art history survey II final exam sample.pdf - MichaelAldana.com

Jean-Honore Fragonard’s The Swing, explain: 1 why the piece was created, 2. The symbolic nature of,
the boy’s position, the rake, the shoe, the cupid, the beeshive, the cupid, the dog barking, the man
pulling the swing, the overgrown garden and the title.
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Explain the events depicted in the Raft of the Medusa.
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Discuss why the School of Athens is considered to be one of the pinnacle pieces of the Renaissance (list
the new discoveries in art that were applied to this piece). Discuss 4 of the people who are portrayed in
the painting. State who the two philosophers are standing in the center of the painting and why they
are central to the theme.
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