Varsity - Fine Arts 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
In architecture, what is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church called?
nave
What is the name of a weak beat or any pulse between the beats in a measured rhythmic pattern?
offbeat
Praxiteles (PRAX-it-uh-lees) was once credited with what 2-meter-high statue, now attributed to Alexandros of Antioch, that is on display in the Louvre?
(the) “Venus di Milo”, or “Aphrodite of Milos”
How many sharps are in the key signature of F sharp major?
6
What Kansas native is known for his photography as well as his direction of the 1970’s movie, “Shaft”?
(Gordon) Parks
Many 19th century composers produced marches for this American showman famous for his circus and notable side shows, even though many of the advertised freaks were hoaxes.
(P. T.) Barnum
What name describes a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace items
such as flowers or fruit?
Still life
What is the name of highly choreographed, stylized, theater in Japan with all male performers?
kabuki
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?
Michelangelo (Buonarotti)
About whom was the musical “Yankee Doodle Dandy” written?
(George M.) Cohan
Which art style that predominated the Middle Ages featured mosaics and icons?
Byzantine
What Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle namesake developed his heroic style in “St. Mark” and “St. John Evangelist” which bestowed him with the reputation of the greatest sculptor of the Renaissance?
Donatello
What form of theater conveyed bewilderment, anxiety, and wonder in the face of an inexplicable universe in dreamlike plots written by playwrights like Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter.
Theatre of the Absurd
Name the composer of the operetta “Hansel and Gretel”.
(Engelbert) Humperdinck
What is the term for an artist who plans the lettering and images for books, packages, posters, and other printed materials?
graphic designer
What French Impressionist is best known for his works entitled: “Luncheon of the Boating Party”, and “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette” (moo-LAHN duh la gah-LET)?
(Pierre-Auguste) Renoir
Identify the dance style that orginated in the Middle East and utilizes finger cymbals known as “zils,” a 9/8 time signature, and defined hip movements.
Belly dance
Name the Norwegian composer whose best pieces include the “Holberg Suite,” “Morning Mood,” and “In the Hall of
the Mountain King.”
(Edvard) Grieg (greeg)
What art term is a French word that means “pasting” or “gluing”, and in doing so, creates artwork from pieces of
cloth, magazines or other materials?
Collage
Name this American art movement that emerged in the Midwest in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry were the most well-known of the artists in this movement.
Regionalism
What key signature has no sharps or flats?
C
Percussion instruments are classified in one of two groups. Name both groups.
Pitched and Unpitched
Name the American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West and who was a war correspondent and
illustrator during the Spanish-American War for William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.
(Frederic) Remington
What type of fiber art production starts out as a chain and is named for the French word meaning “small hook”?
crochet
Name the stage musical that has grossed more than $6.2 billion worldwide, making it the biggest box office hit of any work in any medium of all time.
The Lion King
Name the French painter whose early masterworks, “Luncheon on the Grass” and “Olympia”, caused great controversy
and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism.
(Édouard) Manet
Among German composer Felix Mendelssohn works are “Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the melody
for what sacred Christmas song?
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
What is an unaccompanied vocal composition, often in counterpoint, usually for small ensembles, which was popular
in 16th and 17th century England?
madrigal
What field of art would regularly require the use of an armature?
Sculpture
Name three of the four fashion capitals of the world.
Paris, New York, Milan, and London
Which Bulgarian artist is known for his large-scale fabric wrappings of well-known landmarks?
Christo
What term is given to a piece of music played at the end of a recital/concert responding to the audiences enthusiastic
reaction to the performance, shown by continuous applause?
encore
What Mexican artist, who was also known to be a political revolutionary, Communist, and Atheist, painted his first
famous fresco at the Ministry of Education Building in Mexico City in the year 1923?
(Diego) Rivera
Name the part of a 35mm camera that either increases or decreases the amount of light entering the camera.
Aperture
Who is the Protestant theologian who also composed the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”?
(Martin) Luther
Name the 16th century Spanish artist who is perhaps best known for this paintings “The Burial of Count Orgaz” and
“View of Toledo”.
El Greco or (Dominikos) Theotokopoulas
What type of shoes do ballerinas use to get up on their toes?
