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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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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.






2. A Brazilian dance with African influences.






3. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






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






5. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






6. Helps students see the connections among the arts






7. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






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






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






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






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






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






13. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






14. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






15. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






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






17. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






18. Can be formally measured in meter or in terms of body rhythms. Considerations are: duration - rhythm - tempo - phrasing and accent






19. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






20. The brightness of color - its vividness






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






22. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






23. 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.






24. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character






25. The tactile quality of a work of art






26. The juxtaposition of opposites






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






28. The rate at Which music moves






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






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






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






32. Helps students see the connections among the arts






33. Dominican Republic






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






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






36. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance






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






38. The tune of a song






39. Consists of 8 notes






40. Part of the stage closest to the audience






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






42. The practice of creating or performing works of art






43. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






44. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time






45. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






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






47. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity






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






49. Folk dance for couples. a caller tells the group Which moves to do.






50. Where and when actors will move on stage