Examine the reasons why Japan sealed itself off from foreign influence.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1587, the ruler Hideyoshi, who was deeply suspicious of Western religion, prohibited the practice of Christianity and enforced this prohibition with executions. Foreign policy for succeeding rulers became increasingly isolationist; the Japanese were forbidden to travel abroad in 1635 and foreign trade was limited to the Dutch and the Chinese. Japan did not reopen its ports to the world until 1853.
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What are the two factors that create the distinctive sound of mariachi music?
What will be an ideal response?
Michelangelo's Last Judgment (Fig. 21-38) departs from medieval tradition by____________________
A. depicting nude figures
B. placing Christ at the center
C. not clearly separating the saved from the damned
D. using expressive emotion
How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?
a. In the traditional b. In the nontraditional and commonplace c. In the traditional and unique d. In the experimental
The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the ________.
A. madrigal B. motet C. Kyrie D. cantata