Pointe
An artist creates this on his or her art piece to draw in the viewer’s eye.
Focal Point
The song, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” written and adapted by Pete Seeger and performed by the “The Byrds” uses the words from which book of the Bible?
Ecclesiastes
Name the Surrealistic Belgium artist who’s work was characterized as humorous, placing ordinary objects and people in realistic settings as in the “Son of Man”.
(Rene) Magritte
What term is used to describe a type of performance art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which included song,
dance, and slapstick comedy?
vaudeville
Name the singer/songwriter and folk musician who was nicknamed “The Dust Bowl Troubadour.”
Name the singer/songwriter and folk musician who was nicknamed “The Dust Bowl Troubadour.”
What art form refers to the linear representation of visual objects, including symbols and even abstract forms,
generally to create a two- or three-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 WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
Who wrote “Symphony Number 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 (also accept 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.
(Frederic Auguste) Bartholdi (bar-TOL-dee)
What note is on the middle line of the bass clef?
D
Name the French artist credited for developing the technique of pointillism exemplied by his masterwork “La Grande
Jatte”.
(George) Seurat
Which brass instrument has the greatest range?
French Horn
This German Northern Renaissance artist elevated printmaking to a fine art and created such prints as “The Four
Horseman of the Apocalypse” and “Knight, Death, and the Devil”.
(Albrecht) Dürer (DUHR-er)
What are the 3 types of minor scales?
Natural, Harmonic, Melodic
Known for his portraits that are characterized by elongated forms and figures like “Gypsy Woman with Baby”, name
the Italian painter and sculptor who was a contemporary of Picasso and Utrillo and who died at the age of 35 in 1920.
(Amadeo) Modigliani
Name this musical which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and tells the story of poor artists living in the East
Village of New York City during the AIDS crisis of the early 1990’s.
Rent
What is the title of the painting by Botticelli depicting a group of mythological figures in a garden, meant to
represent the lushness of Spring?
“La Primavera”
A type of play that is considered serious drama typically describing a conflict between the main character and a
superior force.
Tragedy
In what art style did American artist Mary Cassatt [Cah-sought], known for her pastel drawings of women and children, work?
Impressionist
What song, important to Kansans, was composed by Brewster Higley?
“Home on the Range”
What is the architectural term for the court of a Roman house, usually found near the entrance and partly open to the
sky?
Atrium
What modern dance evolved from Irish and British clog dancing?
Tap Dancing
Between 1508 and 1512, the artist Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel located in the Vatican
City. He returned between 1535 and 1541 to paint another work on the altar. What is the name of this masterpiece?
“The Last Judgement”
Who composed the famous lullaby that starts with the line “lullaby and goodnight?”
(Johannes) Brahms
What is a graphic symbol of a company name or trademark called?
Logo (also accept Logogram)
What is the appropriate audience response between movements of a symphony?
silence, not clapping
Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941, this artist has led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art
with his larger than life colorful blown-glass sculptures.
(Dale) Chihuly
What is the name of the American prima ballerina who was Native American?
Maria Tallchief
What famous artist is noted for keeping notebooks or ideas on a wide variety of subjects, from helicopter design to human anatomy, writing the books in reverse from right to left?
(Leonardo) da Vinci
Who are the writers of such comic operas as HMS Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance?
(W.S.) Gilbert and (Arthur) Sullivan
Name the country in which the Gothic form of artistic style was first developed.
France
Who is the person depicted in the mural “Tragic Prelude” by John Stuart Curry in the Kansas State Capitol building?
John Brown
How many unique pitches are there in an octave?
12
Name the Mexican painter, whose work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience, who is best known for her self-
portraits and her close relationship with her home La Casa Azul.
(Frida) Kahlo
What woodworking tool is used to guide a hand saw to make precise angled cuts?
Mitre box
What is the layer of corrosion, usually brown or green, that appears on copper or bronze sculptures called?
Patina
In clothing, these terms refer to what garment - straight leg, tapered, bell bottom, flared, jeans or hip hugger.
Pants
Who is the subject of the song written and performed by Don McLean, in which the first four lines are, “Starry, starry night; Paint your pallet blue and gray; Look out on a summer’s day; With eyes that know the darkness in my soul?”
