Remember that Édouard Manet considered himself a flâneur. Knowing that about him, what do you think were his intentions in presenting Le Déjuner sur l'herbe to the jury for the Salon of 1863?
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
• Flâneur refers to a man-about-town with no apparent occupation who holds a negative attitude toward the bourgeoisie.
• For Manet, part of this attitude involved shocking the viewer with the frontal nudity of this work.
• Manet is to some degree mocking the conventions of well-respected traditional painters like Watteau.
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Which of the following statements is not true of Romanesque music?
A. It included chants, which are monophonic vocal songs influenced by the Byzantine style. B. It did not use many musical instruments, only vocal sound. C. Romanesque composers saw themselves as individual artists and assigned their names to their music. D. It was used solely for worship.
Matching
A. aria B. libretto C. recitative D. chromaticism
Who is the composer of this listening example?
A. George Frederick Root B. Arthur Farwell C. Louis Moreau Gottschalk D. Thomas Wiggins
One characteristic of ________ is that the entertainment can be edited.
A. theatre B. film C. both theatre and film D. neither theatre nor film