How Does Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space Distill the Vital

question 77

Multiple Choice

How does Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space distill the vital qualities of a bird?

• A) by showing a flock of birds flying south for the winter
• B) because the artist covered its surface with feathers
• C) by reminding us of bird or feather shapes or the soaring quality of flight
• D) by floating above the viewer
• E) because it is accompanied by an audio recording of bird song

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Definitions:

Pyrimidines

One of the two types of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Chargaff

Refers to Chargaff's rules, which are empirical rules regarding the ratios of nucleotide bases within DNA molecules: adenine (A) pairs with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) pairs with guanine (G).

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA; it pairs with cytosine.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.