Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, the main publication from which many art historians trace the beginnings of the discipline?

A. Giorgio Vasari
B. Pliny the Elder
C. Johann Joachim Winckelmann
D. Parrhasios

Answer: A

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A). The Colored Museum B). Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom C). Raisin in the Sun D). ‘Night Mother

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The innovative and “ideal” motet structure of Guillaume Dufay’s “The Rose Blossoms” is reflected in

a) the number of times the fixed melody is repeated and matched to the proportions of Florence Cathedral. b) the use of two voices singing at different speeds. c) the combination of voices and instruments. d) the combination of female and male voices.

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