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| According to Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man, what great gift makes humans "the most fortunate of living things"? |
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| Why does Michelangelo's Moses have horns? |
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| A mistranslation of the Bible from Hebrew to Latin |
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| Why did Lorenzo de' Medici invite the young Michelangelo Buonarroti to live in his palace? |
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| Lorenzo recognized Michelangelo's artistic promise |
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| Which is the only panel on the Baptistery doors to represent a single event? |
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| Meeting of Solomon and Sheba |
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| Who won the competition to create a dome for Florence Cathedral? |
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| What criticism did Vasari offer of the Venetian artists such as Giorgione and Titian? |
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| Their work lacked the intellectual design of the Florentines |
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| Why were Josquin des Prez's polyphonic compositions so popular that they were widely performed even after his death? |
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| The expressiveness of the voices |
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| Why were the people eager to buy the indulgences that Julius II sold to finance the St. Peter's project? |
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| They wanted to shorten their stay in purgatory |
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| Upon whom did Raphael model his portrait of Heraclitus, the brooding, despairing philosopher? |
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| What was Michelangelo's first commission in Rome? |
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