Test your basic knowledge |

Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






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






4. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






6. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






7. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






8. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






10. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






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






12. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






14. A collage in three dimensions






15. The rate at Which music moves






16. Helps students see the connections among the arts






17. A collage in three dimensions






18. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms






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






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






21. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






22. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






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






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






26. Space - time - levels - and force/energy






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






28. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






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






30. Where and when actors will move on stage






31. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






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






33. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)






34. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






37. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms






38. Consists of 8 notes






39. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






40. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






41. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






42. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






43. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






44. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






45. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance






46. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






48. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






49. The reason the work was created






50. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.