Test your basic knowledge |

Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






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






3. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






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






5. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






6. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






8. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






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






10. Spanish style of dance characterized by its powerful yet graceful execution - as well as its intricate hand and footwork






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






12. Variation in volume






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






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






15. Shape - structure or organization of a piece






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






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






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






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






20. Helps students see the connections among the arts






21. The brightness of color - its vividness






22. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






23. A ballroom dance from Argentina






24. From Cuba






25. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme






26. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






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






28. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






29. 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.






30. The tune of a song






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






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






33. Dominican Republic






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






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






36. A ballroom dance from Argentina






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






38. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






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






40. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






41. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.






42. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






43. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance






44. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






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






46. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






47. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






48. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






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






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