Name the functions (practical and symbolic) of the cathedral in medieval town life
What will be an ideal response?
The Gothic cathedral reflected a shift of intellectual life from the monastery to the town. As the administrative seat (cathedra) of a bishop, the site of ecclesiastical authority, and an educational center, the cathedral served as an urban focal point, the center of town life. Physically dominating the town, its spires soaring above the houses and shops below, the cathedral attracted civic events, public festivals, and even local business. Its construction was usually a town effort, supported by the funds and labor of local citizens and guild members, including stonemasons, carpenters, metalworkers, and glaziers.
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Instead of replicating the illusionism of Greek figural mosaics, Roman mosaic artists of the second and third centuries preferred color schemes that were primarily
A) ?black and white. B) ?polychromatic, C) ?red and black. D) ?complementary.
To the composer of the classic era homophonic texture was much more important than
A. restraint and balance. B. orchestral color. C. contrapuntal writing. D. melodic dominance.
A "work print" is
A. the unedited digital copies of dailies transferred to a hard drive for historical archives. B. the unedited footage printed from the camera negative (mostly unused for editing now). C. the takes viewed by the director after each day of shooting. D. the final copy exhibited in theaters.