In general, after the 1950s the avant-garde grew stronger, so that by 2000 it rivaled the commercial theatre in importance

Atmospheres is the work of which of the following composers?

A. John Corigliano B. Tan Dun C. John Cage D. Gyorgy Ligeti

The shocking realism depicted in Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic stems from his __________

a. training as a surgeon b. close observation of wounded soldiers in the Civil War c. commitment to Gustave Courbet's realist philosophy d. morbid psychological state e. experience working with live models and dissecting corpses