Imagine yourself attending a performance in Italy about 1650
When a break in the action occurs and the actors, who had been representing two noblemen engaged in some sort of dispute, moved out of sight, another performance begins, this one a spectacular display that included wings that moved on and off stage, traps that opened and closed, and classical figures who flew in and out. You know that you are watching: a. a Neoclassical comedy and a ballet
b. a Neoclassical comedy and an intermezzo
c. a Neoclassical tragedy and commedia
d. a Neoclassical tragedy and an intermezzo
e. a satyr play and an intermezzo
D
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A ________ is an apparatus that produces ticking sounds or flashes of light at any desired musical speed.
A. beat B. stopwatch C. clock D. metronome
The singer in the excerpt sings some notes
a. in false voice (falsetto) b. with much vibrato c. with a vocal trill d. much louder than others
Compared to Old Kingdom depictions of royalty, images depicting common people were __________.
A. more lifelike B. more stylized C. less active D. less engaging
When an artist paints with a mixture of watercolor pigment and Chinese white chalk, the process is called
a) gouache. b) fresco secco. c) trompe-l'oeil. d) encaustic.