Fine Arts Set 3 Flashcards
What term given to a piece of music played at the end of a concert/recital responding to an audience’s enthusiactic reaction to a performance shown by continuous applause?
Encore | Enthusaictic response, Encore
What mexican artist who was also known to be a political revolutionary, communist and atheist painted his first famous fresco at the Minsitry of Education building in Mexico City in the year 1923?
(Diego) Rivera | Mexican Aritst, Political Revolutionary, Communist, 1923 First Fresco
Name the part of a 35 mm camera that either increase or decreases the amount of light enetring a camera
Aperture | 35 mm Camera part controlling light
Who is the Protestant Theologian who also composed the hymn “A Might Fortress is our God”?
(Martin) Luther | A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Protestant, Theologian
Name the 16th Century Spanish Artist who is perhaps best known for his paintings “The Burial of Count Orgaz” and “The View of Toledo”
El Greco | The Burial of Count Orgaz, The View of Toledo, El Greco
What type of shoes the ballerinas use to get up on their toes?
Point | Ballerina, Point Shoes
An artist creates this on his or her art piece to draw in the viewer’s eye
Focal Point
Name the surrealistic Belgium artist, whose work was characterized as “humorous”, placing ordinary objects and people in realistic settings, as in “Son of Man”
Magritte | Belgium Artist, Surrealism, Son of Man
What term is used to describe a type of performance art, of the late 19th and early 20th century, that included song, dance, and slapstick comedy?
Vaudeville | 19/20th century performance art, Song/Dance/Slapstick Comedy
A type of play that is considere serious drama, typically describing conflict with the main character and a superior force
Tragedy
In what art stye did American artist Mary Cassatt, known for her postel drawing of women and children, work?
Impressionist | (Mary) Cassatt, Pastel women/children drawing, American
What song, important to Kansans’, was composed by Brewster Higley
Home on the Range | Brewster Higley, Home on the Range, Kansas
What is the architectural term for the courst of a roman house, usually found near the entrance and partly open to the sky?
Atrium | Roman House, Architecture, Near Entrance open to Sky
What modern dance evolved from Irish and British Clogg-Dancing?
Tap Dancing | Irish/British Clogg-Dancing, Tap Dancing
Between 1508 and 1512 the artist Michaelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, located in the Vatican City. He returned between 1535 and 1541 to paint another work on the alter-what is the name of this masterpiece, located on the alter?
The Last Judgement | Michaelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Alter, Masterpiece
