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Art, music, literature and timelines from the 14th century to the 18th
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 4
07/15/2012

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Lorenzetti, Ambrogio – Allegory of Good Government

1330

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Brunelleschi Florence Cathedral

1410-1430

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Boticelli – Birth of Venus

1480

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Durer, Albrecht – Saint Michael Fightint the Dragon

1490

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Durer, Albrecht – Knight, Death, and the Devil

1510

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Dürer, Albrecht Self Portrait

1500

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Michelangelo – Pieta

1490

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Michelangelo- David

1500

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Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508-1512

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Late Reniassance
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1450-1600
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Baroque
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1600-1750
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Enlightenment
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1700-1800
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Garden of Earthly Delights
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Bosch, Hieronymus 1500
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Raffael – Madonna of the Meadow

1500

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Raphael – Philosophy

1509-1511

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Giorgione – Le Concert Chapetre

1510

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Grunewald, Matthias – Crucifixion (from Isenheim Altarpiece)

1510

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Titian – Assumption of the Virgin

1510

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Titian – Venus of Urbino

1530

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Parmigianino – Madonna of the Long Neck

1530

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Anguissola– A Game of Chess

1550

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Bruegel- The Triumph of Death

1560

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El Greco – Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion

1580

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El Greco – Burial of Count Orgaz

1580

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Tintoretto – Last Supper

1590

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Carvaggio – The Calling of St. Matthew

1600

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Caravaggio – The Incredulity of Thomas

1600

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Rubens, Peter Paul – The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

1610

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Poussin – Et in Arcadia Ego

1620

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Poussin – Abduction of the Sabine Women

1530

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Poussin – Et in Arcadia Ego

1640

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Bernini – Self-Portrati

1620

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Bernini- David

1620

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Bernini – Rape Of Proserpina

1640

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Bernini – Ecstasy of Santa Teresa

1650

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Gentileschi– Judith and Holofernes

1620

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Rembrandt – Self-portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open

1630

(Later self portraits in the 1650s)

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Rembrandt – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

1630

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Rembrandt – The Night Watch

1640

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Ribera, José de – The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

1630 

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Vermeer, Jan – The Milkmaid

1650

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Vermeer, Jan – The Music Lesson

1660

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Vermeer, Jan – Girl with a Pearl Earring

1660

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Velázquez, Diego – Las meninas (The maids of honor)

1650

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Watteau, Jean Antoine – Return from Cythera

1710

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Boucher, François – Diana Leaving the Bath

1740

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Luther publishes his German translation of the Bible
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1534
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Shakespeare writing plays
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1590–1610 -
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Don Quixote part I published
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1605
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 King James Authorized Version of Bible published
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1611
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Don Quixote part II published
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1615
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Descartes publishes Discourse on Method and Meditations
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1630-40
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 Galileo publishes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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1630s
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Voltaire, Candide
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1759
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Rousseau, The Social Contract
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1762
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Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
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1776
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 John Dowland creating music in England
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1580-1620
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 Peri, Dafne, the first play ever set to music, performed in Florence
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1594
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 Peri, Euridice, the first extant opera
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1600
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Monteverdi L’Orfeo
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1607
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 Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, violin concertos
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1720
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 Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
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1721
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 Handel, Messiah first performed
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1742
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Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro
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1786
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Mozart, The Magic Flute
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1788
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 Reign of Henry VIII in England
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1509-47
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Reign of Pope Leo X (de Medici)
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1513-21
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Reformation begins in Germany with Luther’s 95 Theses challenging the practice of indulgences
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1517
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 Charles V reigns as Holy Roman Emperor
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1519-56
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 Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X
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1521
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 Churches of Rome and England separate (Henry III founds Anglican church in England)
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1534
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 Felipe (Phillip) II reigns in Spain
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1556-98
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 Elizabeth I reigns in England
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1558-1603
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Defeat of Felipe’s Spanish Armada at the hands of Elizabeth’s England
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1588
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English found colony of Virginia in New World
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1607
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 5-year-old Louis XIV ascends throne of France under regency
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1643
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Louis XIV assumes full control of France
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1661
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Louis XIV moves court to newly remodeled Versailles
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1682
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Louis XIV dies after 72-year reign; Louis XV ascends throne
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1715
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American Declaration of Independence
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1776
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American Declaration of Independence
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1778-83
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Collapse of French economy; riots in Paris
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1788
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French Revolution begins; new American constitution
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1789
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 Exectution of Louis XVI
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1793
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Reign of Terror in France
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1793-95
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 Napoleon rules France as consul and then as emperor
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1799-1814
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Patronage
Definition
Financial backing and other support provided by a person or institution
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Pyramidal Configuration
Definition
The manner of articulating artworks, common in Renaissance, in which minor figures form the base and the central figure form the apex.
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Neo-Platonism
Definition
Philosophical movement drived from the work of Plato and his followers, which emphasizes the drive toward the ideal as the goal of transcending mere material reality.
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Mannerism vs. High Renaissance
Definition

High Renaissance: normal or ideal, appeals to universal. Direct, controlled, measured,harmonious, easily posed, natural.

