Music Theory
A type of vocal music where there is only one note per syllable of poetry.
What is syllabic text-setting?
He wrote the poetry for the "Dies irae"?
Who is Thomas de Celano?
Healthcare from c. 100 through 1500 is considered to be based on the ideas of this man.
Who is Galen of Pergamon?
An artwork on three panels, usually hinged together.
What is a triptych?
Filippo Brunelleschi completed the Ospedale Degli Innocenti during this period.
What is the Renaissance?
A term used to describe the kind of recitative found in early opera.
What is Stile rappresentativo?
Orfeo sings this monody/arioso after he learns Euridice has died.
What is "Tu se' Morta"?
This Athenian general wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Thucydides?
"Without Hope" is oftten classified as this genre of art.
What is Surrealsm?
This artistic movement emphasized emotions, feelings, the exotic and the glorificattion of the past.
What is the Romantic Period? or What is Romanticism?
Improvised details, often not written down, used to embellish a written melody.
What is ornament or ornamentation?
This opera is based on the epic poem, The Aeneid.
What is Dido & Aeneas?
Galen was a great admirer of these two Greek philosophers.
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
The 8th painting in "A Rake's Progress" is located in this mental institution.
What is Bethlem Hospital or Bedlam?
Mozart wrote his Requiem during this time period.
What is the Classical period?
A composer tries to make a word or phrase sound musically like what it means.
What is word painting?
He wrote the libretto for the opera, L'Orfeo.
Who is Alessandro Striggio?
Two important Muslim physicians and philosophers who were followers of Galen.
Who were Al-Razi and Ibn Sina?
The title of the story of a man who mailed himself to Philadelphia to escape slavery.
What is "Henry's Freedom Box"?
"Sacrificial Dance" from the ballet The Rite of Spring is an example of this modern style.
What is primitivism?
A simple structure consisting of two halves, A & B.
What is binary form?
This Academic Decathlon piece is a madrigal.
What is "O Deathe, Rock Me Asleepe"?
The Greek philosopher who said the universe was made of four primary elements.
Who is Empedocles?
Piccabia was given a solo exibition of his work in this gallery.
What is 291?
"The Starry Night" by van Gogh is an exanple of what modern style?
What is Post Impressionism?