ARTS Questions Based on: "What Your 5th Grader Needs to Know" by E.D. Hirsch These questions are copyright 1997 Karen Crowther and are not endorsed nor sponsored by the Core Curriculum Foundation nor E.D. Hirsch. They are brought to you as a public service by Redwood Games (http://www.maui.net/~redwood/hs.html) You may use them for personal use provided you do not remove this notice and provided you do not distribute them. Note that you really need to get a keyboard and have the children practice scales, learning simple songs from notes and singing so that they develop their ability to sing on key. ALL people can learn to sing -- even the most "tone deaf". (My family is living proof of this! ) It helps to practice with a keyboard (Casio sells inexpensive ones for less than $50) since just playing and hearing the notes will help the children sing them in key. With kids who have trouble signing on key, use the pointing system to help them get the note. If they are singing flat, point up. If they are singing sharp, point down. Then be SURE to tell them when they are right on. FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #1 =========================== Read p 233-234 Listen to some of Mozart's music on tape or the internet. What was Mozart's full name? ___________________________________________ When was Mozart born? _____________________ Where was Mozart born? _______________________ At what age did Mozart start composing? _____________ What is one of Mozart's most famous operas called? ___________________________ Name the last two (and most famous) symphonies that Mozart wrote: 1.__________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________ What was Mozart's favorite instrument? __________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #2 =========================== Read p 234-235 Listen to selections by Beethoven. What was Beethoven's full name? _________________________________ Beethoven was born in _____________________________ What composer's music did Beethoven learn from? ______________________ Name some famous pieces by Beethoven: 1.___________________________________ 2.______________________________________ 3._____________________________________ What did many of Beethoven's musical pieces tell about? _________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What happened to Beethoven? _____________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #3 =========================== Read 235 Listen to selections from Sousa What was Sousa's full name? _____________________________________ What type of music is Sousa famous for? ________________________________ When was Sousa born? ________________ What country was he born in? __________________________ Name some music that Sousa wrote: 1.___________________________________ 2.____________________________________ What band did Sousa play in when he was 13? _________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #4 =========================== Read p 236 Listen to Joplin's music. What was Joplin's full name? ____________________________ When was Joplin born? _____________________ Where was Joplin born? ___________________________ Where did Joplin move to? ___________________________ What type of music did Joplin compose? _____________________ Name some of his pieces: 1.___________________________________ 2.__________________________________________ Ragtime contributed to the development of what kind of music? _________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #5 =========================== Read p 236-239 Name the 4 types of instruments in an orchestra and then list the instruments of each type in order of size: 1._____________________________________ A. __________________________________ B. __________________________________ C. __________________________________ D. __________________________________ 2._____________________________________ A. __________________________________ B. __________________________________ C. __________________________________ D. __________________________________ E. __________________________________ 3._____________________________________ A. __________________________________ B. __________________________________ C. __________________________________ D. __________________________________ 4._____________________________________ A. __________________________________ B. __________________________________ C. __________________________________ D. __________________________________ E. __________________________________ What other class of instruments are there? 5. ____________________________________ A. __________________________________ B. __________________________________ C. __________________________________ D. __________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #6 =========================== Read p 240-top of 244 The Middle Ages were also called _____________________ What emotions and thoughts were represented by the outsides and insides of the gothic churches? ______________________________________________________________________ After the Middle Ages came the _______________________________ from the year ______________ to _________________________ During this time people thought that all aspects of life were ______________________________________ Who inspired the Renaissance people? _____________________________________ The Roman architect, Vitruvius, inspired the famous artist, ______________ ____________________________________ Who designed the dome for the Cathedral of Florence in 1420? ______________ ________________________________________________ The Cathedral of Florence was first begun in the year _______________-. What problem did the builders have with the design of the dome? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ How did Brunellischi solve the problem of supporting the Dome? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What two things did Bruellischi invent to help construct the dome? _________________________________ _________________________________ What made he Cathedral of Florence different from earlier gothic churches? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What 2 other famous buildings were inspired by Brunelleschi's design? ________________________________ ________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #7 =========================== Read p 244-247 What great artist was born about 75 years after Brunelleschi's dome was finished? ___________________________________ Where was he born? ________________________________ Who was Michelangelo's patron? ____________________________________ What did Michelangelo learn? _________________________________________________________________________ Why are Michelangelo's sculptures of people so realistic? