As an ensemble, a string quartet
a. follows the expressive gestures of a conductor.
b. uses strictly acoustic instruments.
c. is akin to a rock band, in that it is often formed by the musicians themselves.
d. all of the above.
C
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A. playwright. B. actor. C. director. D. designer.
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a. Akhenaton's richly painted sarcophagus b. a Mycenaean gold funerary mask c. King Tut's gold throne d. a gold statue of Khafre e. King Tut's solid gold coffin
The term _____ applies to objects that have a refined rusticity
A) ?shinto B) ?wabi C) ?ukioy-e D) ?kanawi
It is remarkable that a competition was held in 1401 to design the doors to the Florence Baptistery, given that scarcely more than a half century earlier, the city-state had witnessed
a. as much as four-fifths of its population succumb to the Black Death. b. the military destruction of as much as four-fifths of the cathedral’s dome. c. as much as fourth-fifths of the Ghibelline population die at Guelph hands. d. the military destruction of as much as four-fifths of the baptistery.