Vincent Van Gogh
What branch of philosophy deals with morality, distinguishing between good and evil in the world?
ethics
By what two processes are 90% of all fabrics in the United States made?
weaving or knitting
What painting by Raphael depicts great philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians including Plato, Aristotle, and Ptolemy?
“The School of Athens”
Who was born in Tel Aviv in 1945, was crippled for life with polio, and became a renowned concert violinist?
(Itzhak) Perlman
What is a creamy mixture of clay and water used typically in pottery?
Slip
Known for his obsession with dance, name the French Impressionist whose famous wax and clay sculpture, “Little Dancer of Fourteen Years,” was shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in October of 2014.
(Edgar) Degas (day gah)
What institution, located in New York, is a performing arts conservatory established in 1905 that educates and trains students in dance, drama, and music?
Julliard School
What American architect, famous for his organic style, designed Falling Water as well as New York’s Guggenheim
Museum?
(Frank Lloyd) Wright
The text for oratorios come from what source?
The Bible
The Antoinette Perry awards are presented annually to outstanding Broadway productions. By what name are these
awards more commonly known?
The Tony Awards
Name the French sculptor who created such works as “The Burghers of Calais”, “Kiss” and “Balzac”.
(Auguste) Rodin (roe DAHN)
In what country did ballet originate?
Italy
What is the term for the front exterior surface of a building?
Facade
The 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner (Rick hard VAHG ner) includes what song that
is still played today, especially at weddings?
“The Bridal Chorus” or “Here Comes the Bride”
What architectural term refers to a passageway or walkway covered by a succession of arches supported by columns?
Arcade
Around 500 BC, what mathematician and philosopher studied the musical scale and the ratios between the lengths of
vibrating strings needed to produce them?
Pythagoras
Identify the photographer who documented the plight of the Dust Bowl victims with photos such as “Migrant
Mother”.
(Dorothea) Lange
Name the American composer and pianist who directed the New York Philharmonic and whose works include the
ballet Fancy Free and the musical West Side Story.
(Leonard) Bernstein
The Kansas Statehouse has recently been revitalized. What metal covers the outside of the dome?
copper
What is the term for the carvings produced by North American sailors in ivory from whale teeth, whale bones or sea
shells?
Scrimshaw
Identify the contemporary Chinese artist and designer of Beijing’s Olympic Stadium who recently opened an art
installation about freedom on the island of Alcatraz.
Ai Weiwei (pronounced Eye Way-Way)
What term refers to covering a surface with gold leaf?
Gliding
Which Irving Berlin musical centers around historical characters who traveled with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show at
the end of the 19th century?
Annie Get Your Gun
Name the American painter of “Nighthawks”, a painting characteristic of the artist’s stark, precisely realistic work that
often conveys a mood of solitude and isolation with urban settings.
(Edward) Hopper
What instrument’s name comes from a French phrase meaning “high wood”?
Oboe
What is the musical term used to indicate a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes on a scale, or for a series of
hammer-ons or pull-offs when playing guitar.
Trill (also accept Triller and Trillo)
Which artist, whose work was inspired by the scenery of New Mexico, married Alfred Stiegitz, a New York art
promoter, gallery owner, and photographer ?
Georgia O’Keeffe
Name the fusible metal alloy used to join together metal workpieces, having a melting point below that of the
workpieces, that is commonly used in electronics and plumbing.
solder (pronounced sodder)
What is the name of George Gershwin’s only opera?
Porgy and Bess
What is meant by the phrase “Common Time” as it relates to written music?
4/4 time (four four time)
Which impressionist master created several series of paintings which include “Rouen Cathedral”, the “British Houses
of Parliament”, and “Haystacks”?
(Claude) Monet
Several of the main characters in what Stephen Sondheim musical are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Jack
and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, and “Cinderella”.
Into the Woods
What architectural name is given to an abutting wall, inside or outside a building, which adds additional strength?
Buttress
Name the English architect who helped rebuild London after the Great Fire in 1666 and whose masterpiece was St.
Paul’s Cathedral.
(Christopher) Wren
What musical term refers to the distance from one note to another?
Interval
This term means high fashion or high sewing in French. Some famous designers of this term are Coco Chanel
(SHAH nell) and Christian Dior. What is the term?
