What significant Byzantine architectural innovation allowed round domes to be placed atop straight walls?
A. columns
B. vaults
C. pendentives
D. arches
C
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A) to make music the servant of the text B) to attain the artless quality of folk song C) to make the voice and accompaniment equal partners in expressing the text D) to perfectly match the meaning of each word with its musical setting
__________ is a style that emerged as artists turned away from the Rococo and back toward ancient classical ideals
A. Neoclassicism B. Mannerism C. Baroque D. Renaissance E. Post-Impressionist
The earliest brief playlets may have grown out of chanted or sung phrases incorporated
into Mass as an embellishment or commentary on a religious lesson. What were these chanted or sung phrases called?
What will be an ideal response?What feature of Palladio's Villa Rotunda (Fig. 21-45, Fig. 21-46) had not previously been used on a domestic structure?
A. a portico B. exterior sculpture C. the dome D. Ionic columns