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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The tactile quality of the art






2. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects






3. Wind instruments made of metal like the horn - bugle - trumpet - jug - tuba - bazooka - didgeridoo - trombone






4. Students learn to dance with partners






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






6. The brightness of the color - its vividness






7. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing






8. Steps of dance put together for performance or composing dances






9. A series of emotions that clensed the collective psyche






10. The distance between notes






11. The numbers that appear in front of the music notation. Note that 4/4 is the most common time signature for children's music. It shows you how many beats are in a bar and lets you know that the quarter note gets one beat






12. A leap from one leg to another






13. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor






14. A mixture of white and a pure color






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






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






17. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats






18. 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






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






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






21. A passing position in which the foot passes by the knee of a supporting leg






22. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other






23. Prossessing qualities of height - width and depth






24. Lines that suggest agitation






25. Reading by actors who have never before spoken diologue lines of the play






26. Best known Renaissance playwrights






27. 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






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






29. European artist whose music dominated the later part of the 18th century






30. A seious Japanese theatrical field that only uses male actors to tell highly stylized stories through dance and poetry






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






32. Very slow tempo






33. 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






34. Achieved by having a center from which elements - such as line and color - radiate outward towards the sta edges= ex: two dimensional and three dimensional






35. The degree of lightness or darkness with the color






36. Plays that focused on the right vs. wrong scenario that featured an Everyman






37. The return of a main theme which alternates with secondary theme like ABABA or ABACA






38. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat






39. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions






40. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media






41. An effect that is unififed and aestheticlaly pleasing by combining colors that are similar in one or more aspects






42. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA






43. The oldest forms of art that we know about






44. (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)






45. The result of mixing a pure color and black






46. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe






47. Space that suggests distant objects in art






48. A group of familiar syllables to designate the notes of an octave: do - re - mi - fa - so - la - ti - do






49. A movement of a point through space - the width - length - direction - curvature or flow






50. Lines that suggests rigidity in art