The Neoclassical Period and the Enlightenment

Question 1

_____ was an 18th century art and architecture movement that looked to Greek and Roman art for models of harmony, idealized realism, and reason. It shunned the ostentatious elements of the Baroque and Rococo styles and promoted the themes of order, progress, and civic virtue.

Answer 1

Neoclassicism

Question 2

Jacques-Louis _____ (_____ Period) painted scenes that emphasized civic virtue and civic morality

Answer 2

David, Neoclassical

Question 3

Angelica _____ was one of the most popular portraitists of the _____ Period.

Answer 3

Kauffmann, Neoclassical

Question 4

William _____ and Jan van _____, whose drawings contributed to the study of _____ during the Neoclassical Period.

Answer 4

Hunter, Rymsdyk, the female reproduction process

Question 5

Examples of _____ architecture include the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Panthéon in Paris, and _____, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia.

Answer 5

Neoclassical, Monticello

Question 6

Neoclassical painters used sharp colors and chiaroscuro, which is _____.

Answer 6

the contrast of light and dark to achieve the illusion of depth

Question 7

The _____ _____ in Berlin is a Neoclassical triumphal arch

Answer 7

Brandenburg Gate

Question 8

The “classical period” in music refers to European music that follows the _____ Period and precedes the _____ Period, composed from about 1730 to _____.

Answer 8

Baroque, Romantic, 1820

Question 9

The classical period in music coincides with the _____ and the _____ movements in other disciplines of the Humanities, including the visual arts and theater.

Answer 9

Enlightenment, Neoclassical

Question 10

The term “classical” in music can also be applied in a broader sense to all of the music of the style or tradition that follows the rules and principles of _____ music that emerged from the theoretical foundations of music in _____.

Answer 10

Western, the Middle Ages

Question 11

Classical music traded the Baroque emphasis on _____ and polyphonic texture for a more homophonic texture, which elevated shorter, more _____ melodies over slower, more chordal harmonic progressions.

Answer 11

counterpoint, lyrical

Question 12

Many classical composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, also focused on the _____ in addition to instrumental compositions.

Answer 12

opera

Question 13

The rise of _____ facilitated the exchange of ideas and cultural practices, which intellectuals used in shaping their philosophies.

Answer 13

capitalism

Question 14

The domination of one or many groups by another group in power.

Answer 14

hegemony

Question 15

Slavery was abolished in _____ with the signing of _____.

Answer 15

1865, the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 16

The abolitionist movement in North America began during _____.

Answer 16

the Enlightenment

Question 17

Spirituals were first published during _____

Answer 17

the Enlightenment

Question 18

Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad relied heavily on _____ to send covert messages.

Answer 18

spirituals

Question 19

The body of beliefs, principles, and values in a knowledge or belief system such as religion.

Answer 19

doctrine

Question 20

The simplest form of harmony which features at least two melodic lines of equal value played against one another.

Answer 20

counterpoint

Question 21

Art movement of 18th century that drew on Greek and Roman art for models of harmony, idealized realism, and reason.

Answer 21

neoclassicism

Question 22

The rise of _____ facilitated the exchange of ideas and cultural practices, which intellectuals used in shaping their philosophies.

Answer 22

capitalism