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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Music based on a short theme known as a subject. The opening part of this music is announced by one voice and then a second voice restates the subject in a different scale






2. Colors that are associated with heat or dry objects like red - orange - and yellow (fire)






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






4. A character's overall goal within the play






5. Martha Graham developed performance dance that involves dance shoes and emphasizes free flowign costumes to express ideas and feelings






6. Typically not intended for public viewing with any level ofpreparation by participants






7. An element of dance. formally measured in meter - including body rhthyms like heartbeat - breath or human emotions - considerations include how long the dance lasts - rhythm - regular vs. irregular - in dance






8. A large section of lengthy composition






9. An element of dance. the series of horizontal planes rising one above another - for example - in ballet - there are multiple levels because there is leaping and lifts






10. The depiction of a form in its realistic - true - life image






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






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






13. Lines that suggests rigidity in art






14. 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






15. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






16. The result of mixing a pure color and black






17. Practice creating or performing works of art. Important for written response






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






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






20. 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






21. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats






22. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts






23. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters






24. Popular dance in America in the 1920s. Natural movement of walking - though it is usually performed in place. The arms swing forward and backwards - with the right arm coming forward as the left leg 'steps' forward - and then moving back as the oppos






25. Students can explain and demonstrate how to be good audience members






26. Best known Renaissance playwrights






27. Originated in Spain among gypsy dancers and also in India






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






29. Lines that suggest agitation






30. Instruments made out of wood - like the flutes - fife - piccolo - bass flute - recorder - whistle - clarinet - saxophone - bagpipe






31. Volume or clarity needed to be heard by an audience






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






33. Small objects that actors handle on stage






34. 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






35. Type of stage named after aan arch that frames the actors as you look at the stage - most auditoriums have this kind of stage - the audience is looking directly at the performers






36. The process of using spontaneous movement and speech to create character - mood - or situation






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






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






39. The one point or area that catches the person's eye. Notice how your eye moves as it focuses on different pieces of art






40. The distance between each note






41. Should be able to use dance vocabulary to describeand analyze elements and components of dance






42. ABCDEFG






43. Lines that suggest opposition in art






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

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45. When an artist chooses to emphasize one artistic element over aonother






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






47. Looking at how the objects portrayed in a painting. The object that is emphasized is the dominant one. You must ask why it was selected compared to something else to determine why the artist mae the work






48. 'The body of ballet'- the dancers who stand behind the principals and form the stage picture with their poses






49. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats






50. Combination of tone that creates a quality of relaxation