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Fine Arts Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Auditory Nerve | A noise. |
| Pitch | the quality of a sound, its highness or lowness, the number of vibrations per second. |
| dynamics levels | pp pianissimo very soft p piano soft mp mezzo piano moderately soft mf mezzo forte moderately loud f forte loud ff fortissimo very loud |
| Timbre | the sound of an instrument/voice |
| duration | how long the sound is played |
| beat | the individual pulses are called beats. Beats represent basic units of me |
| meter | normal music is grouped into measures |
| tempo | the rate of speed of the compostion |
| Melody | the succession of sounds, one after another |
| staccato | 'detached' special emphasis |
| legato | connected smoothly, no special emphasis |
| harmony | arrangement and progression of chords, the way different notes are heard when played at the same time. |
| chivaree | uplifting music, evoking a romantic atmosphere |
| medieval | music was played during that period consisting of instruments such as horns, trumpets, recorders, mainly played during special parties and holidays. |
| Renaissance | rebirth of music/humanism |
| Baroque | progress of knowledge |
| Classical | saw many changes in the world |
| absolute music | classical works were written for their own sake, not for dancing or any other special occasion. simple/balanced/non emotional |
| strings | violin, viola, cello, bass, harp |
| woodwinds | piccolo, flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet, bassoon |
| brasses | trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba |
| percussion | bass drum, timpani, snare drum, cymbal, triangle. |
| dry media | chalk, charcoal, graphite, pastel |
| liquid media | pen and ink, wash and brush, oils, watercolors, acrylics |
| five elements of composition | line, form, color, mass, texture |
| Lithogrophy | based on chemical repellence of oil and water; printing technology. |
| Open composition | allowed to escape the frame |
| Balance | symmetry and asymmetry looking and a composition, you can see if it ultimately has balance |
| repetition | how the basic elements in the picture repeat or alternate |
| unity | when all of the elements of the composition work together toward meaning; closed and open |
| Focal point | area of a composition with the greatest visual appeal |
| repellence | drive back on; force back |
| topographical | parts on a map showing the surface features of a region. |
| folio | a large book of binded pictures |
| aesthetic | being pretty to look at |
| function | how it really works |
| post and lintel(stone) | consists of horizontal beams laid across the open spaces between vertical supports(historical) |
| cantilever | a beam connecting two arches; horizontal(historical) |
| bearing wall | wall supports itself, floors, roof.(contemporary) |
| skeleton frame | a framework supports the building, standard houses (contemporary) |
| urban | the cultural way of like; cultures in the cityyou |
| eminent domain | (518): apparently people get pissed when you take the bag of wine out of the franzia box and put it in your purse before leaving the party |
| hydrology | study of water |
| regeneration | taking something old and replacing it with some thing new |
| infrastructure | within the boundaries |
| aesthetic | pertaining to a sense of beauty |
| facade | front of a building |
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