What noble patron commissioned Les Très Riches Heures?
A. Philip the Bold
B. Jean, duke of Berry
C. Giovanni Arnolfini
D. Tommaso Portinari
Answer: B
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Use the concluding discussion section and the knowledge you have gained from this chapter’s text and music to answer the following question. Imagine you are going to attempt a cross-cultural experience with one of the African music-cultures that you studied in this chapter. If you could travel to one the areas covered and try to understand the local music-culture, how would you approach your
task? What would you expect to encounter? What problems and barriers to understanding might you encounter? How would you overcome these barriers? (Answers will vary.) What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of West Coast jazz?
a. smooth blending of composed and improvised music b. unusual instrumentation c. powerful, energetic drumming d. restrained dynamics and cool aesthetic
What aspect of the romantic sensibility is best expressed in Albert Bierstadt's painting Among the Sierra Nevada?
a. search of exotic pleasure and sensual delight b. the protest against tyranny and inhumanity c. a nostalgic attraction to the medieval past d. fascination with the unspoiled beauty of nature
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of European cinematic style during the 1910s?
A. frequent cut-ins B. reliance on deep sets C. moving actors slightly to block and reveal key details D. framing action in windows