The Golden Age of A Cappella: The Renaissance Period Flashcards
This period marked the revival of the culture and the arts of Greece and Rome.
Renaissance period
Artists during this time started to work more on __________ than on religious ideologies.
Secular concepts
A philosophy that focuses on the mind, beauty, power, and value of an individual rather than the supernatural.
Humanism
The Renaissance period was also the age of _________, ___________, and __________. It was during this period that Christopher Columbus reached America. Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe; the first concept of a telescope was introduced; and Nicolaus Copernicus published heliocentric model.
Discovery, Innovation, and Exploration
It dominated the style of art and sculpture in this period that features accurate, detailed, and realistic human faces and bodies?
Realism
Realism is also characterized by the use of ________________ to add depth to the background of the artwork.
Linear perspective
4 popular artists in the world of Renaissance art
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello
helped spread out or disseminate copies of musical sheets
printing press
As composers began to increase in number, they became interested in giving more emphasis on emotions to the words of their songs. That is why Renaissance music was very __________.
Emotional
Composers used __________ and _________ in writing their compositions.
Initiative polyphony and word painting
Renaissance period was also known as the _____________ or ________.
Golden age of A cappella or choir music
“In the style of chapel,” means unaccompanied by any musical instrument.
A cappella
In this period, all sacred music was in _____ language and sung as ___________.
Latin, a cappella
2 types of sacred music prominent during this period
the motet and the Mass
A polyphonic music set to a sacred Latin text other than the Ordinary of the mass.
motet
It was set into polyphonic music during the Renaissance
Mass
2 types of mass
“Low” mass and “High” mass
It was the usual type of Mass heard
Low mass
5 parts of Low mass
- the Kyrie
- the Gloria
- the Credo
- the Sanctus
- the Agnus Dei
A short liturgical prayer that begins with or consists of the words “Lord, have mercy.”
Kyrie
A Latin doxology that is the second item in the Order of Mass that begins with the words “Gloria in Excelsis Deo.”
Gloria
A hymn of adoration sung or said immediately before the prayer of consecration
Sanctus
It means “Lamb of God,” is a liturgical prayer to Jesus.
Agnus Dei
A poetry set into music and arranged into multiple parts without accompaniment.
Madrigal
_________ and __________ were often used in madrigals.
word painting and imitated melody
A musical technique in which the melody reflects the literal meaning of the text.
Word painting
