Which of the following critical treatises was written by Bharata and outlines the principles of performance, staging and dramatic form as practiced in India and applied to Sanskrit plays?

a. The Poetics
b. Poetic Art
c. The Natyasastra
d. The Kadensho


c. The Natyasastra

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a. atop a column b. in the cella c. in the ceiling d. on the pediment

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Musical instruments whose sound generator is a stretched skin or other membrane are classified as ________.

A. chordophones B. idiophones C. membranophones D. aerophones

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In the 1780s Haydn was largely occupied with composing symphonies for ____ audiences, in the 1790s it was for ____ concerts

A) Viennese, London B) Parisian, Viennese C) Roman, Berlin D) Parisian, London

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Unlike Greek temples, Etruscan temples were not meant to be seen as sculptural masses. Which of the following architectural elements would demonstrate this? a. Columns completely encircled the structure

b. The entrance was centered at the front of the structure. c. The front and rear of the structure were indistinguishable. d. Narrowed staircases were found on all four sides of the structure.

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