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Art consultants should have strong communication skills.

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True

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Which of the following is an example of an art movement?

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cubism

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One of the reasons we study art is that it gives us information about the past.

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True

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Modern photography using cameras began in the 1400s.

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false

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What art-related career involves working with businesses and organizations to find them pieces of art that meet their needs?

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art consultant

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Art has sometimes been used to record information about events and people.

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True

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What do you call the creation of an image on one medium and the transfer of the image to another medium through ink or other pigment?

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Printmaking

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What is a reason that people create art?

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All of the above

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What skill(s) would be important for an art appraiser to have?

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All of the above

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What is a system in which kings, rulers, and other wealthy individuals provided financial and other support to artists?

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Patronage

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Only beautiful pieces are considered art.

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false

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Which of the following is an example of a decorative art?

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A carved bowl

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What is the process of creating images through the manipulation of light?

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Photography

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How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh sell during his lifetime?

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1

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One of the only remaining copies we have of The Code of Hammurabi is written on which of the following?

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A sculpture

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The empty areas around other objects in an artwork are which of the following?

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space

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What types of lines are used to help create a sense of movement in a piece of art?

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diagonal

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Value is often used by artists to create mood and give the impression of light.

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true

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What term describes how bright or dull a color is?

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intensity

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"Hue" or "tone" refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

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false

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Which of the following refers to the repetition of elements in a piece of artwork?

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rhythm

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The principles of art are the ways in which the elements of art are used and placed within a piece of art.

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true

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Organic shapes and forms are which of the following?

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Irregular

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Vertical lines can create what impression in an artwork?

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Height and strength

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Forms are two-dimensional, with width and height.

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false

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Which of the following is an element of art?

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all of the above

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Curved lines tend to create a sense of energy and movement within the artwork.

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true

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Texture refers to the way something _____.

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feels

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What are often used to define the edge or boundary of something?

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lines

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Some art careers involve giving art critiques as a part of the job description.

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true

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Art critiques work only for pieces created after 1400.

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false

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What is true about analyzing art?

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A person might analyze art differently over time.

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The Raft of the Medusa was painted by which artist?

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Theodore Gericault

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The first step of an art critique is to evaluate the artwork.

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false

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Art critiques are of no help to someone improving their own artwork.

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false

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The Raft of the Medusa is associated with what European style of art?

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romanticism

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What question might you ask during the "evaluate" phase of an art critique?

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What do you personally like or dislike about the artwork? Why?

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What stage of an art critique is where you give your own impressions of the artwork?

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Evaluate

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The artist creates emotion in The Raft of the Medusa through which of the following?

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The balance of the piece

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Our perspectives on art today are likely to be different than the perspectives of an artist who lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

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true

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What is the first step in critiquing art?

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describe

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An art critique is simply an evaluation of an artwork.

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true

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What is true about [SH1] The Raft of the Medusa[MH2] ?

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All of the above

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Art critiques are focused on the negative aspects of art.

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false

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What are marks left by fingers in soft stone called?

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Finger flutings

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Large animals, such as bison and horses, are commonly depicted in cave paintings.

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true

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A megalith is a large what?

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Block of stone

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The Shigir Idol is the oldest known wood sculpture.

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true

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Prehistoric megaliths are extremely rare in places like the Korean Peninsula where access to stone in limited.

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false

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The first rediscovered cave painting was found in 1970 in Australia.

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false

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The innermost stones of Stonehenge form a horseshoe shape that is aligned with the rising sun on the summer solstice.

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true

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Nabta Playa is located where?

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Egypt

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The earliest known cave paintings have been found where?

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Europe

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By firing clay pots at a high temperature, Neolithic people were able to create watertight vessels.

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True

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Which of the following was a tool used by Paleolithic people to create a cave painting?

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All of the above

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The Women of Willendorf is which of the following?

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A sculpture

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The Women of Willendorf is a cave painting showing a woman hunting a bison.

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false

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Newgrange in Ireland is an example of which of the following?

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passage tomb

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The most common form of megalith architecture in Europe is which of the following?

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tombs

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Which piece of art appears to have been created to mark the unification of Egypt?

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Palette of Narmar

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Which ancient society is often called the "cradle of civilization"?

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Mesopotamia

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Ushabti were created to be placed where?

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in tombs

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Which Greek style features columns with two rows of leaves that fan out from the capital and four scrolls?

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Corinthian

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Ka is the Egyptian word that means which of the following?

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spirit

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The first Greek statues used a style that was similar to the Egyptian statues of humans.

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true

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Ka statues in ancient Egypt were meant to give a spirit a place to reside or rest after death.

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true

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Which period or style of Greek sculpture represents the Greeks' first attempts at carving stone?

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Archaic

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The Warka Vase comes from what ancient society?

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Sumer

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The red-figure style of Greek pottery generally has what color background?

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black

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Early Greek pottery most often depicted scenes from Greek mythology.

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false

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Sunk relief consisted of cutting an image into a flat surface.

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true

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Which Greek pottery style featured figures in silhouette?

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Black-figure style

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Which of the following is a commonality found in the ancient art of different societies?

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Animals were often depicted in ancient art.

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The Nike of Samothrace was a Greek sculpture from which period/style?

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Hellenistic

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A gargoyle is like a waterspout for the building.

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true

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What do we call a religious artwork of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint that was used for honoring that figure?

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icon

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Opus Anglicanum is which of the following?

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Fine needlework

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Arches are architectural features that resemble the upper half of a sphere or circle.

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false

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Gothic art is characterized by the integration of art forms, most notably architecture, sculpture, and stained glass.

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true

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The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral in France is an example of what style of architecture?

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gothic

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Byzantine art is art created after the center of the Roman Empire shifted to which city?

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Constantinople

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Frescoes are wall paintings that are created on fresh plaster.

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True

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What color background was common in Byzantine paintings?

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Gold

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Giotto was an ancient Roman sculptor who created The Nike.

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false

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Flying buttresses were commonly used in which style of architecture?

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Gothic

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The ancient Romans created a number of pictorial stained glass pieces.

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false

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The Bayeux Tapestry appears to show which of the following?

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hailey's comet

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Gothic style began in which country?

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france

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Which artwork was most likely created by one or more women?

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Bayeux Tapestry

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Women did not create visual arts until the mid-19th century.

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false

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The ancient Romans were most influenced by the art of which ancient society?

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the greeks

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Hagia Sophia is an example of which style of architecture?

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Byzantine

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Hagia Sophia was created in the Gothic style of architecture.

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false

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Some of the earliest Christian art that we know about has been found where?

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The Catacombs of Rome

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Which artwork was most likely created by one or more women?

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Bayeux Tapestry

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The Column of Trajan features what type of art?

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Narrative relief

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What are art elements that are three-dimensional, with height, width, and depth?

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forms

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