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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. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
solfege
Noh
perspective
aesthetic valuing
2. The movement of a point through space.
elements of music
Kabuki
time
form
3. A distinctive quality to the sound
subject-centered instruction
timbre
assessment of art
value
4. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
solfege
assemblage
Noh
performance dance
5. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
rhythm
connecting the arts disciplines
pacing
balance
6. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
elements of dance
perspective
waltz
swing
7. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
time
swing
abstract art
intensity
8. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
cubism
famous playwrights
mambo
assemblage
9. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
mambo
solfege
dominance
impressionist style
10. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
thrust stage
rhythm
mambo
swing
11. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
dominance
blocking
harmony
form
12. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
dominance
time
performance dance
meringue
13. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
thrust stage
value
elements of dance
blocking
14. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
intensity
value
cubism
mixed media
15. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
swing
polka
hue
repetition
16. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
arena stage
social dance
subject-centered instruction
assemblage
17. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
intensity
unity
pacing
time
18. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
mixed media
texture
unity
movement
19. The rate at Which music moves
twist
samba
social dance
tempo
20. The reason the work was created
cubism
meringue
square dancing
theme
21. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
hanamichi
impressionist style
perspective
downstage
22. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
shape
collage
history of theater
samba
23. Variation in volume
upstage
mambo
Noh
dynamics
24. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
mystery plays
assessment of art
swing
25. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
elements of dance
samba
assemblage
rhythm
26. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
force/energy
mixed media
polka
dynamics
27. A ballroom dance from Argentina
tango
history of theater
arts and other core subjects
thrust stage
28. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
timbre
space
repetition
pacing
29. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
balance
cubism
form
social dance
30. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
timbre
principles of art
texture
31. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
perspective
flamenco
chord
harmony
32. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
samba
types of visual arts
elements of dance
abstract art
33. The brightness of color - its vividness
performance dance
artistic perception
intensity
shape
34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
proscenium
famous playwrights
chord
space
35. Consists of 8 notes
contrast
samba
dominance
octave
36. The brightness of color - its vividness
mystery plays
contrast
intensity
square dancing
37. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
syncopation
assemblage
Kabuki
downstage
38. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
thrust stage
syncopation
subject-centered instruction
hanamichi
39. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
syncopation
space
solfege
theme
40. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
types of visual arts
upstage
space
assessment of art
41. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
melody
mixed media
Kabuki
space
42. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
famous playwrights
hue
mambo
dance
43. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
dance
abstract art
history of theater
mystery plays
44. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
assessment of art
proscenium
space
creative expression
45. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
performance dance
subject-centered instruction
aesthetic valuing
connecting the arts disciplines
46. Dominican Republic
famous playwrights
chord
meringue
assessment of art
47. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
Noh
Kabuki
melody
shape
48. The tune of a song
elements of dance
connecting the arts disciplines
melody
solfege
49. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
Charleston
shape
rhythm
50. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
timbre
assemblage
form