How does the statue of Shiva Nataraja (Fig. 10-31) signify the universe's cycle of death and rebirth?

In the ancient world, how were painters and sculptors viewed?

a. as educated elite b. as individuals c. as gods d. as laborers

The Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwyck and other female artists excelled in which genre?

a. the group portrait b. landscape painting c. still life painting d. All these answers are correct.