a girl who believes she has become a superhero.
The format of the friezes on the Arch of Galerius resemble the format of
A) ?tetrarchic columnar portraits. B) ?the tondi on the Arch of Constantine. C) ?sarcophagi reliefs. D) ?the reliefs on the Ara Pacis.