Category: Arts

Which of the following stringed instruments is still widely used today? HARP Which of the following instruments is a Chordophone? Chordophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a stretched, vibrating string produces the initial sound. The five basic types are bows, harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. The name chordophone replaces the term […]

Where did Dale Chihuly study? Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)1967–1968 Does Dale Chihuly still blown glass? His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye. After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his right shoulder in 1979 while bodysurfing. No longer able to hold the […]

What is the term for a play structured in a way such that it rises to a peak and falls to a conclusion? What is the term for a play structured in such a way that it rises to a peak and falls to a conclusion? Pyramidal. What does narrative mean in test results? This […]

What happens if you fail 2 classes in middle school? If you fail two classes, you may be held back and need to repeat that year of classes. Most schools will send letters to let you know that you are on a retention list by the middle of the year and then resend a letter […]

Are toothbrush Moustache legal? There is no law that would prevent you or anyone else sporting the “Hitler moustache” in Germany or any other country. There is a German law banning Nazi symbols and displaying any will result in heavy fines or even jail time. In my opinion, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone was […]

Can calligraphy be done with a normal pen? Tools: Any regular pen. It’s best to use a monoline pen, meaning that every stroke you use is the same weight, so avoid flexible tools like brush pens. Find our favorite pens for faux calligraphy here! What tools do you need for calligraphy? This hand lettering technique […]

What do art historians do? Art historians analyze visual arts’ meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they were created. Also, another of art history’s mission is to establishes authorial origins of artworks, i.e. discovering who created a particular artwork, when, when and for what reason. What four steps do art historians use in their […]

Why are contour lines important in art? The purpose of contour drawing is to emphasize the mass and volume of the subject rather than the detail; the focus is on the outlined shape of the subject and not the minor details. What is a contour line in geography? Contour line, a line on a map […]

Why is the narrator unreliable in The Raven? Poe characterizes this narrator by his detachment from reality and his grief stricken mind suddenly makes everything he said unreliable but his insanity believable. Poe creates the sense of the unreliable narrator when the man insists upon his sanity over and over again. Did Lenore die in […]

What is an advantage of portrait orientation for portrait photography? What is the advantage of portrait orientation for portrait photography? First, it focuses the viewer’s eye on your subject, and for portraits, that’s what you want. You can also minimize the influence of the background by, for example, blurring the background. What is the difference […]