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This digital document is an article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 488 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from a specific period that provides an understanding of the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events covering the major branches of the humanities: architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts. Articles cover the movements, schools of thought, and masterworks that characterize the discipline during the era and biographical profiles of pioneers, masters, and other prominent figures in the field. ... Read more

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This book traces the evolution and transformation of the genre of Latin-texted vocal music known as the motet during the lifetime of the leading composer of the age, Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400-1474). The book includes an account of internal and external forces that influenced the transformation of the motet and of fifteenth-century music more generally. At the same time it provides a method for the interpretation of individual works based on recognition of the features and associations of the various subgenres of the motet. ... Read more