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What refers to the highness or lowness of a sound?
Pitch
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What are generally considered to be the most intense colors?
The unmixed primary colors
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What type of painting is known as shuimohua in China?
ink wash
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Who is credited with the invention of the glass armonica?
Benjamin Franklin
1
What is in the background of this artwork?
Mount Fuji
2
The speed of the beat is called the _____
tempo
2
What refers to the equal distribution of visual weight in a work of art?
Balance
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What type of painting commonly appeals to experts and amateurs, yet is known as being notoriously
unforgiving?
watercolor
2
Name a French composer mentioned in the resource guide
Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, or Maurice Ravel
2
This watercolor drawing by Beatrix Potter was sold as a card for what occasions?
A Christmas/New Years card
3
The distance between any two pitches is called an ___
interval
3
Which art element refers to the illusion of depth on a 2D scale?
Perspective
3
A *standard* Jal-Tarang set comprises of how many bowls?
15
3
Which Japanese artist went by more than 30 pseudonyms?
Hokusai
3
What audience did Saint-Saëns have in mind when composing The Carnival of the Animals?
Adults
4
Which instrument family provides most of the non-pitched sounds in music?
Percussion
4
How many tertiary colors are there?
six
4
Orchids, plum blossoms, bamboo, and chrysanthemums are part of a quartet known as ____ ____
"Four Gentlemen"
4
The first known public performance of the armonica was performed by whom?
Marianne Davies
4
John Singleton Copley was commissioned to create this artwork after what traumatic experience?
A man by the name of Brook Watson lost his leg
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What is this note called?
32nd note-rest
5
Who developed the color wheel?
Sir Isaac Newton
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What type of paper was commonly used for ink wash paintings?
Xuan Paper
5
Who was the greatest pianist of the 19th century?
Franz Liszt
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What was the motive behind The Pajama Game?
Workers at a factory wanted a raise