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WGU Art Appreciation

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Leonardo Da Vinci   Renaissance  
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Michelanchelo   Renaissance  
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Piero della Francisco   Renaissance  
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Albrecht Drurer   Renaissance  
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Rembrandt van Rijn   Boroque  
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Judith Leyster   Boroque  
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Francois Boucher   Rococo  
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Francisco Goya   Romantacism  
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Eugene Delacrouix   Romantacism  
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Jaques Louis David   NeoClassasism  
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Thomas Cole   Romantacism - Hudson River School  
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John Singer Sargent   Realism  
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Edouard Manet   Impressionism  
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Mary Cassett   Impressionism  
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Claude Monet   Impressionism  
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Vincent Van Gogh   Post Impressionism  
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Henri Matisse   Modernism - Fauvism  
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Pablo Picasso   Modernism - Cubism  
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Alfred Stieglitz   Modernism - Photography  
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Georgia O'Keefe   Modernism  
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Jackson Pollack   Modernism - Abstract Expressionism  
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Andy Warholl   Modern - Pop Art  
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Pitch   any sound that sets up regular vibrations in the air and is perceived as a discrete tone  
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Duration   the persistence of a tone in time, meaning how long it lasts  
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Dynamics   usually the volume of a tone, meaning how loud it is, but also the articulation of the tone, meaning the manner it should be played  
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Timbre   the "color" of the tone, meaning which instrument plays it  
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Meter   The rhythmic patterning formed by the measures is called “meter.”  
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Melody   Melody” strings together musical notes in an agreeable succession or arrangement; it is a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole. Frequently, the melody of a piece is the part that we remember the most. Many successful compositions dep  
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Binary   classical form in which two themes interact  
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Ternary   classical form in which two themes interact in a more complex way  
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Rondo   a classical form in which three themes interace  
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Monophony   a single musical line that is performed in unison by one or more instruments.  
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Polyphony   two or more musical lines of relatively equal importance performed at the same time.  
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Homophony   uses chords to accompany one main melody.  
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Cantata   A multi-sectional vocal work, either sacred or secular in subject matter, usually featuring solos, duets, and choruses, and ranging in accompaniment from small chamber ensembles to large orchestras  
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Concerto   were sacred pieces written for a combination of voices and instruments.  
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Fantasia   An instrumental work that attempts to give the impression of being spontaneously improvised by the performer, often characterized by a mischievous resistance to normative style and structure, and managing to communicate either the performer's technical pr  
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Fugue   A polyphonic instrumental work employing the most rigorous of imitative techniques, wherein the theme (or subject) is stated successively in each of the parts (or voices), alternating between the tonic and dominant keys, and subjected to continuous expans  
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Madrigal   polyphonic vocal work, usually written for four or five voices, setting a pastoral poem to music, performed without instrumental accompaniment, and intended for secular use  
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Mass   sung portions of the Roman Catholic liturgy  
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Motet   polyphonic vocal work, setting a sacred Latin text (not the text of the Mass) to music, intended for liturgical or devotional use, and performed without instrumental accompaniment  
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Nocturne   An instrumental work, usually for piano, that attempts to evoke the mood and feelings associated with the night  
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Opera   A fully-produced, multi-sectional work for the theater whose text (or libretto) is primarily sung, and which is accompanied by instruments, usually a large orchestra  
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Oratorio   a multi-sectional work for vocalists and orchestra, which uses the same structural elements as opera. The subject matter of oratorio, however, is religious  
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Overture   orchestral work, usually in two or three contrasting sections, used as the introduction to an opera or other dramatic piece  
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Rondo   A multi-sectional work, or movement, whose theme recurs multiple times in the course of the piece, always in the tonic key, much like a refrain.  
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Sonata   a multi-movement work either for a solo chordal instrument (piano, harpsichord), or for one or several solo melody instruments  
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Suite   A multi-movement instrumental work, for one or any combination of instruments, or for orchestra, where the movements are derived from certain dance forms, such as the allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue  
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Symphony   A multi-movement orchestral work, similar in structure to the sonata, cultivated from about 1725, generally perceived as one of the great achievements of Western art music.  
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