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• Describe a particular aspect of Versailles that you think represents the palace’s purpose as a symbol of absolute monarchy. • Peter Paul Rubens was one of the favorite artists of Louis XIV, known as the Sun King. Describe a painting by Rubens that you think shares the same sort of grandeur and extravagance represented by the Palace of Versailles. • Describe a painting by Velázquez that you think reflects Rubens’ influence on the arts of the Spanish court. • dentify and describe a characteristic of South Pacific Islander cultural practices that represents the social system in place within these cultures. • Some Enlightenment thinkers saw the cultures Captain Cook encountered as noble savages free from the impositions of civilized European life. Others, like Cook, held the Enlightenment view of human nature being the same everywhere, including South Pacific cultures. Explain whether you agree or disagree with the Enlightenment philosophical view on the universality of human nature and behavior. • Refer to specific aspects of the societies of Europe and the South Pacific as support for your position.
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