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Introduction To The Fine Arts > Exam One - Part Two > Flashcards

Exam One - Part Two Flashcards

1
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What are the genres?

A

Symphony, string Quartet, Opera, mass, concerto, chamber, jazz combo, and jazz big band.

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What is a symphony?

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A large musical composition for orchestra

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3
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What is a string Quartet?

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A group of four people performing on string instruments

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What is an opera?

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A drama set to music or a musical

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What is mass?

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A composition intended for worship

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What is a concerto?

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A solo performance with accompaniment

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7
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What is chamber music?

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A performance for a smaller room

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What is a jazz combo?

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Chamber music of the jazz world

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What is a jazz big band?

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A larger jazz ensemble with sections

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What is improvisation?

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Composing and performing on the spot

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11
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What is Timbre?

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The tone quality of the sound

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12
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What is ballet?

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A dance using traditional prescribed movements on the toes.

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13
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What is modern dance?

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A dance similar to ballet but emphasizes less graceful and mechanical movements. You are close to the ground, and it is more symbolic

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14
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What are the genres of cinema?

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Narrative, documentary, and absolute.

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15
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What is the purpose of a narrative cinema production?

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To tell a story

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What is the purpose of a documentary film?

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A documentary film attempts to record actuality using a sociological or journalistic approach.

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What is an absolute film?

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A film created to be abstract beautiful and interesting and has no storyline and is
nonsense

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What is a genre?

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The kind of intention music is written for.

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19
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What is Paleolithic?

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The first stage of human culture in which humans discovered fire clothing basic techniques for hunting and gathering and simple social organization

20
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What is pantheon?

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A word meaning all the gods

21
Q

What is a pyramid?

A

An Egyptian burial tomb of great size and scale containing hidden chambers

22
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What is Cuneiform?

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Sumerian writing involving two types of sign, one for syllables and one for words, consisting of wedge marks and combination of wedge marks pressed into damp clay.

23
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What is Neolithic?

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Later part of the Stone Age

24
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What did the Egyptians use to represent words?

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Hieroglyphics

25
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What did the Sumerians use to write down words?

A

Cuneiform.

26
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What was the code of Hammurabi?

A

An Eye for an eye tooth for tooth

27
Q

What is kouros?

A

The freestanding statue of a new male youth.

28
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What is Kore?

A

A sculpture of a fully dressed that is the female counterpart of kouroi.

29
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What is contrapposto?

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The arrangement of body parts in the sculpture so that the weight bearing leg is apart from the free leg thereby shifting the hip/shoulder access

30
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What is a polis?

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The basic Greek city state consisting of a collection of self-governing people

31
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What is an Acropolis

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High city place in the center of the city occupied by the temples of the gods

32
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Who is Minos?

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A king of the Minoans.

33
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What are modes?

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The Greek music equivalent to our scales. Everyday of the week, God, and planet had its own mode.

34
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What was the Greek doctrine of ethos?

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When philosophers believe that music influenced in society, moods and behaviors.

35
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What is aesthetics?

A

A branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty and art and their relation to human beings.

36
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What is classicism?

A

A style of art relying on the fundamentals of simplicity and clarity of structure and appeal to the intellect.

37
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What is Hellenism?

A

And approach to art characterized by individuality, virtuosity, and emotion

38
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Who studied aesthetics?

A

Plato and Aristotle.

39
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What are the orders of Ancient Greece?

A

Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric

40
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Characteristics of the Doric order?

A

Simple and wide column.

41
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Characteristics of the ionic order?

A

The top looks like a scroll and the Column is the same size all the way down.

42
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Characteristics of the Corinthian order?

A

Very elaborate top and thin column.

43
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What was the Persian war?

A

Battle between the Persian empire and the Greek empire.

44
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What was the Peloponnesian War?

A

Wars between Sparta and Athens.

45
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Who was polyclitus?

A

A Greek sculptor that developed the rules for constructing the ideal human figure.

46
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What are engaged columns?

A

Columns attached to a wall. Not free standing.

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