... music became increasingly more important as the new basso continuo, idea formed. In the basso continuo soprano and alto voices in the music would be constructed on a platform of bass chords that gave meaning and structure to the music. During the Baroque period new forms of presenting music were invented. The cantata and oratorio were created as new forms of vocal ... like a happy dance during this period. During the classical period tonality was brought to new heights. New complex harmonic textures were used that facilitated the use of new tones and chords within a key. Like in the Bar...

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... . With the five strings and more frets many composers started to write classical music for the guitar like Frescobaldi. New books were also being printed dealing with major and minor chords. The sound of the guitar was very gentle and very harmonic; the instrument gave no major challenges for the performer. This instrument was very popular among people because it was ... ...

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... . With the five strings and more frets many composers started to write classical music for the guitar like Frescobaldi. New books were also being printed dealing with major and minor chords. The sound of the guitar was very gentle and very harmonic; the instrument gave no major challenges for the performer. This instrument was very popular among people because it was ... ...

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... be seen from above. Individual steps were not nearly as significant as the overall floor patterns created which had symbolic meanings for the audience. These were based on combinations of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and triangles. Such combinations included two triangles within a circle, which portrayed a monarch's supreme power. Unlike any other production before this point in history, Ballet Comique ... ...

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... for their talent as copyists and scribes with the artistry displayed in the calligraphy and decorating of manuscripts. Manuscripts were covered in elaborate letters and patterns. Often they would use geometric shapes interwoven with naturalistic figures such as birds, leaves, flowers and reptiles. The book of Keels, part of the Irish Bible, thought to be written between c900-1000 and the ... ...

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... with a rich and ancient tattooing tradition. Capt. John Smith mentioned Native American tattoos in his writings in the 1600's. Most tribes celebrated adulthood with tattoo puberty rites. Simple lines and geometric patterns were used and women often had lines extending from the lower lip onto the chin. Arapaho men tattooed three dots on their own chest to prove their manhood. The ... ...

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... ours did. Around 700 BCE there were Compass-drawn decorations, compositions based on axial symmetry; gold torques, chariot fittings and phalera, belt-hooks, scabbards, wine jugs, and sculptures mainly in geometric designs. Then around 400 BCE compositions with radial symmetry alongside those with axial symmetry; red enamel; helmets, sheathes and scabbards, torques, armlets, and red-figure vases appeared. At 450 BCE ... ...

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