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Dr. Baldridge Art Final
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
11/16/2010

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1400 ad - 1600 ad
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Renaissance
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1600 ad - 1750 ad
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Baroque
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500 ad - 1100 ad
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Romanesque
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1100 ad - 1400 ad
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Gothic
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1750 ad - 1800 ad
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Classic
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What is three-dimensional volume in visual art called
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Space
Term
What are the primary colors
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Red Blue Yellow
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What is an artist physical material called?
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medium
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What is a series of single tones sounded successively called
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melody
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Music symbols representing sounds are called what?
Definition
notes
Term
Music symbols representing silences are called what?
Definition
Rests
Term
Most western music is organized into regularly recurring groupings called what?
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Measures
Term
The highness or lowness of a sound is called what?
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pitch
Term
A type of harmony based on the use of the eight church modes is called what?
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Modality
Term
Gradations in sound volume in music are called what?
Definition
dynamics
Term
What is another word for tone color?
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timbre
Term
The original Pictures at an Exhibition is written for which instrument?
Definition
piano
Term
Who composed the original Pictures at an Exhibition?
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Mussorgski
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Who orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition?
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Ravel
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Vertical lines represent what?
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strength
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Diagonal lines represent what?
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tension and action
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Horizontal lines represent what?
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repose and stability
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What does frequency of vibration of a sound determine?
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pitch
Term
The element of music which deals with time and its division is called what?
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rhythm
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1000 BC - 800 BC
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Archaic Age
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800 BC - 500 BC
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Lyric Age
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500 BC - 325 BC
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Golden Age
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Sculpture carved into a flat surface is called what?
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relief
Term
A wall painting on wet plaster is called what?
Definition
fresco
Term
A high hill in the middle of a Greek city is called what?
Definition
acropolis
Term
The most important temple on the acropolis in Athens is called what?
Definition
Parthenon
Term
Who was one of the foremost artists of the Golden Age?
Definition
Praxilelis
Term
The Greek belief that music impacts our emotions is called what?
Definition
ethos
Term
The lyre was associated with which Greek god?
Definition
Apollo
Term
The aulos was associated with which Greek god?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
Which type of cross is equal in length in all directions?
Definition
Greek cross
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The Edict of Milan was signed in what year?
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313 AD
Term
A wall picture created with pieces of colored tile and glass is called what?
Definition
mosaic
Term
Psalm performance involving two groups is called what?
Definition
antiphonal psalmody
Term
Psalm performance involving a leader and group is called what?
Definition
responsorial
Term
Who first used the arched vault?
Definition
Romans
Term
Who is responsible for spreading Greek culture throughout the world?
Definition
Romans
Term
The Romans excelled in what type of sculpture?
Definition
portrait
Term
What type of cross is taller than it is wide?
Definition
Roman
Term
What document legalized Christianity?
Definition
Edict of Milan
Term
What are the characteristics Romanesque architecture?
Definition
Round arches, thick walls, small windows, dark interior, mosaics, wall paintings, masculine
Term
Which church group set standards for artists to follow?
Definition
Second Council of Nicca
Term
When is the chant Puer Natus sung?
Definition
At Christmas
Term
In what type of service is the chant Dies Irae sung?
Definition
At a funural or requiem
Term
The composers of Medieval chants were what?
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unknown/anonymous
Term
The texts of Church liturgy which changed from service to service were called what?
Definition
proper
Term
The central liturgical service of the Chruch was called what?
Definition
Mass
Term
The texts of Church liturgy which remained constant were called what?
Definition
ordinary
Term
What is the name of the first Ordinary chant sung in the Mass?
Definition
Kyrie
Term
Flying buttresses were an innovation of which period?
Definition
Medieval Gothic
Term
What is polyphonic church music of the Medieval period called?
Definition
organum
Term
What are the characteristic of Gothic architecture?
Definition
pointed arches, thin walls, large windows, bright colorfull interior, stain glass, feminine
Term
Who is the composer of Alleluia nativitas?
Definition
Perotin
Term
The foundation of Gothic compositions was called what?
Definition
cantus firmus
Term
Medieval poet musicians from southern France were called what?
Definition
troubadours
Term
Medieval poet musicians of northern France were called what?
Definition
trouveres
Term
Medieval poet musicians from Germany were called what?
Definition
minnesinger
Term
Who is one of the earliest identified female composers?
Definition
Hildegard von Bingen
Term
A secular song in Germany is called what?
Definition
Lied
Term
Who was the most wealthy and powerful family of the Renaissance?
Definition
Medici
Term
Who painted Creation?
Definition
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Who painted the Birth of Venus?
Definition
Sandro Botticelli
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Who painted The Last Supper?
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
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Who painted Mona Lisa?
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
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What is a painting by Fra Angelico?
Definition
Annunciation
Term
The word Renaissance means what?
Definition
rebirth
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Who was the leader of the Reformation in Germany?
Definition
Luther
Term
Who was the leader of the Reformation in France?
Definition
Calvin
Term
An important guitar-like instrument of the Renaissance was what?
Definition
lute
Term
Who is the composer of Now Is the Month of Maying?
Definition
Thomas Morley
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What is a new kind of music in the seventeenth century to combine music and drama?
Definition
opera
Term
The technique of using bright focused light surrounded by shadows is called what?
Definition
chiaroscuro
Term
Who is the most famous sculptor of the Baroque?
Definition
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Term
The establishment of tonality took place in which historical period?
