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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






2. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color






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






4. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






5. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






6. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






7. The juxtaposition of opposites






8. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






9. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.






10. Dominican Republic






11. A collage in three dimensions






12. A distinctive quality to the sound






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)






14. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line






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






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






17. The juxtaposition of opposites






18. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning






19. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






22. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






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






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.






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






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.






27. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






28. From Cuba






29. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






30. The tune of a song






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






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






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






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






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






36. The reason the work was created






37. Variation in volume






38. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






39. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






40. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






41. A ballroom dance from Argentina






42. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good






43. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






44. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character






45. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art






46. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






48. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance






49. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character






50. The tactile quality of a work of art