Identify the Renaissance theorist who gave "official" recognition to the major and minor scales, calling them the Aeolian and Ionian modes?
A) Heinrich Glarean
B) Nicola Vicentino
C) Johannes Tinctoris
D) Pietro Aaron
A
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Bach used the term "obbligato" to indicate that the harpsichordist should fill in the figured bass in whatever manner was suitable to the performer
A) true B) false
Previously used in commercial packaging, silkscreen printing was first used as an art medium in
a) the mid-twentieth century in the United States. b) the mid-twentieth century in Japan. c) the fifteenth century in Italy. d) the late nineteenth century in France.
The idea that the conscious choice to believe in God is born out of the despair of not knowing is
a. Kierkegaard's leap of faith. b. Augustine's free will c. Martin Buber's I/Thou philosophy. d. Sartre's secular existentialism.
Which of the following terms refers to an almond-shaped oval of light signifying divinity, imported from the Far East through Byzantium and commonly used by Romanesque artists?
A) ?transept B) ?tympanum C) ?ambulatory D) ?mandorla