While St. Peter’s colonnade designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini displayed Classical designs on the large scale‚ the basilica contains an altarpiece by Bernini symbolic of The Baroque period. Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa portrays key characteristic of The Baroque style: mainly‚ theatrically and paradoxical/complex sentiment. Aesthetically‚ the altarpiece catches the eye with its life-size scale and strategic lighting. The detail etched into the marble of each figure draws the viewer in to the
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Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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19th century * Vivaldi- baroque/ The Four Seasons/ he was a violin teacher for a school for orphaned or illegitimate girls * Haydn- classical/ The creation/ he played a big role in improving the string quartet and symphony * Machaut- medieval/ Puis qu’en oubli/ first important composers whose works survived * J.S. Bach – baroque/ Concerto in No. 5 in D Major/ gave the harpsichord its first solo * Handel- baroque/ Messiah/ he wrote a number of brilliant operas * Brahms- nationalism/
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The two art periods that I chose are Baroque and Impressionism. Baroque art refers to the style that would be found in Europe and North and South America during the 17th and 18th century. The Catholic Church heavily influenced their art‚ as well as the Protestant rising up during this time. There was an emphasis on unity and harmony in all of the visual arts that often had themes from the Bible or stories. There was realism and more attention was paid to physical details in portrait paintings‚
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Quotes: 1. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties... – hamlet 2. Man is born free‚ yet everywhere he is in chains. Rousseau 3. Modern society is rotten even at its roots. Rouseeau 4. Get back to Nature … Noble Savage .. SOCIAL CONTRACT - rouseeau 5. Reason is supreme . Human reason can solve every problem facing humankind. - descartes 6. A work of art is a public dream – frued – Oedipus complex 7. We live in an ordered‚ rational‚ understandable
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ad- dress is the kind of voice necessary. It must be a large voice. A castrato cannot be replaced with a small-voiced soprano or mezzo-soprano. Here‚ given the central role of Handel in this article‚ and the central role of Senesino in Handel’s operas‚ we face an irony. It appears to be easier to find large-voiced sopranos who sing fioritura adequately than mezzo- sopranos. Onstage are women whose voices are not large even by mezzo- soprano standards. Unfortunately‚ Marilyn Hore’s career is
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November 18‚ 2012 “P.D.Q. Bach "The Abduction of Figaro” This is a grand opera that begins off initially with laughter. This appears to be a theme that reoccurs throughout the piece suggesting that it is a comic opera. The mood is serious yet comical throughout. It was really impressive how the composer orchestrated the story into the opera with elements of comedy in the piece. I can see how the opera plays into the minds of those of the middle class during that time as well. The composer
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Life and Music of Antonio Vivaldi Written by: Steven C. Noah Antonio Lucio Vivaldi‚ nicknamed il Prete Rosso because of his red hair‚ was an Italian Baroque composer‚ Catholic priest‚ and virtuoso violinist‚ born in Venice‚ Italy on March 4th‚ 1678. He was ordained as a priest in 1703‚ celebrating mass for a year before claiming that he wished to do so no more on account of chest pains‚ presumed now to be angina pectoris‚ asthmatic bronchitis‚ or some sort of a nervous disorder resulting in
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is will with you and your family. You and I haven’t had much time to speak these past few weeks‚ so I decided to write you this letter in order to update you on the current events that have occurred in my life recently. Two days ago‚ I attended a baroque sinfonia at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music‚ directed by Adam Gilbert‚ director of the early music program. The program consisted of selections from The Fairy Queen‚ originally composed by Henry Purcell. The overall
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Which of these was an innovation developed during the last half of the Eighteenth Century? Answer-D (A) the public concert (B) the salon (C) the coffee house (D) All of these 3. Who contributed to Neoclassicism with his operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste? Answer-A (A) C.W. von Gluck (B) W.A. Mozart (C) J.S. Bach (D) L.V. Beethoven 4. A traditional string quartet consists of? Answer-A (A) two violins‚ one viola‚ and one cello. (B) three
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