Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, the main publication from which 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. Only in the top 1/3 of your frame. b. Only in the bottom 1/3 of your frame. c. Only in the center 1/3 of your frame. d. Divide your photograph into thirds both vertically and horizontally, and place the visual element at one of the intersections.

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