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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 sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
aesthetic valuing
dynamics
thrust stage
unity
2. The brightness of color - its vividness
Charleston
subject-centered instruction
intensity
Kabuki
3. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
hue
value
famous playwrights
history of theater
4. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
pacing
shape
performance dance
impressionist style
5. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
downstage
polka
social dance
connecting the arts disciplines
6. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
swing
elements of music
elements of dance
famous playwrights
7. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
social dance
Charleston
balance
downstage
8. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
syncopation
history of theater
cubism
space
9. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
contrast
cubism
famous playwrights
upstage
10. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
Noh
elements of dance
waltz
hanamichi
11. Consists of 8 notes
types of visual arts
octave
aesthetic valuing
shape
12. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
assemblage
polka
rumba
samba
13. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
tempo
social dance
aesthetic valuing
14. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
Kabuki
mambo
creative expression
history of theater
15. The brightness of color - its vividness
collage
mixed media
intensity
theme
16. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
rhythm
upstage
assemblage
principles of art
17. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
mambo
mystery plays
collage
foxtrot
18. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
solfege
hanamichi
hanamichi
elements of music
19. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
repetition
dance
mie
tango
20. Variation in volume
mambo
assemblage
Charleston
dynamics
21. The movement of a point through space.
rumba
assessment of art
theme
form
22. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
samba
flamenco
tango
movement
23. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
swing
timbre
elements of music
upstage
24. Dominican Republic
meringue
octave
polka
Charleston
25. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
mie
twist
mystery plays
26. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
types of visual arts
salsa
Charleston
hanamichi
27. The reason the work was created
samba
value
theme
cubism
28. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
aesthetic valuing
meringue
twist
perspective
29. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.
square dancing
mixed media
twist
types of visual arts
30. Where and when actors will move on stage
blocking
thrust stage
social dance
hanamichi
31. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
syncopation
flamenco
harmony
flamenco
32. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
impressionist style
thrust stage
repetition
creative expression
33. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent
time
harmony
interval
polka
34. The distance between each note
interval
types of visual arts
movement
mixed media
35. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
space
perspective
polka
interval
36. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
emphasis
mixed media
timbre
37. From Cuba
thrust stage
solfege
connecting the arts disciplines
mambo
38. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
octave
arts and other core subjects
dance
shape
39. A collage in three dimensions
flamenco
assemblage
elements of dance
rumba
40. Dominican Republic
subject-centered instruction
dominance
samba
meringue
41. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
balance
repetition
shape
42. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
famous playwrights
emphasis
rumba
melody
43. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
pacing
chord
collage
perspective
44. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
rumba
creative expression
elements of music
perspective
45. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
rumba
texture
rhythm
movement
46. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
chord
cubism
Noh
Charleston
47. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
downstage
texture
performance dance
value
48. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
space
performance dance
mie
rhythm
49. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
social dance
meringue
samba
collage
50. A popular dance in the 1960s - inspired by the rock and roll music genre of the decade.
arts and other core subjects
dominance
contrast
twist