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actors aesthetic African American appear arch architecture areas artist artwork audience ballet Baroque basic building called camera carved CD track century B.C. character characteristics Classical color composer composition contrast conventions costume create culture dancer depicted developed dome dramatic dynamic early elements emotional example expression eyes father Figure film focus formal Gothic Greek High Renaissance homophony light Martha Graham meaning melody Michelangelo modern dance monophony move movement Museum of Art Native American Nedawi Neoclassicism objects Oil on canvas opera orchestra painters painting Palace of Versailles performance play playwright plot poetry Polyphony portrayed Postmodern printmaking production program music reflect Renaissance response rhythm Rococo Roman scale scene sculpture sense shot sonata sonata form song sound space spirit story structure style symbols symphony technique temple term texture theatre theme three-dimensional tion tonal tone traditional voice W. H. Auden York