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CSET Visual Arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat
still - life
melody/tune
movement
upbeat music
2. An activity that enhances sight - sound - taste - touch - smell and used by actors to deepen character development
sense memory
drama
ballroom dancing
ballet
3. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around one foot while mantiaining a pose with their leg
chroma
pas de deux
asymmetrical painting
promenade
4. Students can create - memorizee - and perform a variety of simple dances
dissonance
creative expression in dance/middle school
procession of notes
distortion
5. Combination of tone that produces qualtiy of tension
orchestra
presto
dissonance
sharp - short curved lines
6. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters
give notes
Restoration comedy
grand jete
delineation
7. 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
movement
harpischord
protohumans (ancesetors of humans)
dynamics
8. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue
subject
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
cues
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
9. 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
vanishing point
ballroom dancing
attitude
corps de ballet
10. 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
stage crew
drama
historical and cultural context
lied
11. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people
minuet
form
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
orchestra
12. Instruments sounded by striking - like the cymbals - drums - triangle - wood block - xylophone - snare drum - bongo - timpani - piano - chimes - bells - marimba - tambourine
waltz
percussion instruments
space
historical and cultural context
13. Prossessing qualities of height - width and depth
three - dimensional
spectrum
Broadway Theater
gradation
14. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects
still - life
shade
tint
pastoral play
15. Originated in Spain among gypsy dancers and also in India
flamenco
song form
form
rhythm
16. A small predecessor of the piano
clavischord
artistic perception
lyre
realism
17. no stage at all - like classroom or playground
levels
street theater
lyre
interval
18. Children express emotions through movement - learn improv to respond to music or oral prompts
creative expression in dance/primary grades
straight line
mixed media
tint
19. A very fast tempo
creative expression in dance/primary grades
presto
abstract art
straight line
20. European artist who reached his height in the early 19th Century and pioneered the Romantic style
Beethoven
monologue
lied
overlapping objects
21. Representing only the dimensions of width and height without showing depth or thickness
commedia dell'arte
two - dimensional
harmony
polka
22. Basic artistic literacy. students learn to use elements unique to arts to help them process sensory information. Important for written response
catharsis
cakewalk
levels
artistic perception
23. The result of mixing a pure color and black
proscendium
creative expression in dance
cave art in Europe and Australia
shade
24. Steps of dance put together for performance or composing dances
levels
theatrical games
vanishing point
choreography
25. Martha Graham developed performance dance that involves dance shoes and emphasizes free flowign costumes to express ideas and feelings
modern dance
arena stage (theater in the round
stage crew
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
26. Twirling and spinning in ballet
intensitsy
orchestra
pirouette
opus
27. 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
value
vertical lines
repetitition
Artistic perception in dance
28. Medieval plays that focused on religion - like the sacrifice of Christ
assemblage
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
mystery plays
string instruments
29. German song
Social Dance
lied
hanamichi
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
30. In the medieval times - art was created for this so it had a religious theme
tour jete
sharp and flat
churches
levels
31. Students who learn about dance composition and performance make judgements and present reasoned descriptoions of aesthetic choices
tempo
attitude
aesthetic valuing in dance
Restoration comedy
32. European artists who composed instrumental music in the early 18th Century
subject
Bach and Handel
beat
ballet
33. A work made for one or two instruments
orchestra
historical and cultural context
commedia dell'arte
sonata
34. The speed at which the play moves along
assemblage
pacing
turnout
stasis
35. An outline or profile of an object
bar lines
monologue
contour
actor's position
36. A major orchesral composition
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
en bas
value
symphony
37. A predecessor of the piano - sounded by plucking strings
extension
drama
harpischord
blues and jazz
38. Typically not intended for public viewing with any level ofpreparation by participants
informal theater
Artistic perception in dance/Kindergarten
moderato
cakewalk
39. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue
working leg
creative expression in dance/third grade
ensemble
cues
40. Learning dance specifc to 18th and 19th century America - understanding different roles of men and women in dance
drama
solfege
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
dance - pointe
41. Artist who inspired by African American sculptures to focus on the geometric shapes - like circles - triangles called cubism
Pablo Picasso
rhythm
actor's position
territary colors
42. 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
MUSIC
creative expression in dance/third grade
time
Broadway Theater
43. Best known Renaissance playwrights
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
consonance
attitude
William Shakespaere and Christopher Marlowe
44. The leg that is delinating movement
dance - pointe
proscendium
working leg
creative expression in dance/middle school
45. The particular noteon which a scale begins and ends - to be able to name the key - look at the first note on the piece
key
stage crew
accent
melodrama
46. Representing an object by using lines instead of masses
delineation
drama
pacing
en haut
47. Lines that suggest strength in art
realism
lento
satyr play
vertical lines
48. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other
William Shakespaere and Christopher Marlowe
turnout
composition
string instruments
49. Lines that suggest agitation
solfege
sharp - short curved lines
timbre
aesthetic valuing
50. How fast or how slow - in dance
tempo
projection
string instruments
modern dance