final flashcards
What is ambient music?
Ambient music is music that interacts with sounds in a physical space, it rewards passive and active listening.
Who is Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky created the music for rite of spring which is ambient music
What is Modernism?
Modernism is an art movement from the 19th and 20th century inspired by new technology, modern industrialization, and science.
What is Post-modernism
post modernism is an art movement that deliberately uses older artistic styled, they use irony and are skeptical of new art styles.
What instrument ensemble did john cage use?
John cage used any instrumentalists or mix or instrumentalists
Who created the most used drum base of all time, funky drummer?
James Brown created the drum line for funky drummer
Who is the drummer in funky drummer?
Clyde Stubblefield is the drummer in funky drummer
What are the 4 pillars of hip hop?
The 4 pillars of hip hop are djing, mcing, graffiti, and break dancing. all 4 types of art.
Who created can I kick it?
Tribe called quest created can I kick it
What did Ben Burt do?
Ben Burt Created the infamous little high pitch scream in his music
Who is elliot smith?
Elliot smith created and sung miss misery
Who is celine dion?
Celine Dion- song my heart will go which was the opening song for titanic
Who is frida Kola?
Frida Kola created the two fridas portrait
What does Pablo Picasso’s Guernica represent ?
Pablo picasso created guernica depicting the bombing of the city guernica.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
Leonard Bernstein created the music for west side story
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Stephen Sondheim is the lyricist for west side story
Who is Jerome Robbins?
Jerome robbins is the choreographer for West side story
Who is Rita Moreno?
Rita Moreno is the actress that plays the charcater nita in WSS
Who is Marcel duchamp?
Marcel duchamp created a parody of the mona lisa called lhooq and put a urinal in an art museum and called it fountain.
Who is Jean Michel Basquiatt
Jean micheal basquiat created the 1982 painting untitled which is the most expensive painting in the world
What is not a song of west side story?
singing in the rain
What is LHOOQ
LHOOQ is Marcel duchamps parody of the mona lisa
What is the theatre of the absurd?
The Theatre of the absurd is a mid 20th century movement where charecters are trapped in meanginless situations
What is a thesis statement?
A thesis statement is a summary of the main part of the essay
In the rite of spring, what do the elders force the main character to do?
The elders force her to dance herself to death
Lilley museum of art?
Lilley museum of art is the art museum on campus at UNR
Fountain?
Marcel created the fountain which was an exhibit of a urinal
What are aesthetics?
aesthetics is the philosiphy that deals with ideals and artistic types, and and a princaple concerned w beauty and nature of art.
To be or not to be….
to be to not to be tis wether in the mind its nobler to suffer
What is iambic petameter ?
lines of 10 syllables alternating unstressed and stressed.
What tense do scholars talk in?
Scholars talk in present tense
What is a a soliquy
A charecters inner monologue that the audiance can hear
Who killed bernardo is WSS?
Tony killed Bernardo
What is conceptual art?
modern art movement where the idea behind the painting is more important the painting
Who created anima ?
Thom yorke from radiohead created anima
what is musiking?
a verb that describes music created by christopher small
WSS is based off which Shakespeare play?
Romeo and Juliet
what is canon?
a collection of rules or texts that are considered authortative
What is timbre?
Timbre is tone color,the quality of music that distingueshes voices and music.
What is the rennisance?
Rennisance is frenh word for rebirth, a mid 14-15 century movement associated with europe
What is diegetic?
Diegetic is sounds and words that the carecters in the story can hear.
Who is samuel beckett?
Samuel becket is the author of the screenplay waiting for godot
What word should you use in academic writing?
the word You
What are the tramps in every scene of waiting for the godot?
Vladimir and estrogen are the tramps in every scene
