Which statement best describes the Rome's distinctive contribution to architecture?
a. built classical temples on a massive scale
b. showed great originality in sculptural decoration
c. invented post-and-lintel construction
d. developed the arch as a flexible form
Answer: d
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In Clair de lune Debussy
a. tends to blur the meter b. uses some chords with added notes c. “rolls out” several chords d. works with a basically simple descending melodic line e. All of these choices
Which section of sonata–allegro form frequently consists of unstable harmonies
as well as plentiful use of melodic and harmonic sequence? It usually concludes with a stabilizing pedal point on the dominant note.
a. development b. introduction c. recapitulation d. coda e. exposition
How is Raphael's School of Athens reminiscent of Classicism?
a. Offering an illusion of Roman architecture, the painting includes figures of Greek gods and ancient philosophers.
b. The painting has a dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark within the scene.
c. It includes the twelve apostles in an ancient forum.
d. The painting is a study in the ratio (canon) of Praxiteles.
Which Roman emperor wrote a philosophical text called Meditations?
A) ?Julius Caesar B) ?Marcus Aurelius C) ?Nero D) ?Trajan