How is a gamelan conducted?
What will be an ideal response?
• "The drummer in a Javanese gamelan acts as conductor, controlling the tempo and the dynamics . . . [The drummer's] ‘conducting' is accomplished purely through sound signals" while the drummer sits unobtrusively in the middle of the ensemble.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Many feminist artists embraced craft media because _________________
A. these techniques required less demanding physical skills B. its marginalization by the art establishment had suppressed women's accomplishments. C. of the domestic function of most craft objects D. all of the above
The subtle value gradations Leonardo da Vinci created with chalk in The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist (fig. 4.9) are called __________
A. local color B. chiaroscuro C. sfumato D. hatching
Why did Neoclassicists strive for unity of time?
A. They wanted to promote verisimilitude and believed it was not realistic to perform something in a few hours that happened over the course of more than a day. B. It was easier for playwrights of the time to write. C. Unity of time was emphasized in Aristotle's Poetics, which Neoclassicists revered. D. Neoclassicists believed that audiences wouldn't understand that time had passed in a production.