Which of the following best describes this composition's music-text relationship?
a) it is almost exclusively syllabic
b) it is highly melismatic
c) it alternates between syllabic and melismatic styles
d) the text is highly intelligible as it is sung only by the highest voice over an instrumental accompaniment
a
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b. The columns reiterate the promise of salvation. c. The columns visually state the wealth of the Church. d. The columns invoke the theme of redemption.
Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait demonstrates the way art of the Northern Renaissance differs from that of the Italian Renaissance in which of the following ways?
a. It makes use of linear perspective. b. It features carefully rendered details painted in oils. c. It was commissioned for the catholic church. d. It portrays figures that make reference to Classical forms.