Fine Arts Set 1 Flashcards
What 1971 Musical with the songs “Could we Start Again Please”, and “I Don’t know how to Love Him” by Andrew Lloyd Webber is based on the gospels?
Jesus Christ Superstar | (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Musical on the Gospels)
In Architecture, what is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church, called?
Knave | (Architecture, Central-High Altar, Main body of Church)
What the name of a weak beat (or any pulse between the beats) of a measure, rhythmic, pattern
Offbeat | (Music, weak beat, pulse between beats)
Praxiteles was credited with what two-meter high statue (now attributed to Alexandros of Antioch) that is now in the Louvre Museum
Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Milos | Venus de Milo, Praxiteles, Alexander of Antioch, the Louvre)
How many sharps are in the Key Signature of F# Major?
6 Sharps
What Kansas native is known for his photography, and for his direction of the 1970’s movie Shaft
Gordon Parks | Kansas Native, Photography, 1970’s movie Shaft
Many 19th Century composers produced marches for this American Showman, famous for his circus and notable sideshows
Pt Barnum | American Showman, Circus and Sideshows, 19th Century Composers for his Marches
What name describe as work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically depicting common place items, such as flowers or food?
Still Life
What is the name of highly choreographed stylized theater in Japan with all male performers?
Kabuki | Choreographed, Stylized Japanese Theater, All Male
Name the artist who sculpted a giant figure of an Old Testament hero to symbolize the defense of civil liberties thought to be embodied by the Republic of Florence
Michael Angelo | Republic of Florence, Sculpted Old Testament heroes, Defense of Civil Liberties
About whom was the musical “Yankee Doodle Dandy” written?
George M. Cohan | Yanky Doodle Dandy, Musical
What art style featuring mosiacs and isons predominated the middle ages?
Byzantine | Middle Age Art Style, Mosaics and Icons
What teenage mutant ninja turtle namesake developed his heroic style in St Mark and St John of Angeles which bestowed him with the reputation of the greatest sculptor of the Renaissance
Donatello | Ninja Turtle Guy, Greatest Sculptor of the Renaissance, St Mark + St John of Angeles
What form of theater conveyed bewilderment, anxiety, and wonder, in the face of an inexplicable universe in dreamlike plots written by playwrights like Samuel Becket and Harold Pinter
Theater of the Absurd | Samuel Becket, Harold Pinter, Plots of Strong emotions and Inexplicable Universes
Name the composer of the Opperetta Hansel and Gretal?
Englebert Humperdinck
