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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Three or more harmonious notes that are played together - like through a guitar or piano






2. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






3. The numbers that appear in front of the music notation. Note that 4/4 is the most common time signature for children's music. It shows you how many beats are in a bar and lets you know that the quarter note gets one beat






4. Representing only the dimensions of width and height without showing depth or thickness






5. Students who learn about dance composition and performance make judgements and present reasoned descriptoions of aesthetic choices






6. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other






7. Raising leg to straightened position with foot very high above ground






8. An ancient harp






9. What we see as the reflection and absorption of light off any surface






10. Social dancing performed as a couple - has origins in Carribbean Islands and African and European styles - types of dances include the mambo - the samba - meringue - and rumba - and salsa






11. Steps of dance put together for performance or composing dances






12. A movement of a point through space - the width - length - direction - curvature or flow






13. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media






14. A succession of musical tones or notes based on mathematical progressions known as a scale






15. An activity that enhances sight - sound - taste - touch - smell and used by actors to deepen character development






16. Fast tempo






17. The group that iscolalborating on the play






18. Low arm position in dance






19. category of literature intended for the stage. Greek playwrights like Aeschylus - Sophocles - and Euripides are considered world's greatest playwrights - specifically in tragedies. actors wore masks with exaggerated expressions instead of makeup - ch






20. How dancers move - which revealt s their effects of gravity on body mass - can be sustained - collapsing - swiniging - percussive - suspended






21. Commercial theater that took over US after WWII and named after a NY boulevard that runs through a Manhattan theater district with long runs of a single play






22. An element of dance. the immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body - danceres shape their space as they move - change directio or path or level - or extend their range






23. The return of a main theme which alternates with secondary theme like ABABA or ABACA






24. In the medieval times - art was created for this so it had a religious theme






25. Colors that appear to 'come forward' likke red and orange and yellow






26. A very fast tempo






27. The speed of the beats and how fast they come one after another






28. Dances developed in the U.S.






29. Sculpted pfigures projecting from a background






30. ABCDEFG






31. A method in which one or more materials are glued and attached to a background surface - a type of art that goes really well with a background surface






32. The degree of lightness or darkness with the color






33. Combination of tone that creates a quality of relaxation






34. European artist whose music dominated the later part of the 18th century






35. A system of loud - colorful improvs from 16th Century Italy using stock characters (basic characters)

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36. Lines that suggest strength in art






37. Colors that are closely related to one another - like blue - blue - green and green






38. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing






39. A play set in the coutnryside populated by nymphs - satyrs - shepherds and wandering knights with dancing and singing






40. The flat surface within both sides of a central line






41. The point in the production of a play that the actors no longer need to reharse with the script because they learned their lines






42. Lines that suggests rigidity in art






43. A choral music with several simulataneous voice - lines






44. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects






45. The shape - structure or organization of a piece - like unity and repetition






46. Form of Greek drama that coexisted with tragedy in the classic period that ridiculed the gods and used bawdy language






47. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills






48. The idea of capturing andp ortryaying scenes in the way that humans see them with movement and changing light






49. The person who sees the overall actual staging of the production






50. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA