What is the difference between wings and borders?

a. Wings hang above the audience and borders hang above the stage.
b. Wings are set parallel to the front of the stage in a series from front to back, while borders are hung above
each set of wings.
c. Wings replaced the front curtain, since there was no need for scene changes anymore, and borders
enclosed the scene overhead.
d. Wings enclose the scene from above and borders enclose the scene on each side

b

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What is one characteristic that distinguishes the Italian Baroque from Renaissance painting?

a)  The painting appeals to the emotions first. b)  The painting introduces the female nude. c)  The painting introduces Mannerist pictorial strangeness. d)  The painting appeals to rational ideals.

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