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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. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
Charleston
tango
form
elements of music
2. A collage in three dimensions
thrust stage
history of theater
assemblage
timbre
3. 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
movement
dynamics
arts and other core subjects
4. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
form
cubism
artistic perception
connecting the arts disciplines
5. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
mixed media
movement
rhythm
connecting the arts disciplines
6. The reason the work was created
Kabuki
samba
flamenco
theme
7. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
elements of music
famous playwrights
assessment of art
shape
8. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
thrust stage
arts and other core subjects
chord
famous playwrights
9. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
mystery plays
principles of art
time
upstage
10. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
elements of dance
theme
mie
mambo
11. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
arena stage
perspective
aesthetic valuing
polka
12. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
rumba
history of theater
timbre
Noh
13. From Cuba
mambo
mystery plays
dynamics
downstage
14. Variation in volume
connecting the arts disciplines
dynamics
connecting the arts disciplines
rhythm
15. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
contrast
principles of art
tempo
abstract art
16. Dominican Republic
mie
assemblage
Noh
meringue
17. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
mystery plays
assessment of art
performance dance
history of theater
18. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
tempo
color
rumba
impressionist style
19. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
creative expression
hue
elements of music
form
20. The practice of creating or performing works of art
solfege
Kabuki
space
creative expression
21. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
rhythm
dynamics
abstract art
arts and other core subjects
22. The juxtaposition of opposites
contrast
twist
arena stage
tempo
23. The brightness of color - its vividness
syncopation
arts and other core subjects
famous playwrights
intensity
24. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
pacing
hue
texture
25. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
upstage
Noh
elements of music
thrust stage
26. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
elements of dance
famous playwrights
social dance
Noh
27. Variation in volume
texture
dynamics
solfege
proscenium
28. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
famous playwrights
impressionist style
assemblage
29. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
solfege
assemblage
rumba
types of visual arts
30. Part of the stage closest to the audience
blocking
time
downstage
abstract art
31. Consists of 8 notes
movement
octave
connecting the arts disciplines
solfege
32. The brightness of color - its vividness
intensity
subject-centered instruction
force/energy
history of theater
33. The tune of a song
color
time
mixed media
melody
34. The tune of a song
Noh
melody
space
aesthetic valuing
35. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
force/energy
emphasis
tempo
creative expression
36. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
mixed media
dynamics
hanamichi
proscenium
37. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
color
movement
rumba
assemblage
38. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
subject-centered instruction
elements of music
aesthetic valuing
39. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
rhythm
value
space
foxtrot
40. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
assessment of art
solfege
timbre
waltz
41. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
tempo
square dancing
rhythm
form
42. Consists of 8 notes
octave
mixed media
shape
arts and other core subjects
43. The juxtaposition of opposites
interval
chord
value
contrast
44. A distinctive quality to the sound
Charleston
blocking
timbre
impressionist style
45. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork
upstage
rhythm
flamenco
hue
46. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
Kabuki
texture
rumba
dominance
47. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
Charleston
social dance
rhythm
meringue
48. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
timbre
unity
hanamichi
harmony
49. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
elements of dance
elements of music
blocking
dance
50. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
downstage
dance
form
square dancing