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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






2. The brightness of color - its vividness






3. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)






4. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






5. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






6. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






7. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






8. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






9. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






10. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






11. Consists of 8 notes






12. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






13. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






14. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.






15. The brightness of color - its vividness






16. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






17. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.






18. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






19. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence






20. Variation in volume






21. The movement of a point through space.






22. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.






23. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






24. Dominican Republic






25. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






26. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






27. The reason the work was created






28. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






29. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






30. Where and when actors will move on stage






31. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






32. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene






33. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent






34. The distance between each note






35. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






36. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






37. From Cuba






38. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






39. A collage in three dimensions






40. Dominican Republic






41. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






42. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






43. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






44. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






45. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






46. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






47. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






48. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.






49. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






50. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.