Haute couture (OHT coo toor)
What is the term in art for making one composition by combining parts of objects or designs, and in film as a
stylized form of editing to present a great deal of information in a short time.
montage
What Greek philosopher founded a school called the Academy around 387 B.C.?
Plato
Name the war photographer who brought home the horrors of the Civil War in more than 7000 negatives.
(Matthew) Brady
What is the printing method called in which a stone is used for the printing plate?
lithography
The ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky premiered at what historic theatre in Moscow, Russia in 1877?
Bolshoi (Theater)
What artist began life in Missouri and worked on Laugh-O-Graham and created the character Oswald the Rabbit before
forming his own company with his brother Roy?
Walt Disney
What is the maximum number of sharps or flats possible in a key signature?
7
Name the Baroque composer who wrote the oratorios Samson and Esther.
George Frideric Handel
Carmine, vermilion, and titian are all shades of what color?
Red
What is the name for a numbered musical work or composition?
Opus
Which Dutch artist was considered the best portraitist in Amsterdam and painted “The Night Watch”?
Rembrandt
What 1958 Broadway musical, based partly on an event in Elvis Presley’s life, was originally entitled Let’s Go
Steady?
Bye Bye Birdie
What drawing technique for creating space and depth in a composition was formalized during the Renaissance
Period?
Perspective
The architect Bruce Graham designed the Inland Steel Building and the John Hancock Building in Chicago. He is
best known for what design also located in Chicago.
Willis Tower (Accept Sears Tower)
What major scale has a key signature of 3 flats?
E-flat (major)
What is a large semi-circular area at the choir end of a church called?
Apse
Written in the 1890s, what popular song began as a classroom tune called, “Good Morning to All”?
“Happy Birthday to You”
What famous Renaissance architect designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
(Filippo) Brunelleschi (broo neh LEGS key)
What hand tool in woodworking is used to shape or thin out a piece of timber by removing small amounts of wood
and can also remove rough patches of timber that cannot be removed by sandpaper?
(hand) planer
What is the term for a thin layer of expensive wood bonded to a thicker piece of cheaper plywood to give the appearance
of the expensive wood but at a reduced price?
Veneer
Identify the museum, which derives its name from the Spanish for “meadow” and holds an extensive collection of Spanish
paintings, but also a number of works from Flemish masters such as Diego Velazquez and Francisco Goya.
The Prado
Name the French mime who introduced the character named “Bip.”
(Marcel) Marceau
Name the form of textile embellishment, traditionally practiced by Native Americans, whose name comes from a porcupine product that is used as a decorative element.
Quillwork
What Johann Strauss II opera’s title is translated as, “The Bat”?
Die Fledermaus
Flowers, household items, and other inanimate objects are often the subjects of what type of painting?
Still life
Invented by Ben Franklin, what instrument is known as a mouth organ?
Harmonica
What was the world’s first successful photographic process?
Daguerrotype (dag-er-o-type)
What English composer mingled English folk songs and Tudor church music in his works, which include “Concerto for the Bass Tuba” as well as music for the Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953?
(Ralph Vaughan) Williams
Which group of unknown individuals shaped the high standard for quilting techniques through their use of color and simple lines in American quilting?
The Amish (or Mennonites)
What is the curtain called that is used for special effects and, depending on the lighting, is either transparent or
opaque?
Scrim
What publishing organization did Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create to market comics such as the Fantastic Four, the
X-men, and the Incredible Hulk?
Marvel Comics
In music, what are the four woodwinds and one brass instrument that make up the ensemble known as a woodwind
quintet?
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn
Whose work, commissioned by the Russian czars and consisting of 15 jeweled Imperial Easter Eggs, was viewed by
352,000 people visiting the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art?
(Peter Carl) Fabergé
How many strings are on a mandolin?
8
What is the name of the famous sculpture depicting Dante at the gates of Hell created by Auguste Rodin?
The Thinker
Brass musicians sometimes use the clean head of a rubber toilet plunger to alter their sound. In this capacity, what
would the plunger be called?
A mute
Used in making fine furniture, what is the darker inactive inner portion of a tree called?
Heartwood
From what Broadway musical did the song “How are Things in Glocca Morra?” come?
