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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. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
hanamichi
twist
color
repetition
2. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
form
famous playwrights
assessment of art
performance dance
3. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
meringue
space
polka
4. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
timbre
contrast
melody
aesthetic valuing
5. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
pacing
space
social dance
principles of art
6. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
pacing
space
collage
salsa
7. The practice of creating or performing works of art
creative expression
time
blocking
repetition
8. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
space
mambo
Charleston
waltz
9. Shape - structure or organization of a piece
performance dance
flamenco
form
harmony
10. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
tango
emphasis
balance
perspective
11. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
history of theater
space
octave
waltz
12. Dominican Republic
contrast
Noh
meringue
color
13. The rate at Which music moves
mambo
tempo
assemblage
proscenium
14. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
octave
rumba
social dance
form
15. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
Charleston
polka
salsa
form
16. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
chord
unity
hue
17. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
meringue
form
blocking
samba
18. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
proscenium
hue
mambo
swing
19. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
theme
waltz
flamenco
history of theater
20. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
tango
mambo
space
thrust stage
21. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
rhythm
subject-centered instruction
balance
famous playwrights
22. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
Noh
abstract art
twist
salsa
23. Helps students see the connections among the arts
salsa
mystery plays
syncopation
connecting the arts disciplines
24. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
polka
octave
movement
subject-centered instruction
25. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
Kabuki
form
swing
form
26. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
foxtrot
harmony
twist
upstage
27. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
form
subject-centered instruction
connecting the arts disciplines
time
28. The tune of a song
repetition
cubism
melody
famous playwrights
29. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
theme
abstract art
value
foxtrot
30. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
polka
value
movement
artistic perception
31. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
tango
dynamics
time
samba
32. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
dynamics
solfege
timbre
social dance
33. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
history of theater
form
Charleston
upstage
34. Variation in volume
connecting the arts disciplines
polka
form
dynamics
35. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
subject-centered instruction
form
proscenium
Kabuki
36. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
creative expression
cubism
Kabuki
proscenium
37. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
chord
color
aesthetic valuing
dance
38. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
octave
shape
movement
mixed media
39. The brightness of color - its vividness
time
dance
intensity
value
40. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
dynamics
social dance
unity
abstract art
41. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
impressionist style
dynamics
octave
elements of music
42. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
aesthetic valuing
swing
social dance
downstage
43. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
time
force/energy
emphasis
impressionist style
44. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
Noh
history of theater
impressionist style
mixed media
45. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.
arts and other core subjects
collage
color
mie
46. Consists of 8 notes
time
unity
harmony
octave
47. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
connecting the arts disciplines
solfege
collage
form
48. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
impressionist style
mambo
polka
49. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
types of visual arts
hanamichi
connecting the arts disciplines
rhythm
50. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
collage
color
proscenium
performance dance