Playwrights and Artist
A rival of playwrights and recruited their members and later became historian to the King
Who is Racine
The National Theatre in France
What is Comedie Francaise
The only surviving art form of the Italian Renaissance
What is Opera
The written story of an Opera
What is the Libretto
Wealthy Italian family that were Patrons to the Arts and married into French Royalty.
Who are the Medici's
The most prolific of the French Neoclassical playwrights
Who is Moliere
What type of stage was the Hotel du Bourgogne
What is Thrust
A form of drama using three main character types: Masters, Servants, and Lovers.
What is Commedia del Arte
How are Opera's referred
What is Composer
A device used to shift multiple pieces of scenery at one time.
What is Chariot and Pole System
Successful composer of ballets that were performed at Court, Louis XIV was known to perform in these dances.
Who is Lully
The oldest surviving theatre in Italy
What is Teatro Olympico
A style of writing plays that requires the use of the Three Unities: Action, Time and Place. Popular in France and reviewed by the French Academy.
What is Neo-Classicism
Which character in Commedia del Arte did not wear mask
What are Lovers
This Unity requires that the play take place within 24 hours.
What is the Unity of Time
He was a popular playwright and known for "The Cid" but broke with Neoclassical Rules, earning the disapproval of the French Academy
Who is Corneille
What is the surviving Proscenium Stage in Italy
Teatro Farnese
The illusion that items get smaller and further away and two lines come to a point.
What is single point perspective.
Who sings an aria
What is a soloist
A tern used to describe with the action on stage occurs in the same amount of time allowed for the play.
What is Real Time
A supporter of the King Louis XIII and founder of the French Academy in France.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu
It was built by Religious Fraternities for productions in France, much like the Spanish Theatres. It was the only indoor, permanent theatre in France for over 100 years.
What is the Hotel de Bourgogne
Opera, Commedia del Arte, and Italian Scenic Design
What are the three forms of art that were created in the Italian Renaissance
This artform was created when artist tried to replicate the Classical Greek Tragedies with Music.
What is Opera
Two thin slats of wood, held closely together and when they hit, make a loud and exaggerated sound. Used in comedy.
What is Slapstick.