In Las Meninas,Diego Velázquez Proclaimed the Dignity and Importance of Painting

question 627

Multiple Choice

In Las Meninas,Diego Velázquez proclaimed the dignity and importance of painting as one of the liberal arts by __________.

• A)using tenebrism to create a sense of theatricality
• B)focusing on the central figure of the Infanta
• C)including a dog and attendants in the foreground
• D)depicting himself as a courtier with the keys of the palace

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Definitions:

Indole Ring

A bicyclic structure composed of a benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring, found in many organic compounds.

Side Chain

A group of atoms attached to the main part of a molecule, influencing its chemical properties and reactions.

Amino Acid

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, containing both amine and carboxyl functional groups.

Imidazole Ring

A heterocyclic compound containing a ring made of three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms, found in many biologically important molecules.