Fine Arts Survey Midterm Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Name a characteristic of modern composers' music.

serialism, dissonance, poly-tonality, poly-rhythm, etc.

Who painted the first Cubist work in 1907?

Pablo Picasso

An important development in today's concert music is the emergence of composers from:

diverse backgrounds

Musical theater is a uniquely ___________ offering. (Modern)

American

Name a major change that has occurred in modern dance over the past decade. (Modern)

new choreographic approaches, different kinds of settings for stage, evolving relationship with ballet

Impressionist paintings became paintings of: (Modern)

light and atmosphere

The composers sought to appeal to the _____________ rather than the intellect. (Victorian/Edwardian)

senses

Composers began working with _____________ to create imaginative and innovative works. (Victorian/Edwardian)

playwrights

What inspired most of the music in the Romantic Period?

poetry and painting

Ballet became: (Romantic)

more poetic and appealed more directly to the emotions of the audience

The Romantic period is:

based on the individual and on subjective feeling

The development of the symphony was a major factor in making instrumental music ____________________: (Baroque/Rococo)

more prominent

The latter part of the Baroque Period saw the rise of the prima ballerina. Who gained major importance as a performer?

women

How many positions are still used in ballet today? (Baroque/Rococo)

5

Which one of these became the language culture and diplomacy? (Baroque/Rococo)

French

Which word means irregular, grotesque, and contorted, and was an insulting term? (Baroque/Rococo)

baroque

The best known writer of the time, also known as the best dramatist of all time is:(Renaissance)

William Shakespeare

Which language identifies all ballet movements to this day? (Renaissance)

French

What dance form was derived from the style of court dances? (Renaissance)

ballet

Even though court dances are seldom performed now, what developed with the dances that is still used today? (Renaissance)

The suite

Movable type was not yet invented, so clergy or monks produced all manuscripts by hand and: (Middle Ages)

only the church and the king or extremely rich nobles could afford them

Music instruments were used to accompany: (Middle Ages)

secular songs

The majority of music in the Middle Ages was:

of limited range and often centered around one note

Wandering entertainers during the Middle Ages included a combination of singers, dancers, poets, musicians, actors, and jugglers. These people were called: (Middle Ages)

troubadours

Theatrical entertainment was: (Middle Ages)

prohibited

The arts were almost exclusively under the patronage of: (Middle Ages)

the church

One of the greatest legacies from this period is (Greek/Roman):

architecture

A knowledge of music was vital to: (Greek/Roman)

upper class Roman

What is an aulas?

a flute like instrument

How many actors usually played all the parts in a Greek drama?

3

Of the hundreds of plays written by ancient Greeks:

only about 30 remain

The rules applied to the arts by the Greeks centered on:

proportion and balance

Our knowledge of Egyptian civilization rests almost entirely on what?

their art, artifacts, and contents of their tombs

The Egyptians had basic patterns for institutions, beliefs, artistic ideas, and religion. This helped them develop:

a strong sense of continuity

What occurred that made a written record of history possible in this period? (Egypt)

the advent of communication

These people (Cro-Magnon) were the first to use art as a:

means of communication and historical reference(Beginnings)

When these people disappeared (Neanderthals), they were replaced with the:

Cro-Magnon (Beginnings)

The first race to leave artifacts lived during the Paleolithic Age and were known as the:

Neanderthals (Beginnings)

The first forms of art appear about:

40,000 B.C. (Beginnings)

Which word describes the process of bringing an idea into existence that has been conceived through experimentation and exploration of media and processes, and projected as a personal expression?

creativity

Which word is often heard in connection with the fine arts, carrying the connotation of an expert or authority on a particular subject?

connoisseur

What word refers to artistic taste and the appreciation of the fine arts?

aesthetic

All the arts create unique ideas that carry significant messages or exist for:

beauty alone

Arts cross all language barriers to:

inform, influence, entertain, educate, record and perpetuate events (influence change)