 

Mannerism: abnormal, exploits strangness, uncontrolled emotion. Elaborate, spasmodic space, conflicting, acentral composition, tensely posed or overextended. Contrasting, suprising colors. Artificial

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Humanism
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A cultural and intellectual movement which emerged in the Renaissance that embraced the belief in human perfectability.
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Indulgences
Definition
Forgiveness of sins in return for prayer, good works, and/or money
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Index
Definition
A list of forbidden books that was issued by the Catholic Church in the mid-16th century
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Reformation
Definition
16th century movement originating in northern Europe aginst corruption in the Catholic Church. Ex. (indulgences, authority to theologians to interpret the Bible, low standard of education in parishes.)
Begat the Protestant Church.
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Major discoveries of the 16th Century
Definition

1492- Columbus discovers America

1493- Paracelsus pioneers use of chemicals totreat disease

1520-22- Magellan cirumnavigates the world

1530-43- Copernicus refutes geocentric view of universe

1543- Versalius publishes anatomical treatise (Third Musculature Table)

1569- Mercator devises system of mapmaking

1582- Pope Gregory XIII reforms the calendar

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Linear perspective
Definition
A system of perspective in which all parallel lines converge at a single vanishing point
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Woodcut
Definition
A work produced by cutting away parts of a wooden block, which is then inked and printed
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Engraving
Definition
Process of incising lines on a copper plate, which is then printed to produce an impression.
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Triptych
Definition
Painting consisting of three separate panels
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Ayre
Definition
Simple English song written for one singer and accompaniment
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Virginal
Definition
Early keyboard instrument small enough to be placed on a table or the player's lap
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Groundlings
Definition
The part of an Elizabethan theater where the spectactors stood. These poorer members of the audience became known as groundlings.
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Soliloquy
Definition
Speech made by characters in a play who utter their thoughts aloud, without addresing them to any other character
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Counter-Reformation
Definition
In response to the success of Protestantism, the Catholic Church reaafirmed its authority and doctrines, as outlined in the Councils of Trent, and began campagins both within the preisthood and the artistic community to amplify the religious authority, splendor, and power of the church.
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Opera
Definition
A dramatic performance in which the text is sung rather than spoken
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
A painting technique that employs the extreme contrasts between light and darkness
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Monody or Recitative
Definition
Meaning ode for one voice or actor. In early opera, it referred to a single declamatory vocal line with accompaniment.
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Aria
Definition
A solo song in an opera, oratorio, or cantata, which often gives the singer a chance to display technical skill
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Oratorio
Definition
Sacred drama performed without action, scenery, or costume, generally in a church or concert hall
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Fugue
Definition
Piece of music in which the same themes are repeated and combined in counterpoint
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Chorale Prelude
Definition
Instrumental music that uses a familiar hymn or sacred song as the basis of an improvisation
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Cantata
Definition
Short oratorios, alternating arias and recitative
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Orchestral movement
Definition
A self-contained section of a work. The classical symphony for example had four distinct movements.
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Laissez Faire
Definition
"Let it be"
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Age of Optimism
Definition
A description of the 18th Century as the people during the time had trust in science and in the power of human reason, belief in the natural order, and an overriding faith in the theory of progress that the world was better than it had ever been and was bound to get better still.
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Rococo
Definition
A baroque art style characterised by charm and decoration, in which the subjects were treated with light heartedness, intended to entertain the eye. Also derived from the french word for "shell."
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Neo-Classical Art
Definition
A distinct movement that drew on the Western classical art of Ancient Greece and Rome. Beginning in earnest in 1760’s, it was a reactionary movement against the sensuousness and frivolousness of the Rococo and Baroque styles and a return to the ‘ideal’ of Ancient Greece and the ‘purity’ of Roman art.
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Symphony
Definition
A musical work in several self-contained movements, written for full orchestra; essentially a sonata for orchestra.
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Sonata
Definition
In the 17th Century, a short instrumental piece. From the 18th century, a piece of music for one or two instruments (piano sonata for solo piano, etc.) in several self-contained movements
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Orchestra
Definition

A group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.

Full orchestra consists of: violins (I, II), viola, cello, bass, trumpet, horn, flute, obeo, clarinet, percussion

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Revolution
Definition
 A radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. Revolutions usually lead to an overthrow of a government to be replaced by another
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