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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A form of entertainment in which cchildren improvise scenes for their own growth






2. Basic artistic literacy. students learn to use elements unique to arts to help them process sensory information. Important for written response






3. Several tabeaux succeeding one or another in stage






4. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






5. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts






6. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor






7. Every Good Boy Does Fine






8. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus






9. A seious Japanese theatrical field that only uses male actors to tell highly stylized stories through dance and poetry






10. How the artist's arrangement of elements achieves equilibrium






11. Dancing on the ball of the foot - or half - toe






12. Best known Renaissance playwrights






13. A resident company in which actors were hired based on lines of work and number of plays prepared






14. A group of familiar syllables to designate the notes of an octave: do - re - mi - fa - so - la - ti - do






15. An old - school dance from 1900s dating back to the slavery days in which people walked back and forth to the tune of bajos and fiddles. a cake was usually awarded to the winner






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






17. Lines that suggest movement






18. Lines that suggest stability and repose






19. The arrangement of colors as they are refracted into a rainbow by a prison






20. no stage at all - like classroom or playground






21. A very fast tempo






22. Plays that end happily






23. Arrangement of units into patterns in dance






24. A pose in which the working leg is extended with a straight knee behind the body






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






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






27. A stage that is meant to viewed from all different kinds of sides






28. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture






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






30. plays of the neoclassic period where Renaissance writers tried to recaptuer the glory of theateres in Greece and Rome






31. The way that an artist's work is related - can either by harmonious or disharmonious






32. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing






33. genre of theater that focused on life as an unfathombale mystery and as a rideiculous andp ointless endeavor






34. (space that is not used in art). Objects surrounded by this space like an apple on a white canvas) emphasize the object painted (the apple)






35. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat






36. Dances developed in the U.S.






37. Lines that suggest calm






38. Most traditional and contemproary cultures have dance eto showcase courtship - group harmony - and enjoyment






39. Extravagant and complex music made by Italian composers of the 16th century






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






41. Were using styluses of incised ocher dating back 100000 years ago to create works






42. Music evolved from freed African americans who heard European folk music and classical music






43. Students can create - memorizee - and perform a variety of simple dances






44. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






45. If a line was drawn in the center of theart - they would be mirror images of each other






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






47. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions






48. Instruments played with a string like a violin - viola - cello - banjo - piano - guitar - harp






49. A predecessor of the piano - sounded by plucking strings






50. The characteristic sound of a voice or instrument