AH Miscellaneous

Claudio Monteverdi was probably the first great composer of which musical period below, which lasted from about 1600 to 1750?

• Romantic

• Renaissance

• Classical

• Baroque

Paul Signac and Georges Seurat pioneered which of the following art styles in the late 19th century?

• Pop Art

• Abstract Expressionism

• Pointillism

• Cubism

Color Field Painting and Action Painting were the two subsets of which art movement, whose practitioners included Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock?

• Impressionism

• Abstract Expressionism

• Surrealism

• Pop Art

Which one dates from the Middle Ages of Japan and uses masked actors who perform to chanting, drumming, and flute music, often to the serious retelling of an event?

• Noh

• Kyogen

• Kabuki

• Bunraku

The Japanese imperial family claims descent from which deity below, a Shinto sun goddess?

• Brahma

• Amaterasu

• Shiva

• Ahura Mazda

Which of the following Japanese theatrical forms uses ornately costumed puppets manipulated by onstage performers?

• Noh

• Bunraku

• Kabuki

• Kyogen

Edouard Manet was a forerunner of which movement below, which flourished in the late 1800s?

• Cubism

• Mannerism

• Impressionism

• Abstract Expressionism

Which one of the following dances originated in Argentina?

• Mambo

• Tango

• Salsa

• Cha-Cha

Haydn and Mozart were active during which period, which produced many works with a single melody and chordal accompaniment?

• Renaissance

• Romantic

• Baroque

• Classical

Salvador Dalí was a leading artist in which of the following styles, which tried to express subconscious thought?

• Surrealism

• Impressionism

• Pop Art

• Cubism