Which artist decided to sue the art critic John Ruskin for libel when Ruskin referred to Nocturne in Black and Fold: The Falling Rocket as "cockney impudence"?
a. Claude Monet
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. J.A.M. Whistler
d. Mary Cassatt
e. Edgar Degas
c. J.A.M. Whistler
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The revolutionary qualities in Beethoven's music
A) set it apart from the music of other composers. B) are the reason that he was not accepted as a composer during his lifetime. C) are directly related to his deafness. D) were not significant. E) caused him to be placed in jail on several occasions due to riots at performances
What is the name for a thematic idea in multiple voices, placed prominently at the beginning of each section or movement of a work?
a) Cantus firmus b) Ground bass c) Head motif d) Formes fixes
The style of Zwilich’s Concerto Grosso 1985 can best be described as:
a. Minimalism b. Cubism c. Expressionism d. collage art e. Neo-Classic
What architect had the dictum: “the complete building is the final aim of the visual arts”?
a. Walter Gropius b. Vasily Kandinsky c. Marc Chagall d. Le Corbusier e. Frank Lloyd Wright