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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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1. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






2. The movement of a point through space.






3. A distinctive quality to the sound






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






5. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






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






19. The rate at Which music moves






20. The reason the work was created






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






22. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background






23. Variation in volume






24. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






26. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy






27. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






29. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






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






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






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






33. The brightness of color - its vividness






34. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






35. Consists of 8 notes






36. The brightness of color - its vividness






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)






38. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






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






40. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






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






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






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






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






45. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






46. Dominican Republic






47. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






48. The tune of a song






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






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