The use of the still life as a subject matter was an important vehicle for abstraction for early twentieth century American artists

What inspired Giorgione's landscape paintings?

a. Roman sculpture b. "Venus" paintings c. classical landscape paintings d. ancient pastoral poetry

After the Bolsheviks gained power in Russia in late 1917, their first move regarding the Russian cinema was to:

A. subsidize the construction of permanent movie theaters. B. nationalize the film industry. C. create a new regulatory body to oversee the cinema. D. abolish the import of foreign-language films.