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CSET Visual Arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The point where receding parallel lines converge
overlapping objects
morality plays
vanishing point
symphony
2. 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
passe
lento
drama
color
3. The result of mixing a pure color and black
antagonist
shade
mixed media
time signature
4. A play set in the coutnryside populated by nymphs - satyrs - shepherds and wandering knights with dancing and singing
stage manager
pastoral play
chord
protagonist
5. Basic artistic literacy. students learn to use elements unique to arts to help them process sensory information. Important for written response
orchestra
artistic perception
blues and jazz
ballroom dancing
6. Asian dance form that evolved over 200 years from folk traditions combined with opera - ballet - acrobatics and other elements
ensemble
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
movement
blocking
7. Interpreting the value of art and art work. Important for written response
curved lines
subject
space -
aesthetic valuing
8. Unharmonious sounds that are produced to make an unsettling effect - like in punk music and jazz
space
Restoration comedy
texture
dissonance
9. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue
cues
accent
opus
Mozart
10. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts
modern dance
four arts disciplines
sharp and flat
rhythm
11. 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
distortion
collage
creative expression in dance
historical and cultural context in dance/second grade
12. 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
movement
fugue
Neoclassic Drama
MUSIC
13. Steps of dance put together for performance or composing dances
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
choreography
syncopation
14. The way that an artist's work is related - can either by harmonious or disharmonious
unity
spectrum
melodrama
actor's position
15. A small predecessor of the piano
protagonist
clavischord
moderato
levels
16. Theater was to originate from Aristotle with clear and simple plotting and strong characters. were usually done in five acts and avoid violence
symphony
aesthetic valuing in dance/middle school
Aristototelian theater
en bas
17. Low arm position in dance
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
en bas
distortion
satyr play
18. Lines that suggest stability and repose
props
horizontal lines
sweeping curved lines
tint
19. The way an artwork's elements are put together
modern dance
form
MUSIC
string instruments
20. The group that iscolalborating on the play
cave art in Europe and Australia
flamenco
pirouette
ensemble
21. A rhythm pattern that is stressed or accented and the sounds are uneven
four arts disciplines
kabuki
warm colors
syncopation
22. The distinctive quality of the sound from the different music instruments - also refers to the physical properties of the instrument
en bas
Artistic perception in dance
off - script
timbre
23. Children learn to respond to simple oral instruction
song form
Artistic perception in dance/Kindergarten
movement
gospel music
24. 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
timbre
ballroom dancing
contrast
informal theater
25. Children use choreography principles - processes - sills to create and communicate meaning
upbeat music
en l'air
hue
creative expression in dance/third grade
26. An activity that enhances sight - sound - taste - touch - smell and used by actors to deepen character development
timbre
sense memory
historical and cultural context
actor's position
27. Music evolved from freed African americans who heard European folk music and classical music
MUSIC
blues and jazz
area
thrust stage
28. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people
basic positions
orchestra
value
blending
29. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
oratorio
ballet
key
30. (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)
horizontal lines
baroque style operas
time
negative space
31. Space that establishes objects relative positions in art
pirouette
overlapping objects
Neoclassic Drama
pantomine
32. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats
unity
tableaux
rhythm
collage
33. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other
turnout
harpischord
relief
Beethoven
34. The final step before a production in which the play is rehaersed with costumes and makeup and full staging with full stage crew
props
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
dress rehearsal
35. Any object or element that is less important
syncopation
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
subordinate
motivation
36. The particular arrangement of form - colors - lines - and other elements in a painting
composition
choreography
consonance
blues and jazz
37. The amount of light and dark areas in a composition. Can be used for showing opaque: the limitation of light - not transparent or transluscent
value
production values
percussion instruments
en bas
38. The ability to get into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements
attitude
indistinct drawing
sharp and flat
elevation
39. A major orchesral composition
polyphony
color
polyphonic chants
symphony
40. The idea of capturing andp ortryaying scenes in the way that humans see them with movement and changing light
historical and cultural context in dance/second grade
William Shakespaere and Christopher Marlowe
impressionist movement
shade
41. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills
percussion instruments
cakewalk
extension
theatrical games
42. Music made by medieval monks that had multiple harmonies and voices
timbre
gradation
polyphonic chants
protohumans (ancesetors of humans)
43. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA
percussion instruments
balance
song form
dance - pointe
44. Steps perofmred in the air during dance
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45. The one point or area that catches the person's eye. Notice how your eye moves as it focuses on different pieces of art
focal point
stage crew
polka
creative expression in dance
46. Very slow tempo
string instruments
churches
levels
largo
47. 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
harpischord
repetitition
director
ellipse
48. 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
proscendium
movement
distortion
historical and cultural context in dance/eight graders
49. What we see as the reflection and absorption of light off any surface
mie
emphasis
color
prhasing
50. 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
kabuki
historical and cultural context
thrust stage
props