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shofmannx20

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In Michelangelo's David (fig. 10.6) the figure's head and shoulders are in a slightly opposite direction than his hips and legs, in a pose called __________.
 
  A. hip check
  B. serpentine
  C. contrapposto
  D. active

Question 2

Pope __________ commissioned the Sistine Ceiling (fig. 18.28).
 
  A. Clement VII
  B. Adrian VI
  C. Paul III
  D. Julius II
  E. Leo X



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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