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ars nova

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ars nova [ˈɑːz ˈnəʊvə]
n
(Music / Classical Music) a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century
[Latin, literally: new art]


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Religious art had been "determinedly hieratic, stylized and 'non-naturalistic' for almost a thousand years" (155), a judgment that leads Clark to speculate that the duke might have doubted the spiritual efficacy of the ars nova.
Ralph Lee, chief executive and creative director of Ars Nova Inc.
 
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