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Art, in any age, is the expression of characteristic attitudes of the people of the age toward important aspects of life.
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Roman Empire & Early Christian |
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An artist's physical material |
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Three-dimensional volume in visual art |
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The element of music which deals with time and its division |
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The frequency of vibrations of a sound |
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Monophony, Homophony, Polyphony |
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Three terms used to describe texture. Single melody; melody with accompaniment; multiple voices |
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A series of sinle tones sounded successively |
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Sculpture carved into a flat surface |
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The Greek belief that music possessed moral and ethical values |
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The influence of Roman culture was spread throughout the Western world by the Greek conquerors. True or False? |
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False. Greek culture was spread by Romans |
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The arched vault was first used extensively in the architecture of the:... |
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A cross that is taller than it is wide |
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The Edict of Milan was signed by the Roman Emperor Constantine legalizing Christianity in this year |
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In the year of 787 AD, this group of church leaders established artistic guidelines to be followed by anyone creating religious artwork |
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Characteristics of Romanesque architecture |
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Thick walls, few windows, heavily vaulted ceilings, massive doors, dull colors |
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Monophonic vocal music used in the Medieval church in Rome |
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Religious symbolism was used little by the Medival church. True or False? |
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False. There was much of it. Especially using the numbers three and seven. |
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Flying buttresses were an architectural innovation of the Renaissance. True or False? |
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Mosaic pictures gradually replaced stain glass windows during the Medieval Gothic. True or Flase? |
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The most famous painter of the Gothic age. |
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Polyphonic music which developed during the early Gothic age |
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Troubadours, Trouveres, and Minnesingers |
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South France, North France, and Germany. Minstrel singers of the Medieval period. |
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The most wealthy and powerful family of the Renaissance |
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Characteristics of Renaissance painting: |
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Secular, clear lines, geometric, polychromatic, closed, balanced |
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The Birth of Venus painted by: |
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The Last Supper by Da Vinci is considered to be a: |
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A congregational song in the Renaissance Lutheran church |
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Palestrina composed music for the: |
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A secular song in Renaissance Germany |
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A secular song in Renaissance France |
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It was very common for instruments to play along with voices during the Renaissance. True or False? |
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The term Baroque was first used to describe: |
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Art overladen with ornament |
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The technique of using bright focused light surrounded by dark shadows |
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The most famous sculptor of the Baroque |
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The establishment of tonality in music tok place during which historical period? |
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A system of musical shorthand invented during the Baroque |
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A new form of combining music and drama during the early seventeenth century |
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The cathedral for which Giovanni Gabrieli composed antiphonal music to be performed |
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An instrument composition made up of a number of short dances |
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Vivaldi is known for his: |
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Bach spent most of his career working for the: |
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The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos composed by: |
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The Messiah was composed by: |
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The Rococo style was characteristic of the courts of Louis XIV and Louis XV. True or False? |
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Rococo painting can be described as: |
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Ornate, embellished, luxurious |
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Neoclassicism represents: |
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The return of Greek and Roman ideas |
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This artist was the leader of the Neoclassic movement in revolutionary France |
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Oath of Haratii was painted by: |
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A three of four movement instrumental composition |
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The three parts of sonata-allegro form are: |
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Exposition, development, and recapitulation |
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Haydn is known primarily for: |
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This composer is considered the most nearly perfect musical creator in the history of Western music. |
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The Marriage of Figaro is an opera by this composer. |
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This treatise written by Jean Jacques Rousseau popularized the Romantic movement |
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The raft of the Medusa was painted by: |
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Liberty Leading the People is a painting about: |
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the 1830 French Revolution |
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Liberty Leading the People was painted by: |
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The Third of May was painted by: |
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The Third of May is a painting about: |
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the execution of revolutionists |
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Francisco Goya was one of the first artists to portray: |
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 was originally dedicated to: |
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Schubert is especially known for this type of composition: |
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Erlkonig is a song about: |
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A father, child, and death coming after the child. |
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Erlkonig is a song composed by: |
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Chopin is especially known for: |
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Piano music, specifically nocturnes |
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music accompanying literary description, associated with something extra-musical through its title |
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Symphonie Fantastique is about: |
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a musician in love with an actress who rejects him, he takes opium and it depicts his hallucinations |
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Symphonie Fantastique was composed by: |
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Nationalism is best communicated through: |
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Impressionism got its name from this painting |
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Monet's Impression: Sunrise |
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted by: |
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte uses this technique: |
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Starry Nigh is a painting by: |
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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was composed by: |
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The movement in which artists went beyond natural appearances to present the inner meaning of natural phenomena is called: |
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A style of 20th century art that reduced nature to basic geometric patterns is called: |
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The best-known painter of the twentieth century was: |
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Les Demoselles d'Avignon is a painting by: |
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A style of art that portrayed the reality and intensity of the subconscious mind was: |
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This artist was the best-known and most sensational of Surrealists. |
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Art that employs movement is called: |
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One of the best-known American architects of the twentieth century was: |
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Serialism or 12 tone system are labels for a style of music created by: |
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The Rite of Spring is a ballet by: |
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Rhapsody in Blue is a composition by: |
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A style of popular music including syncopation during the early 20th century was called: |
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A style of music typically based on twelve-measure patterns that allows for much improvisation is called: |
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Ragtime and blues combined to form this new type of popular music: |
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Painting that involves colors splashed and dripped on the canvas is called: |
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Green Coca-Cola Bottles is an artwork by: |
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2 and 3-D artworks that explore optical responses generated by color and line are called: |
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Artwork that uses as little as possible to create the work is called: |
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Threnody in Memory of the Victims of Hiroshima is a composition by: |
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