Humanities ch 10

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina served as choirmaster at the Capella Giulia in the Vatican and composed the Mass for Pope Marcellus

The term braghettoni was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgement

Correggio created Jupiter and Io as part of the set of paintings commissioned by Frederico Gonzaga of Mantua

Jupiter appears to Io in the painting commissioned by Frederico Gonzaga of Mantua as a cloud

Teresa of Avila wrote The Way to Perfection, which describes the ascent of the soul to union with the Holy Spirit

El Creco painted the Resurrection, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity

The characteristics mentioned as “innovative” qualities of don Quixote:

Using everyday speech in dialogue

Creating vivid and complex portraits of the main and subordinate characters

Presenting the narrative in a solemn style free form affectation

In delicate juxtaposition with the comic scenes

As the author of spiritual Exercises, Ignatius of Loyola called on Jesuits to develop all of their senses

Bernini completed the sculptural program for the Cornaro Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) painted The Calling of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome

In Caravaggio’s The Calling of Saint Matthew, Saint Peter is standing beside Christ

Artemisia Gentileschi painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was submitted to the Florentine Academy of design

Artemisia Gentileschi, in addition to Judith, she dramatized the stories of Susannah, Bathsheba, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Esther, Diana, and Potiphar

In the seventeenth century, Venice became the center of musical innovation and practice in Europe

Giovanni Gabrieli is considered the first composer to specify dynamics by indicating piano for “soft” and forte for “loud”

Venice was so popular that composers from across Europe came to study music thus Italian became the international language of music

Orfeo required an orchestra of three dozen instruments - including ten viols, three trombones, and four trumpets

Antonio Vivaldi is most closely associated with the concerto musical forms

Antonio Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons

The View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen is considered a “landscape” painting

Jan Steen was particularly successful with genre scenes, including The Dancing Couple

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the series of instrumental works known as the Brandenburg concertos

Louis XIV was known as the “Sun King”

Among the French during the seventeenth century, architecture was designed to convey the absolute power of the monarchy

Charles Le Brun served as chief painter to Louis XIV and directed the team of artists who decorated the interior of the Palace of Versailles

Andre Le Notre was the landscape architect in charge of the grounds at the Palace at Versailles

Peter Paul Rubens painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles

Louis XIV and Armand-Jean du Plessis wagered the painting collections of Poussin and Rubens over a tennis match

Nicolas Poussin painted Arcadian Shepherds

Jean-Baptiste served as the head of the Royal Academy of Music and created a new operatic genre known as tragedie en musique

A gigue refers to a very lively dance, fast in tempo, and usually employing a 6/8 meter

Ballet Positions

First Position - heels touching, feet forming a straight line

Second Position - heels wide apart, feet forming a straight line

Third Position - one foot in front of the other with heel against the instep

Fourth Position - feet apart, one in front of the other, heels in line

Fifth Position - one foot in front of the other with the heel against the joint of the big toe

Sarabande refers to a slow and stately dance, with accent on the second beat, in triple meter

Minuet refers to an elegant triple-time dance of moderate tempo, a since form that quickly became the most popular of the age

Moliere is the author of Tartuffe and was in disfavor with many in the French Court because he permitted few people to escape his ridicule