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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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1. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
timbre
emphasis
rumba
types of visual arts
2. 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.
swing
arts and other core subjects
tempo
time
3. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
collage
mystery plays
texture
Kabuki
4. The tactile quality of a work of art
texture
timbre
form
dance
5. Helps students see the connections among the arts
twist
upstage
connecting the arts disciplines
rhythm
6. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
hue
salsa
foxtrot
interval
7. Consists of 8 notes
balance
octave
theme
Charleston
8. The movement of a point through space.
performance dance
upstage
form
harmony
9. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
history of theater
theme
space
famous playwrights
10. A Brazilian dance with African influences.
elements of music
samba
hue
emphasis
11. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
collage
upstage
movement
Charleston
12. The rate at Which music moves
movement
tempo
blocking
melody
13. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
arts and other core subjects
social dance
mie
melody
14. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
proscenium
balance
arena stage
space
15. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
flamenco
rhythm
balance
Charleston
16. The speed at which the play moves along. (the director is responsible for this)
perspective
pacing
performance dance
Noh
17. The juxtaposition of opposites
contrast
repetition
force/energy
performance dance
18. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
force/energy
social dance
arena stage
samba
19. The tactile quality of a work of art
texture
aesthetic valuing
solfege
tempo
20. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
twist
dominance
swing
upstage
21. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
intensity
texture
impressionist style
salsa
22. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
space
mie
thrust stage
history of theater
23. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
timbre
unity
collage
tempo
24. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
performance dance
chord
value
cubism
25. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
melody
theme
movement
form
26. The juxtaposition of opposites
octave
swing
principles of art
contrast
27. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
force/energy
mie
dynamics
Charleston
28. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
hanamichi
balance
artistic perception
emphasis
29. Created when there is a regular repetition of shape or line
creative expression
types of visual arts
rhythm
chord
30. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
syncopation
social dance
balance
Noh
31. The reason the work was created
theme
elements of music
rhythm
cubism
32. Variation in volume
assemblage
form
dynamics
arena stage
33. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
square dancing
principles of art
rhythm
subject-centered instruction
34. The tune of a song
melody
Kabuki
mie
assemblage
35. The movement of a point through space.
form
creative expression
intensity
dynamics
36. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
arts and other core subjects
repetition
assemblage
history of theater
37. From Cuba
texture
mambo
rhythm
melody
38. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
waltz
shape
flamenco
Charleston
39. Include Chinese Opera - classical dances of India - ballet and modern dance
performance dance
Noh
chord
syncopation
40. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Noh
samba
force/energy
proscenium
41. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
form
form
syncopation
flamenco
42. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
arts and other core subjects
color
hanamichi
form
43. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
shape
impressionist style
history of theater
elements of dance
44. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
upstage
subject-centered instruction
movement
timbre
45. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
performance dance
Kabuki
tango
dominance
46. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
octave
polka
flamenco
assessment of art
47. A distinctive quality to the sound
texture
solfege
abstract art
timbre
48. When note of different pitches on the scale sound good
harmony
artistic perception
Charleston
octave
49. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
space
square dancing
abstract art
principles of art
50. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
aesthetic valuing
color
downstage
value
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