Finnian’s Rainbow
What is the name of the mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose
aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism?
The Hudson River School
Name this English, Grammy-award winning rock band formed in 1985 in Oxfordshire by bandmates including Thom
Yorke, whose albums include “OK Computer” and “In Rainbows.”
Radiohead
What material does architect Shigeru (shig-er-oo) Ben use to create his structures?
Recycled cardboard
What tool uses taut horse hair to get the best sound from stringed instruments?
Bow
What artist of the 1905 painting “The Smoke Signal” is better known for his bronze statues of the American West,
especially “The Bronco Buster”?
(Frederic) Remington
When a humorist said, “You can’t judge Egypt by ‘Aida,’ “ he was referring to an opera by what composer?
(Giuseppe) Verdi
Name the French mime who introduced the character named “Bip.”
(Marcel) Marceau
Name the form of textile embellishment, traditionally practiced by Native Americans, whose name comes from a porcupine product that is used as a decorative element.
Quillwork
What Johann Strauss II opera’s title is translated as, “The Bat”?
Die Fledermaus
Flowers, household items, and other inanimate objects are often the subjects of what type of painting?
still life
Invented by Ben Franklin, what instrument is known as a mouth organ?
Harmonica
What was the world’s first successful photographic process?
Daguerrotype (dag-er-o-type)
What English composer mingled English folk songs and Tudor church music in his works, which include “Concerto
for the Bass Tuba” as well as music for the Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953?
(Ralph Vaughan) Williams
Which group of unknown individuals shaped the high standard for quilting techniques through their use of color and
simple lines in American quilting?
The Amish (or Mennonites)
What is the curtain called that is used for special effects and, depending on the lighting, is either transparent or
opaque?
scrim
What publishing organization did Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create to market comics such as the Fantastic Four, the X-men, and the Incredible Hulk?
Marvel Comics
In music, what are the four woodwinds and one brass instrument that make up the ensemble known as a woodwind quintet?
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn
Whose work, commissioned by the Russian czars and consisting of 15 jeweled Imperial Easter Eggs, was viewed by 352,000 people visiting the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art?
(Peter Carl) Fabergé
How many strings are on a mandolin?
8
What is the name of the famous sculpture depicting Dante at the gates of Hell created by Auguste Rodin?
The Thinker
Brass musicians sometimes use the clean head of a rubber toilet plunger to alter their sound. In this capacity, what
would the plunger be called?
A mute
Used in making fine furniture, what is the darker inactive inner portion of a tree called?
Heartwood
From what Broadway musical did the song “How are Things in Glocca Morra?” come?
Finnian’s Rainbow
What is the name of the mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism?
The Hudson River School
Name this English, Grammy-award winning rock band formed in 1985 in Oxfordshire by bandmates including Thom
Yorke, whose albums include “OK Computer” and “In Rainbows.”
Radiohead
What material does architect Shigeru (shig-er-oo) Ben use to create his structures?
Recycled cardboard
What tool uses taut horse hair to get the best sound from stringed instruments?
Bow
What artist of the 1905 painting “The Smoke Signal” is better known for his bronze statues of the American West, especially “The Bronco Buster”
(Frederic) Remington
When a humorist said, “You can’t judge Egypt by ‘Aida,’ “ he was referring to an opera by what composer?
(Giuseppe) Verdi
What term is used when building material is exactly vertical to a perpendicular level line?
plumb
What style of music is traditionally played by a sextet consisting of two violins, a piano, a double bass, and two bandoneons?
Tango
What 19th to 20th century sculptor, educated for a short while in Kansas, had almost completed the Mount Rushmore memorial when he died?
(Gutzon) Borglum
Which Romantic-era composer wrote his Third Piano Concerto, and it came to be regarded as the most difficult piano concerto in the standard repertoire?
(Sergei) Rachmaninoff
What name, Italian for pity, is given to any painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding the dead body of Jesus.
Pietà (pee-ay-TAH)
What is the name of the highly stylized form of Japanese theater which began during the 17th and 18th centuries and is still performed today?
Kabuki
Name the style of art most popular in the 18th century that is characterized by extravagant decorative effects, asymmetry, and artificial pastoral subjects.
