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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. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
balance
force/energy
thrust stage
connecting the arts disciplines
2. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
shape
octave
pacing
assessment of art
3. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
pacing
hanamichi
polka
impressionist style
4. A distinctive quality to the sound
history of theater
timbre
elements of dance
mixed media
5. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
history of theater
hue
mystery plays
twist
6. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
time
aesthetic valuing
Noh
7. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
aesthetic valuing
downstage
unity
color
8. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
interval
solfege
types of visual arts
hanamichi
9. The reason the work was created
movement
dynamics
theme
tango
10. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
Noh
history of theater
twist
space
11. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
dynamics
harmony
subject-centered instruction
pacing
12. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
mixed media
polka
dynamics
arena stage
13. The movement of a point through space.
Charleston
theme
impressionist style
form
14. A collage in three dimensions
history of theater
assemblage
theme
hue
15. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
square dancing
rumba
value
repetition
16. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
rhythm
foxtrot
arena stage
assemblage
17. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
theme
emphasis
dance
repetition
18. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
collage
aesthetic valuing
famous playwrights
19. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
mie
syncopation
shape
space
20. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
intensity
rhythm
mystery plays
arena stage
21. The movement of a point through space.
aesthetic valuing
Kabuki
form
arena stage
22. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
hanamichi
foxtrot
repetition
dance
23. Helps students see the connections among the arts
connecting the arts disciplines
assessment of art
contrast
melody
24. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
unity
syncopation
harmony
polka
25. From Cuba
interval
harmony
mambo
force/energy
26. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
swing
unity
elements of music
assemblage
27. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
samba
Noh
performance dance
collage
28. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
mambo
melody
assessment of art
color
29. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
force/energy
hanamichi
perspective
Charleston
30. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
rumba
polka
space
connecting the arts disciplines
31. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
abstract art
Noh
social dance
hanamichi
32. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
solfege
texture
timbre
33. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
pacing
proscenium
assemblage
dynamics
34. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
timbre
syncopation
perspective
harmony
35. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
types of visual arts
perspective
twist
intensity
36. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
space
collage
foxtrot
subject-centered instruction
37. The distance between each note
types of visual arts
interval
impressionist style
proscenium
38. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
collage
mystery plays
foxtrot
space
39. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
thrust stage
elements of dance
intensity
artistic perception
40. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
thrust stage
movement
octave
Charleston
41. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
social dance
Noh
rhythm
time
42. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
time
rhythm
dance
mixed media
43. A ballroom dance from Argentina
hanamichi
collage
connecting the arts disciplines
tango
44. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
dance
form
balance
principles of art
45. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
waltz
timbre
proscenium
theme
46. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
connecting the arts disciplines
harmony
mie
abstract art
47. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
history of theater
dance
Kabuki
48. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
square dancing
hanamichi
performance dance
impressionist style
49. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
solfege
artistic perception
arena stage
elements of dance
50. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
octave
Charleston
artistic perception
impressionist style