The "character piece" is most accurately defined as:

a. a short instrumental work (especially for piano or orchestra) that establishesa particular mood.
b. a composition distinguished by a dreamy mood, a lyric melody in the righthand, and widely-spaced arpeggiated chords in the left hand.
c. an imaginative composition in an improvisatory style that sometimesincorporates preexisting themes

d. an instrumental piece, for keyboard or other instruments, requiring theperformer to touch the instrument with great technical dexterity.

a

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The Panathenaic Amphora with Runners reveals an interest in beauty because of the:

a. patterned decoration. b. integration of the handles into the overall shape. c. manner in which it rises from its base. d. all of these. e. none of these.

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When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)?

a) during the Renaissance in Italy b) in the twelfth century in Japan c) in the twentieth century in the United States d) during the Classical period in Greece

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