Elegant occasions for the upper class to show off in front of nobility orginating in the Renaissance Period.
What are court dances
100
Secular songs, usually in four parts. The subject of most of these was courtly love.
What is a madrigal
100
This famous painter created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
100
Unrhymed iambic pentameter used often in Elizabethan plays
What is blank verse
200
"The appearance of the truth". Plays should only contain events that could happen in real life, excluding super natural beings, fantasy elements, on stage violence, chorus, and soliloquies.
What is verisimilitude
200
Musician employed by Pierre Beauchamps who created the Royal Academy of Music and Dance in France.
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lully
200
A piece written for an orchestra and a solo instrument.
What is a concerto grosso
200
The painter of the Sistine Chapel and the Creation of Adam.
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti
200
This man wrote many plays, such as The Crucible, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman.
Who is Arthur Miller
300
The opponent or adversary of the hero or main character of a drama.
What is antagonist
300
The form created by the body's position in space. Aspects of _____ are open/closed, symmetrical/asymmetrical, angular/curved.
What is shape
300
One of the characteristics of polyhonic music and counterpoint is they are both based on a primary melody, or this plainsong chant melody.
What is cantus firmus
300
Artists used their beautiful style of writing, or _______, for decoration.
What is calligraphy
300
A series of arches back to back, creating a tunnel effect.
What is a barrel vault
400
Usually refers to plays based on romantic plots that have little regard for convincing motivation or detailed characterization.
What is a Melodrama
400
Movements that travel from one location to another
What is locomotor movements
400
Bach wrote music for choir, keyboard, and orchestra but is most often remembered for this as well as keyboard music.
What are cantatas
400
Extreme contrast between light and dark values.
What is chiaroscuro
400
The god of wine and fertility. Tragic and comic plays based on Greek myths were typically performed in oen-air hillside theaters as part of annal festivals in honor of this god.
Who is Dionysus
500
Performers would develop a set of well-polished stunts, gags, speeches, songs, and other extended bits of comic business, known as this, which could be drawn upon when necessary to keep an audience engaged.
What is lazzi
500
He was a dancer for the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet, then he became the director of the American Ballet Theatre in 1980 and formed the White Oaks Dance Project.
Who is Mikhail Baryshnikov
500
This composer from Russia wrote short pieces appropriate for dance, such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker.
Who is Peter Ilvich Tchaikovsky
500
This famous painted created "The Starry Night" and "Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear".
Who was Vincent van Gogh
500
Who's famous catch phrase is "BURRRRRR, GUCCI!, Yeahhhhhhhhhh"