Fine Arts, A (NDCL, p. 164) Flashcards
Choral singing performed without instruments. The expression means “in chapel style” in Italian. Centuries ago, religious music composed for use in chapels was this.
A Cappella
A trend in painting and sculpture in the twentieth century. It seeks tho break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas other forms represent the world in recognizable images
Abstract Art
A school of art that flourished primarily from the 1940s to the 1960s, noted for its large-scale, nonrepresentational works by artists such as Willem De Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko
Abstract Expressionism
Prizes give annually in Hollywood for excellence in film performance and production. The symbol of the award is a small statue called the Ocsar. The top awards are for bests picture, best director, best actor and actress, and best supporting actor and actress.
Academy Awards
A very slow musical tempo
Adagio
A twentieth century American photographer particularly noted for his black-and-white depictions of the American West, including Yosemite National Park. He stressed the importance of straightforward photography and high-quality printing techniques.
Ansel Adams
The latin version of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Adeste Fideles
An opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The title character is an Ethiopian princess who loves an Egyptian warrior, Radames. He accidentallly reveals Egyptian military secrets to her and is condemned to death by live burial in a tomb. The titular character flees but rejoins Radames to die with him.IT is a particularly spectacular opera,, with languish sets, costumes, and extras
Aida
A twentieth-century American playwright whose early plays reflected the influence of the Theater of the Absurd. His psychological dramas include “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?”, “Tiny Alice”, and “A Delicate Balance”.
Edward Albee
A brisk, lively musical tempo. Italian for cheerful
Allegro
A twentieth-century American comic author. Sine the late 1960’s, he has been directing films and acting in them, usually playing a neurotic, bookish, New Yorker. Some of his best known films are “Annie Hall”, “Manhattan”, and “Hannah and Her Sisters”
Woody Allen
The lowest range of the female singing voice.
Alto
An American patriotic hymn from the nineteenth century, sung to the tune of the national anthem of Great Britain, “God Save the Queen”. It begins “My country, ‘tis of thee.”
“America”
An American patriotic hymn from the nineteenth century. It begins, “O beautiful for spacious skies.”
“America the Beautiful”
A painting by the twentieth-century American artist Grant Wood. It shows a gaunt farmer and a woman standing in front of a farmhouse; the man holds a pitchfork, and both wear severe expressions.
“American Gothic”
A twentieth-century African-American contralto, known for her roles in opera and also for her performances of spirituals. In 1941, a planned concert by her at Constitution Hall was blocked by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who owned teh hall, because she was black. With support of the President, FDR, and his wife, she gave a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which was attended by more than 75,000 people. She was the first black person to sing with the Metropolitan Opera of New York City.
Marian Anderson