Rococco
What famous woman married, then gave up her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio to entertain troops with the USO in Korea?
(Marilyn) Monroe
Identify the term that comes from the Greek, meaning “love of wisdom”; and is a subject that considers questions stemming from reflections on everyday events in life.
Philosophy
What Czech composer’s “New World Symphony” was composed while he was living in the United States?
(Antonin) Dvorak
What is the technical term for the tall, four-sided shaft that gradually tapers to a pyramidal point at the top similar to the Washington Monument?
Obelisk
Used during the 18th and 19th centuries, what is the name for improvisation as part of a performance?
Cadenza
Name the comic artist best known for his one panel comic “The Far Side,” which was sometimes divided into smaller sections for the story line.
Gary Larson
Name the controversial American dancer who, known for her Bohemian ways, died from strangulation when her long scarf was caught around the wheel of the sportscar in which she was riding.
Isadora) Duncan
Name the building which houses the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
From what classification of trees do all hardwoods come?
Deciduous trees
Name the musical that features the song “Luck be a Lady” and in which Nathan Detroit is engaged to Adelaide for 14
years.
Guys and Dolls
Name the Kansas born jazz artist whose nickname is “Bird.”
(Charlie) Parker
Which branch of philosophy is also known as “moral philosophy”?
Ethics
What brass musical instrument is bandleader Tommy Dorsey most famous for playing?
Trombone
From what classification of trees do all softwoods come?
Coniferous
Name the composer of the song “Summertime,” one of the best-known songs from the folk opera Porgy and Bess.
(George) Gershwin
What is the common name for a pattern consisting of rows of short, slanted parallel lines with the direction of the slant alternating row by row?
A herringbone weave
In theatre, what is the name of the area of the stage that is farthest away from the audience?
Upstage
Name the artist who often visited the Lourve to study the French masters as a boy and who created many well-known paintings including “Bathers” and “Girl With a Watering Can”.
(Auguste) Renoir
Which style of art, music, and architecture of the 18th century evolved from the Baroque period and is characterized by elaborate ornamentation and gracefulness?
Rococo
Name the three basic methods of hand built construction of pottery.
pinch, coil, slab
What color can be found in shades called sage, pistachio, and hunter?
green
Introduced in 1942 by Bing Crosby in the movie “Holiday Inn,” what Irving Berlin song became one of the most widely recorded and performed holiday songs ever?
White Christmas
What stringed symphonic instrument has a pedestal and a crown?
Harp
Name the Spanish artist famous for developing the Cubist style of painting.
(Pablo) Picasso
What rock band performed “Carry on My Wayward Son”?
Kansas
In Edgar Degas’ 1875 painting “Uncle and Niece,” what is the uncle reading?
a newspaper
During what activity would one hear “honor your partner” or “honor the corner” as part of the instructions?
Square dancing
What are Primitive, Segmental, and Stilted types of architecture topped with a keystone?
Arch
What American tap dancer is famous for his roles opposite Shirley Temple in films such as The Little Colonel?
(Bill “Bojangles”) Robinson
What element of art defines the edges and surface ridges of an object?
Contour Line
How many flats are in the key of E-flat major?
Three
What 19th century French artist distanced himself from the Impressionists and painted the scandalous pieces
“Luncheon on the Grass” and “Olympia”?
(Edouard) Manet
Name the musical based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Spamalot
Developed in Rome during the 1600’s, name the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music.
Baroque
What ballet great is most well known for his jumps as well as a role in the popular TV series “Sex and the City”?
(Mikhail) Baryshnikov
What form of quilting creates an embossed design by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton?
Trapunto
Name the opera by Georges Bizet that was re-envisioned by MTV in 2001 as a “hip-hopera” starring Beyonce
Knowles.
Carmen
Name the French mime who introduced the character named “Bip.”
(Marcel) Marceau
Name the form of textile embellishment, traditionally practiced by Native Americans, who name comes from a porcupine product that is used as a decorative element
Quillwork
What Johann Strauss II opera’s title is translated as, “The Bat”?
Die Fledermaus
Flowers, household items, and other inanimate objects are often the subjects of what type of painting?
still life
Invented by Ben Franklin, what instrument is known as a mouth organ?
Harmonica
