The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to a ratio known as:
A. the vanishing point.
B. the true view.
C. the silver mean.
D. the golden section.
E. the central plan.
D
The golden section is a length of two unequal segments in which the smaller one has the same ratio to the larger one as the larger one has to the whole.
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The plebeians' greatest bargaining strength against the patricians stemmed from
A. plebeian landowning and wealth. B. the patrician need for agricultural neighbors. C. the patrician need for manpower to fight wars. D. the sheer force of their numbers.
Which one of the following is a correct description of the form of this listening example?
A. A A B [2X] B. A B A B C. A B B D. A A B B
Which nineteenth-century composer wrote symphonies familiarly known as the "Unfinished" and "The Great"?
a) Robert Schumann b) Franz Schubert c) Felix Mendelssohn d) Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Name a neoclassical composer.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).