Fine Arts Set 4 Flashcards
Name the singer, sonwriter and folk musician who was named “The Dust Bowl Troubadour?”
(Woody) Guthrie
What art form refers to the linear representation of visual objects including symbols and even abstract forms, generally to create a 2 or 3-dimensional medium?
Drawing
This is an approach in study, philosophy or practice that focuses on human values and concerns
Humanism
Which Norman Rockwell painting featured a woman with massive arms, shoulders and hands, and symbolized those who kept the American economy strong during WW2?
Rosie the Riveter
Who wrote Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, which is often called the “Unfinished Symphony?”
(Franz) Schubert
What is the term for a decorative or structural feature, most often composed of stone, typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft?
Column (or Pillar)
Who was the first Ancient Greek to appear on stage as a character other than himself in a play?
Thespis
Name the man who both designed and sculpted the Statue of Liberty.
(Fredrick August) Bartholdi
What note is on the middle line of the base clef?
D
Name the French artist credited for developing the technique of pointilism exemplified by his piece “La Grade Jatte?”
Seurat
Which brass instrument has the greatest range?
French Horn
This German Nothern Renaisssance Artist elevated printmaking to a fine art and created such prints as “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and “Night, Death and the Devil?”
Durer
What are the three types of minor scales?
Natural, Harmonic and Melodic
Known for his portraits that are characterized by elongated forms and figures like “Gypsie Woman with Baby,” name the Italian painter and sculptor who was a contemporary of Picasso and Utrillo, and who dies at the age of 35 in 1920?
(Amadeo) Modigliani
Name this musical which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and tells the story or poor artists living in the east village of New York during the AIDS crisis of the early 1990’s
Rent
