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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






2. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)






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






4. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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






7. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






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






9. The reason the work was created






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






11. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)






12. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






13. The movement of a point through space.






14. A collage in three dimensions






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






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






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






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






19. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






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






21. The movement of a point through space.






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






23. Helps students see the connections among the arts






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






25. From Cuba






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






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






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






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






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






31. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






33. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage






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






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






36. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






37. The distance between each note






38. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






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






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






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






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






43. A ballroom dance from Argentina






44. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






45. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






46. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






47. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






49. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)






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