Definition
Baroque
Term
The Messiah is a famous oratorio by which composer?
Definition
George Handel
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For what type of music is Vivaldi known?
Definition
concertos
Term
Who composed The Four Seasons?
Definition
Antonio Vivaldi
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A new musical shorthand used in the Baroque was called what?
Definition
figured bass
Term
Who was the most famous Baroque sculptor?
Definition
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Term
In opera a simple musical setting of a dramatic text is called what?
Definition
Recitative
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In opera an extended vocal solo is called what?
Definition
aria
Term
Who is considered the greatest composer of organ music?
Definition
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Who is considered the most nearly perfect musical creator in the history of Western music?
Definition
Wolfgang Mozart
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Which artist was the leader of the Neoclassic movement in revolutionary France?
Definition
Jacques-Louis David
Term
Oath of the Horatii is by which artist?
Definition
Jacques-Louis David
Term
What is an extended composition of several movements for instruments?
Definition
sonata
Term
Haydn is known primarily for what type of composition?
Definition
symphony
Term
Who composed the Marriage of Figaro?
Definition
Wolfgang Mozart
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Social Contract is a treatise by whom?
Definition
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Term
The three parts of sonata-allegro form are called what?
Definition
exposition, development, recapitulation
Term
What composer served the Esterhazy family?
Definition
Franz Joseph Haydn
Term
A sonata written for a solo instrument and orchestra is called what?
Definition
concerto
Term
An ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello is called what?
Definition
string quartet
Term
The great music of the Classic period came from which country?
Definition
Austria
Term
Erlkönig is a song by which composer?
Definition
Franz Schubert
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Who was one of the first noteworthy painters from America?
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Benjamin West
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The Raft of the Medusa is by which artist?
Definition
Theodore Gericault
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Who painted Liberty Leading the People?
Definition
Eugene Delacroix
Term
Music which has an accompanying literary description is called what?
Definition
program music
Term
Chopin is known for what kind of music?
Definition
Piano
Term
Who painted The Third of May?
Definition
Francisco Goya
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What composer originally dedicated a symphony to Napoleon?
Definition
Ludwig Beethoven
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Who was the leader of the Romantic movement in painting?
Definition
Eugene Delacroix
Term
Who was an English painter of landscapes in the nineteenth century?
Definition
J.M.W. Turner
Term
Who composed Symphonie fantastique?
Definition
Hector Berlioz
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Who used the technique called leitmotif in his music?
Definition
Richard Wagner
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Who was an American Romantic Realist painter?
Definition
Winslow Homer
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Who used the technique idee fixe in his music?
Definition
Hector Berlioz
Term
Who was one of the first painters to use the term realism in connection with his art?
Definition
Gustave Courbet
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Franz Liszt was known as a virtuoso on what instrument?
Definition
piano
Term
Which painter used pointillism?
Definition
Georges Seurat
Term
Who composed Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?
Definition
Claude Debussy
Term
Impressionism got its name from which painting?
Definition
Impression: Sunrise
Term
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is by which painter?
Definition
Georges Seurat
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Which artist liked to paint ballet dancers?
Definition
Edgar Degas
Term
Who was the most important composer of Impressionism?
Definition
Claude Debussy
Term
Who was the immediate precursor of the Impressionist painters?
Definition
Edouard Manet
Term
Who painted Starry Night?
Definition
Vincent van Gogh
Term
A style of painting using thousands of dots is called what?
Definition
pointillism
Term
Who was the greatest cubist painter?
Definition
Pablo Picasso
Term
What is a popular style of music in the early twentieth century featuring syncopation?
Definition
Ragtime
Term
Who composed Rhapsody in Blue?
Definition
George Gershwin
Term
Who was the best-known American architect of the first half of the twentieth century?
Definition
Frank Lloyd Wright
Term
Who was the best-known and most sensational of the Surrealists?
Definition
Salvador Dali
Term
Art that employs movement is called
Definition
Kinetic
Term
Who painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?
Definition
Pablo Picasso
Term
Ragtime and Blues merged to form what type of popular music?
Definition
jazz
Term
A style of music typically based on twelve-measure patterns is called what?
Definition
blues
Term
Who created serialism in music?
Definition
Schoenberg
Term
The movement in which artists went beyond natural appearances to present the inner meaning of natural phenomena is called what?
Definition
expression
Term
Who was the best-known painter of the twentieth century?
Definition
Pablo Picasso
Term
A style of twentieth-century art that reduced nature to basic geometric patterns is called what?
Definition
cubism
Term
Threnody is a composition by which composer?
Definition
Krzysztof Penderecki
Term
Paper and other materials assembled on a flat surface is called what?
Definition
collage
Term
What composer used bird songs in his music?
Definition
Olivier Messiaen
Term
Painting that involves colors splashed and dripped on the canvas is called what?
Definition
action painting
Term
Artworks that explore optical responses generated by color and line are called what?
Definition
op art
Term
What is artwork called which uses as little as possible to create the work?
Definition
mimimal art
Term
Green Coca-Cola Bottles is by which artist?
Definition
Andy Warhol
Term
325 BC - 100 BC
Definition
Hellenistic Age
Term
1800 ad - 1900 ad
Definition
Romantic
Term
The style of art that portrayed the reality and intensity of the subconscious mind was calles what?
Definition
Surrealism
Term
Schubert is known for what type of music?
Definition
Lied
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