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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Space that suggests distant objects in art






2. Lines that suggest stability and repose






3. Arranging art elements to suggest smething other than the natural safe to solicit emotion from the viewer






4. Very slow tempo






5. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around one foot while mantiaining a pose with their leg






6. Best known Renaissance playwrights






7. A drawing tha t does not have the same image on both sides






8. Unharmonious sounds that are produced to make an unsettling effect - like in punk music and jazz






9. Learning dance specifc to 18th and 19th century America - understanding different roles of men and women in dance






10. European artists who composed instrumental music in the early 18th Century






11. 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






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






13. The ability to get into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements






14. The leg on which the dancer is balancing on






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






16. A reharsal of the play from beginning to end - without stopping






17. Every Good Boy Does Fine






18. Lines that suggest movement






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






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






21. Originates from European folk dancing






22. Slow tempo






23. 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






24. Artist who inspired by African American sculptures to focus on the geometric shapes - like circles - triangles called cubism






25. A group of lines and spaces that music is written on; it has five lines and four spaces and they each correspond to a specific note or musical tone






26. Sculpted pfigures projecting from a background






27. A very fast tempo






28. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






29. The distance between each note






30. Consisting of tonal - rhythmic pattern and whose name from the name of the nine goddesses






31. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue






32. A devie used to allow one color or tone to merge with another






33. 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






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






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. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats






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






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






39. Parallel lines crossing other parallel lines creating value and texture






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






41. Steps perofmred in the air during dance

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






43. Hero that had a fatal flaw that broguht about its downfall






44. 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






45. The way an artwork's elements are put together






46. Most known composers of the 20th Century






47. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






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






49. A note of a different pitch thatsounds good when played simulataneously with the melody






50. Why art flourished in the Renaissance