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What statue did Michelangelo carve for the Florence Cathedral? ___________________________________________________________ How long did it take him to carve it? From _______ to __________ Tell the story of David and Goliath: _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ How did Michelangelo impart a sense of movement to his statue of David? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What did the statue of David remind the Florentines about themselves? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #8 =========================== Read p 247-251 Who painted "The Marriage of the Virgin" ? _____________________________ What is special about this painting? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What shapes show this is a renaissance painting and not a gothic painting? ____________________________________________________________________________ What technique did Brunelleschi use which influenced the renaissance painters to make more realistic looking paintings?________________________________ What are the key elements of vanishing point perspective? 1._______________________________________ 2._______________________________________ 3._______________________________________ What does it mean to call someone a "Renaissance Man"? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ What famous Renaissance man was born in Italy in 1452? ______________________________________________________________________ Where did he move to? ______________________________________________ What was Leonardo Da Vinci famous for? 1._________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4.________________________________________ 5.________________________________________ 6.________________________________________ 7.__________________________________________ 8.__________________________________________ Name 2 of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous paintings: 1._________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________ What did Leonardo invent long before anyone else? _______________________________________________________________________ What elements of "The Last Supper" enhance perspective? 1.__________________________________________________ How did Leonardo draw your eyes to the figure of Jesus in his painting? _______________________________________________________________________ What story does "The Last Supper" tell? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #9 =========================== Read p 251-253 Which Pope encouraged the arts? ________________________ What building did this Pope decide to beautify? ___________________________ Who painted the ceiling of this building? _________________________ How long did it take him to paint the ceiling? ______________________ Describe "The Creation of Adam" and how Michelangelo got the effects he was after. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #10 ============================ Read p 253-255 Where were the Flemish painters from? 1.______________________________ 2.______________________________ 3.______________________________ Tell what symbols the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck used in his painting, "Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride" _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What type of paint did Van Eyck use to begin with? ___________________ What was one of its ingredients? ___________________ What were the advantages and disadvantages of tempera? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ What new kind of paint did Van Eyck start to use? _____________________ What advantages did oil paint have? _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What were Flemish portraits like? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #11 ============================ Read p 255-257 What Dutch artist lived about 200 years after Van Eyck? __________________ What interested him about faces? __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Name some differences between the way Van Eyck painted the "Marriage" and Rembrandt painted himself: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Who painted the "Oath of the Horatii" _______________________________ What techniques did the artist use in this painting that is similar to Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" and to Da Vinci's "Last Supper". ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Why did the French like this painting? _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #12 ============================ Read p 257-259 The Muslim people who had conquered much of Spain developed what style of architecture? ______________________ What palace was finished in the late 1300's in Spain? _____________________ Although Moorish architecture uses arches like the ____________________ and _________________ did, their arches are different. Explain the differences: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ How were Moorish walls different from the Greek and Roman ones? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What building was influenced by the Alhambra? ___________________________ What was this building named for? ________________________________________ How many workers did it take to build the Taj Mahal? ______________________ How many years did it take? ________________ What are the slender towers called? __________________________ What are they for? _________________________________________________________ FINE ARTS GRADE 5 ASSIGN #13 ============================ Read p 259-261 What was different about the Ife's sculptures compared to the rest of Africa? ___________________________________________________________________________ Where did the Ife live? _________________________________ What did the Ife use their sculptures of dead people for? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ What was the garden at Ryoan-ji built for? _______________________________ What characteristics of the garden help its purpose? _____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ When was the garden built? _____________________ Why did people put gravel around Shinto shrines? _________________________ __________________________________________________________________________