Compare Titian's Assumption and Banksy's mural in regard to historical and social context, visual presentation, and audience.
What will be an ideal response?
Titian's Assumption is a religious painting not housed in a museum, but in a church, and created during a period when Christianity was a central aspect of society. Viewers experience the splendor of the setting when viewing it as a part of an altarpiece. The church becomes the museum. Banksy's mural is ephemeral, it assumes it will be painted over. The mural is for a more casual audience: people walking outside on the street. The work comments on our attitudes toward street art, drawing a parallel between modern street art and the cave paintings of prehistory that we now consider to be priceless treasures.
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Rosa Bonheur was
A. a romantic landscape artist who offered escapism for the French middle class. B. an artist whose neoclassical style was favored by Napoleon III. C. the daughter of a famous French painter who capitalized on her father's name. D. a member of the realist school who was influenced by science.
If a character stealthily tiptoes from a room, and each step is accompanied by a musical note to emphasize the suspense, this type of score is called
A. lyrical. B. strident. C. mickeymousing. D. animated.