... with architectural details and statues, made of wood and plaster. A central arched opening dominates the back wall, flanked by two smaller doorways. Through these openings, elaborate stage sets of streets angle backstage, a triad through the central opening and single streets through each side. These sets, designed later by Scamozzi, use techniques of tilting the floors and contracting the ... angle between the street walls and the heights of their building facades to make foreshortened streets in perspective (see figure 5) . Vincenzo Scamozzi also designed the Teatro at Sabbioneta also...

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... how desperate Italy was in need of financial aid in the wake of the devastation brought on by the effects of the second world war. The United States used this angle as their "trump card- to pressure de Gasperi into weeding out leftist opposition in his cabinet. The withholding of United States aid and the cancellation of one billion dollars worth ... ...

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... it was built allowed for some control of dynamics and even vibrato. Later, the Virginal was developed in the form of a small harpsichord. The virginal's keys were set at a right angle to a single set of stings. When a key was pressed on a virginal, a vertical rod, (also called a jack) holding a leather or quill plectrum rose and plucked the string. This produced a louder tone ... ...

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