(Encyclopedia) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum, the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William…
(Encyclopedia) Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in Europe during the Renaissance.
In England the Renaissance flowered in the middle of the 16th cent. The…
WHAT WERE THE FIRST GREAT COMPETITIONS? WHY ARE SOME COMPETITIONS SO FAMOUS? THE WORLD CUPSUPER BOWLSPONSORSHIPFIND OUT MORECompetitions define the highest level of achievement, and exist in every…
WHERE DO COMPOSERS GET THEIR IDEAS? WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A COMPOSITION? WHAT COMES FIRST—WORDS OR MUSIC? IS ALL MUSIC COMPOSED? MUSIC TECHNOLOGY SCOREFIND OUT MOREMost music is imagined first and…
WHY DO PEOPLE DANCE? WHAT IS CLASSICAL DANCE? DANCE SHOESIMPROVISATIONCHOREOGRAPHYFIND OUT MOREWhen people move in time to music, they are dancing. As they dance, they organize their body movements…
HOW OLD IS CHESS? WHO INVENTS GAMES? FIND OUT MOREA game is a competition between two or more people who play to a set of rules. A player may need skill, as with chess, or rely on the luck of the…
WHERE DID MUSICALS ORIGINATE? HOW ARE MUSICALS PRODUCED? FIND OUT MOREMusicals are plays with song and dance. Their stories are fast-paced and dramatic, and the songs are catchy. Musicals are…
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT VOICES IN OPERA? WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF OPERA? FIND OUT MOREAn opera is a drama set to music. It is performed and sung by singers who act out different roles. Opera is often…
HOW MANY MUSICIANS PLAY IN AN ORCHESTRA? HOW ARE THE MUSICIANS ARRANGED? WHAT DOES A CONDUCTOR DO? GAMELAN PERCUSSION ORCHESTRA FIND OUT MOREAn orchestra is a group of musicians playing together…
ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY? WHAT IS THE OLDEST POEM? WHAT ARE POETIC DEVICES? WHAT IS METER? DO POEMS ALWAYS HAVE RHYME AND RHYTHM? IS A VERSE THE SAME AS A STANZA? FIND OUT MOREPoetry (…
