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CSET Visual Arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
allegro
sonata
relief
oratorio
2. Means song or dance - a traditional form of Japanese theater with exaggerated make - up worn by actors and ornate clothes. Ornate costumes designate lass - traits - orage of character. Elaborate wigs worn for men - women and demons. beautiful fans im
harmony
mixed media
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
kabuki
3. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor
bar lines
song form
monologue
there are eight notes in an octave
4. A system of loud - colorful improvs from 16th Century Italy using stock characters (basic characters)
5. Dances developed in the U.S.
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
en l'air
realism
intensitsy
6. A person who acquires necessary funds and acts as administer of the production. A person who finds a play that they will be interested in - producer at school plays is usually a teacher
producer
proscendium
production values
creative expression in dance/primary grades
7. The images or elements (colors - shapes - lines) that re repeated several times in an art work - can show the dominance of a certain element to help understand the purpose of the art
lied
straight line
repetitition
aesthetic valuing in dance
8. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle
director
ellipse
interval
sonata
9. Raising leg to straightened position with foot very high above ground
fugue
extension
Artistic perception in dance/eighth graders
monologue
10. 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
monologue
interval
Broadway Theater
dominance
11. 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
shade
Charleston
staff
shape
12. The point where receding parallel lines converge
negative space
timbre
vanishing point
sweeping curved lines
13. A character's overall goal within the play
objective
media
value
still - life
14. A leap from one leg to another
stock company
cold reading
grand jete
analogous colors
15. The process of using spontaneous movement and speech to create character - mood - or situation
Aristototelian theater
polyphonic chants
time signature
improvisation
16. The sense of movement that is occurring in the work (like the action of the characters in the work of art) AND the way that a person's eyes move as they look at a piece of art and how the eyes move as they observe the entier piece
melodrama
movement
extension
producer
17. The characteristic sound of a voice or instrument
cues
timbre
stage crew
cave art in Europe and Australia
18. Lines that suggest agitation
sharp - short curved lines
shade
presto
mass
19. genre of theater that focused on life as an unfathombale mystery and as a rideiculous andp ointless endeavor
baroque style operas
Theater of the Absurd
subject
spectrum
20. Look at the symbols at the beginning of the line of music that indicate whether or not the note is played a half - step above or half - step below
hue
pantomine
flamenco
sharp and flat
21. Early European dance known for its tiny steps
minuet
entrechat
sweeping curved lines
aesthetic valuing in dance
22. A succession of musical tones or notes based on mathematical progressions known as a scale
melody/tune
color
proscendium
turnout
23. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat
gradation of color
presto
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
upbeat music
24. Intermediate tempo
four arts disciplines
stage crew
monologue
moderato
25. Space that creatse depth in art
largo
relief
gradation of color
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
26. People who are responsible for all technical aspects of the show
stage crew
crosshatch
song form
dance - pointe
27. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects
dominance
cool colors
sonata
motivation
28. The variations of the louder and softer sections of a single piece of music
cues
MUSIC
hue
dynamics
29. The absence ofs hape or form - an emptiness that defines shape and form
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
supporting leg
space -
allegro
30. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe
crosshatch
time signature
tango
syncopation
31. A leap in which the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing thedirection where the movement started
levels
tour jete
crosshatch
creative expression in dance/middle school
32. A villain who the hero is pited against
antagonist
comedy
mie
extension
33. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
theatrical games
two - dimensional
dissonance
34. plays of the neoclassic period where Renaissance writers tried to recaptuer the glory of theateres in Greece and Rome
realism
Neoclassic Drama
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
aesthetic valuing
35. Colors opposite each other in the color wheel - like red - green - purple and yellow
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
complementary colors
negative space
brass instruments
36. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
crosshatch
texture
gradation
37. How fast or how slow - in dance
melodrama
tempo
morality plays
basic positions
38. The particular noteon which a scale begins and ends - to be able to name the key - look at the first note on the piece
clavischord
key
monologue
mixed media
39. Representing only the dimensions of width and height without showing depth or thickness
form
harmony
minuet
two - dimensional
40. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters
Restoration comedy
blues and jazz
area
lied
41. If a line was drawn in the center of theart - they would be mirror images of each other
symmetry
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
advancing colors
media
42. Instruments played with a string like a violin - viola - cello - banjo - piano - guitar - harp
noh
string instruments
force/energy
allegro
43. A note of a different pitch thatsounds good when played simulataneously with the melody
mass
harmony
brass instruments
Bach and Handel
44. Students can create - memorizee - and perform a variety of simple dances
creative expression
promenade
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
creative expression in dance/middle school
45. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves
presto
shape
gospel music
blocking
46. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people
fugue
barre
shade
orchestra
47. The two - dimensional equivalent of form. can be man - made or organic (occurring in nature). Can be open - closed - or free - form
shape
still - life
form
Broadway Theater
48. European artist who reached his height in the early 19th Century and pioneered the Romantic style
stage crew
run - through
hue
Beethoven
49. The reason why the art work was created. Bby looking at all the elemnts are principles - you can come up with why did the artist create this work or what does the artist want me to get out of this art
theme
impressionist movement
key
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
50. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions
stock company
color
historical and cultural context in dance/second grade
cues