The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991) correct answersA photograph depicting a surreal street scene with an overcast sky. A saintly figure in white floats above the pavement and casts a shadow on the wall running down the street. A woman and child are walking up some steps whilst, on the right of t...
The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991) correct answersA photograph depicting a surreal street scene
with an overcast sky. A saintly figure in white floats above the pavement and casts a shadow on the wall
running down the street. A woman and child are walking up some steps whilst, on the right of the image,
a man is standing under some plastic sheeting.
Late Visitors to Pompeii/Carel Wilink (1931) correct answersThis is a blend of metaphysical, magic
realism and surrealism that situates suited male figures in a ruined classical city under a smoking
volcano.
Our Lady of the Iguanas/Graciela Iturbide (1979) correct answersThis photograph of a woman selling
iguanas that focuses on the matriarchal nature of the Zapotec Indian community and documents the role
of women as healers, political leaders, sexual sirens and merchants.
Aerial Rotating House/Albert Robida (1883) correct answersThis shows a house that's been raised up on
a rotating table that makes a statement on overcrowding and access to light and air for urban residents.
The Romantic Dollarscape/Pedro Alvarez (2003) correct answersThis shows images of American historical
figures like Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson and Jefferson plus the representatives of various ethnic groups
who landed in Cuba at various times—Africans, Chinese, Arabs, indigenous people and Spaniards.
Weirdos of Another Universe/Avery Gibbs (2003) correct answersA series of paintings that explores the
"what ifs" of an imaginary situation where a small population of humans suddenly exist within an alien
world. It is about the feeling of being an outsider after having entered a new world, and gradually
figuring out how to find your place within it.
A Reversible Anthropomorphic Portrait of a Man Composed of Fruit/Giuseppe Arcimboldo correct
answersIt is known for anthropomorphic representations of fruits, vegetables, plants, animals and
objects.
Kawsbob/Kaws (2010) correct answersThis painting is inspired by the cartoon character SpongeBob
SquarePants.
,Soup Cans/Andy Warhol (1962) correct answersA painting that reflects the artist's life for twenty years
where he used to drink it and have the same lunch every day over and over again.
Charlie Brown Firestarter/Banksy (2010) correct answersIt features a character emptying a red can of
gasoline onto the pavement with a cigarette protruding from his recognizable smiling face.
Life, Miracle Whip and Premium/Brenda O'Connell (2013) correct answersThis painting zooms in on the
everyday even further, focusing on one brand at a time that includes consumer interest.
Liberation of Aunt Jemima:Cocktail /Betye Saar (1973) correct answersThis painting combines the
iconography of the Black Power Movement, political violence, and aspirational middle-class American
culture. It uses them to critique the racist stereotypes of black femininity and speak to the revolutionary
aims of Black Liberation movements.
Julian calendar correct answersIt is the 365-day calendar that Julius Caesar made official in 46 B.C. It
replaced a calendar based on lunar cycles. It provided for a leap year with an extra day every four years.
And included an average of 365.25 days each year.
Gregorian calendar correct answersIt is the system used since 1582 in Western countries of arranging
the months in the year and the days in the months and of counting the years from the birth of Christ.
Japanese calendar correct answersIt is based on the reign period of the emperor. Each time a different
emperor begins to rule, a new counting of the years begins and the period acquires a new name. 2019 -
Present ~ Reiwa Era. 1989 - 2019 ~ Heisei Era. 1926 - 1989 ~ Showa Era.
Korean calendar correct answersIt is a lunisolar calendar, meaning that it has both Lunar and Solar
features.
Islamic calendar correct answersIt is based on twelve lunar months and consists of 344 or 345 days; the
years are reckoned from the Hijra (the time when Muhammad left Mecca for Medina and founded the
first Muslim community) in 622.
, Nepali calendar correct answersIt follows the Bikram Sambat (B.S) system which uses lunar months and
solar sidereal year and is also called Nepali Patro. The New year in Nepalese Calendar begins with the
month of Baisakh which falls on mid of April in Gregorian Calendar (English Calendar).
Lunar calendar correct answersIt is any of various systems for measuring the days, weeks, and months of
the year that are based on the phases of the moon (= the regular changes in the shape of the moon as it
appears to us on earth)
Rumi calendar correct answersIt presents the official Ottoman/Turkish calendar system, where it follows
a Julian year structure, where March is the start of the year.
Mayan calendar correct answersIt serves as the basis for all other calendars used by ancient Mexican
and Central American civilizations. It was based on a ritual cycle of 260 named days and a year of 365
days.
Hindu calendar correct answersIt is based on a year of 12 lunar months; i.e., 12 full cycles of phases of
the Moon. The discrepancy between the lunar year of about 354 days and the solar year of about 365
days is partially resolved by intercalation of an extra month every 30 months.
Solar calendar correct answersIt is any of various systems for measuring the days, weeks, and months of
the year that are based on a year of approximately 365 and a quarter day, the time it takes for the earth
to go around the sun once
After the Ball/Charles Harris (1892) correct answersThe song is a classic waltz in 3/4 time. In the song, an
uncle tells his niece why he has never married. He saw his sweetheart kissing another man at a ball, and
he refused to listen to her explanation. Many years later, after the woman had died, he discovered that
the man was her brother.
Losing My Religion/REM (1991) correct answersIt is an old southern expression for being at the end of
one's rope, and the moment when politeness gives way to anger.
Pink Flamingo/Alyona Sviridova (1994) correct answersIt is a Russian song that tells the story of a pink
flamingo and the child of the sunset.
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