Why was the Phrygian mode preferred as the diatonic mode of choice in Spanish music?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Because of its characteristic semitone above the tonic, this mode created a
"dark" quality in the music.
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In The Dead Christ, which technique does Andrea Mantegna utilize to adjust the distortion created by the point of view?
a) foreshortening b) isometric projection c) oblique projection d) verisimilitude
Pergamon was an important Hellenistic city
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Medieval society was broadly divided into three groups. Which group was not part of this division?
A) those who worked (peasants) B) those who earned (middle class) C) those that fought (nobles) D) those that prayed (clergy)