Zen priest-painters used a painting technique called haboku, "splashed ink," as a metaphor to express:
A. sudden enlightenment.
B. man's complete control of nature.
C. the violence of death.
D. the dualism of existence.
E. happy accidents.
A
Sessshu Toyo's landscape is a masterpiece of this difficult technique.
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Schumann wrote an article praising him as heir to the tradition of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Although his formal education never went past primary school, he was awarded honorary degrees from Cambridge University (1876) and Breslau University (1879).
a. Musorgsky b. Verdi c. Tchaikovsky d. Brahms e. Chopin
In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man to
a. prove inherent distinctions among the human races. b. show modern man's moral deterioration. c. offer an ethical viewpoint of man's development. d. advocate selective breeding in humans.
Paul Cezanne's painting methods displayed in Mont Sainte-Victoire (pictured below) led the way to Modernist abstraction.
a. true b. false
According to his pupil Carl Mikuli, how did Chopin perform tempo rubato?
a) he gradually slowed down the overall tempo according to a proportional scheme b) he played rubato passages completely freely, without regard for tempo or meter c) he kept strict time in the accompaniment while he played the melody freely d) he extended the length of the first note of each bar