During the Renaissance, the Italians invented what type of scene painting?

What is the term for a small ensemble that furnishes a foundation for the melody or melodies of a composition,

requires at least two instrumentalists, and occurs almost exclusively in Baroque music?

a. figured bass b. basso ostinato c. basso continuo d. canon

e. counterpoint

What was Mark Rothko exploring in his Color Field paintings such as Untitled (Painting), 1953–1954?

a. action painting b. abstraction of nature c. simultaneous contrast d. psychological and spiritual effects of color e. none of these are correct