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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
performance dance
shape
solfege
2. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
hue
tempo
mixed media
time
3. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
proscenium
value
Charleston
dynamics
4. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
chord
cubism
balance
twist
5. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
performance dance
shape
pacing
arena stage
6. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
mixed media
time
pacing
assessment of art
7. The juxtaposition of opposites
interval
contrast
downstage
performance dance
8. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
octave
downstage
performance dance
9. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
hue
dance
mystery plays
flamenco
10. Dominican Republic
mixed media
creative expression
meringue
Charleston
11. A collage in three dimensions
space
mystery plays
Kabuki
assemblage
12. A distinctive quality to the sound
syncopation
samba
timbre
space
13. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
intensity
shape
Kabuki
time
14. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
creative expression
rhythm
history of theater
blocking
15. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
polka
timbre
dance
space
16. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
shape
flamenco
Charleston
cubism
17. The juxtaposition of opposites
hue
contrast
downstage
waltz
18. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
hue
performance dance
artistic perception
creative expression
19. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
performance dance
aesthetic valuing
swing
social dance
20. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
twist
assessment of art
Kabuki
arena stage
21. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
aesthetic valuing
types of visual arts
tempo
time
22. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
performance dance
assessment of art
unity
artistic perception
23. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
abstract art
rhythm
arts and other core subjects
24. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.
harmony
arts and other core subjects
movement
waltz
25. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
principles of art
thrust stage
twist
contrast
26. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.
famous playwrights
polka
arts and other core subjects
downstage
27. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
pacing
connecting the arts disciplines
salsa
Noh
28. From Cuba
proscenium
Noh
mambo
principles of art
29. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
hanamichi
mixed media
types of visual arts
mystery plays
30. The tune of a song
syncopation
melody
cubism
Noh
31. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
upstage
rumba
upstage
time
32. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
twist
creative expression
elements of music
texture
33. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
dominance
rhythm
salsa
34. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
abstract art
Kabuki
twist
famous playwrights
35. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
elements of dance
tempo
perspective
flamenco
36. The reason the work was created
theme
subject-centered instruction
timbre
space
37. Variation in volume
proscenium
solfege
dynamics
movement
38. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
solfege
mixed media
contrast
chord
39. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
samba
upstage
intensity
chord
40. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
Noh
dance
dance
thrust stage
41. A ballroom dance from Argentina
tango
foxtrot
principles of art
Noh
42. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
contrast
tango
collage
harmony
43. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
intensity
mixed media
form
tango
44. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
hanamichi
subject-centered instruction
famous playwrights
unity
45. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
dominance
rhythm
polka
color
46. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
social dance
repetition
arts and other core subjects
famous playwrights
47. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
space
dance
repetition
time
48. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
movement
creative expression
swing
syncopation
49. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
time
hanamichi
twist
repetition
50. The tactile quality of a work of art
chord
history of theater
texture
dance