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02/06/2012

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Paradise Lost
Definition
John Milton
Greatest epic poem in English
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John Milton
Definition
-Puritan
-Political Activist and Essayist
Term
Baroque Architecture
Definition
Controlled Exuberance; control thorugh symmetry
Term
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Definition
St. Peter's Square
Baldacchino
Term
Ectasy of St.Theresa
Definition
Bernini
Term
David
Definition
Bernini
Full action shot!
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Apollo and Daphne
Definition
Bernini
Term
Aeneas
Definition
Bernini
Not texture on skin
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Pluto and Persephone
Definition
Bernini
Marble like putty
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Fountain for pope in Piazza Novona
Definition
Bernini
Term
Caravaggio
Definition
Painter
Term
The Calling of Saint Matthew
Definition
Chiaroscuro
Realism
Term
Calling, Inspiration, and Martyrdom
Definition
Caravaggio
Term
David with the head of Goliath
Definition
Caravaggio
Term
The Supper at Emmaus
Definition
Caravaggio
Term
Artemesia Gentileschi
Definition
Great artist, first woman to step on the scenes. Raped in her youth.
Term
Judith and Holofornes
Definition
The story of Judith/Artemesia
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Diego Velazquez
Definition
-Las Meninas
-The Surrender of Breda
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Peter Paul Rubens
Definition
-Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
-Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici
Term
Rembrandt
Definition
-Night Watch
-The Return of the Prodigal Son
Term
Frans Hals
Definition
-The Laughing Cavalier
Term
Baroque Music Innovations
Definition
-Invention of Opera
-Homophony
-Purely instrumental music
-New instruments (esp violin)
-Temperament
Term
Opera
Definition
Recapture ancient Greek music in the plays: words and music both im portant, recitative, aria, homophony and polyphony, orchestras
Term
Orfeo
Definition
First popular opera
Term
Claudio Monteverdi
Definition
Made opera popular. The Coronation of Poppea.
Term
Hymn/anthem
Definition
congregation
Term
Cantata
Definition
small orchestra and chorus
Term
oratorio
Definition
unstaged religious opera
Term
Sonata, concerto, suite
Definition
solo instrument (or small group_ accompanied by a larger group
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Counterpoint
Definition
a type of polyphony
-fugues
Term
Violin
Definition
Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri
Term
Orchestra Innovations
Definition
Dynamic markings and speed, key signature in the title, specified instrumental parts
Term
Circle of Fifths
Definition
Term
Temperament
Definition
tuning that resulted in pleasant scales
Term
HARMONICS
Definition
Term
Antonio Vivaldi
Definition
-"Red Priest" but later stripped of his priestly privileges
-The Four Seasons
Term
George Frederick Handel
Definition
-Watermusic
-Protestant, deeply religious
-Messiah
-Hallelujah Chorus
Term
Johann Sebastian Bach
Definition
-Great musician
-Over 1000 pieces in every genre except opeara
-Cantatas
-Protestant themes
-counterpoint/fugue
-complex compositions
-Hymns (A Mighty Fortress)
-Brandenburg Concertos
Term
Cervantes
Definition
Don Quixote de la Mancha
-First novel, greatest literary work in SPanish
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