In Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna ...

[crazycityslicker]

In Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what abstract concepts does the dog symbolize?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How did Kenneth Clark know of the African dancing mask he disparaged in his television series and book Civilization?
 
  a) He owned it.
  b) He saw it in a museum of natural history.
  c) He saw a photograph of it in a book.
  d) He saw it in a magazine.

[itsakadoozi]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Here accompanying a man and woman joining hands, the dog symbolizes faith in the context of marriage or betrothal, indicating that this couple pledge to remain faithful to each other. The dog might also symbolize that the man and woman are faithful in their religious beliefs.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a