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wsc '24 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991) - ANSWER -A 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) - ANSWER -This 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) - ANSWER -This 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) - ANSWER -This 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) - ANSWER -This 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) - ANSWER -A 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. 2 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. A Reversible Anthropomorphic Portrait of a Man Composed of Fruit/Giuseppe Arcimboldo - ANSWER -It is known for anthropomorphic representations of fruits, vegetables, plants, animals and objects. Kawsbob/Kaws (2010) - ANSWER -This painting is inspired by the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants. Soup Cans/Andy Warhol (1962) - ANSWER -A 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) - ANSWER -It 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) - ANSWER -This 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) - ANSWER -This 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 - ANSWER -It 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 - ANSWER -It 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 - ANSWER -It 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. ~ Heisei Era. ~ Showa Era. 3 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Korean calendar - ANSWER -It is a lunisolar calendar, meaning that it has both Lunar and Solar features. Islamic calendar - ANSWER -It 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 - ANSWER -It 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 - ANSWER -It 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 cha

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The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991) - ANSWER ✔✔-A 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-A 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.




Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.

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A Reversible Anthropomorphic Portrait of a Man Composed of Fruit/Giuseppe Arcimboldo - ANSWER

✔✔-It is known for anthropomorphic representations of fruits, vegetables, plants, animals and objects.


Kawsbob/Kaws (2010) - ANSWER ✔✔-This painting is inspired by the cartoon character SpongeBob

SquarePants.


Soup Cans/Andy Warhol (1962) - ANSWER ✔✔-A 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-This 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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.




Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.

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Korean calendar - ANSWER ✔✔-It is a lunisolar calendar, meaning that it has both Lunar and Solar

features.


Islamic calendar - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It presents the official Ottoman/Turkish calendar system, where it follows

a Julian year structure, where March is the start of the year.


Mayan calendar - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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 - ANSWER ✔✔-It 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) - ANSWER ✔✔-The 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,


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