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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The way an artwork's elements are put together






2. Originated in Spain among gypsy dancers and also in India






3. no stage at all - like classroom or playground






4. The images or elements (colors - shapes - lines) that re repeated several times in an art work - can show the dominance of a certain element to help understand the purpose of the art






5. Colors opposite each other in the color wheel - like red - green - purple and yellow






6. A seious Japanese theatrical field that only uses male actors to tell highly stylized stories through dance and poetry






7. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






8. A round rail attached to a wall for dancers to hold onto






9. Plays that end happily






10. A person who acquires necessary funds and acts as administer of the production. A person who finds a play that they will be interested in - producer at school plays is usually a teacher






11. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor






12. Lines that suggest agitation






13. plays of the neoclassic period where Renaissance writers tried to recaptuer the glory of theateres in Greece and Rome






14. Learning dance specifc to 18th and 19th century America - understanding different roles of men and women in dance






15. Medieval plays that focused on religion - like the sacrifice of Christ






16. Combination of tone that produces qualtiy of tension






17. European artist whose music dominated the later part of the 18th century






18. A work usually identified by a number






19. (space that is not used in art). Objects surrounded by this space like an apple on a white canvas) emphasize the object painted (the apple)






20. Instruments played with a string like a violin - viola - cello - banjo - piano - guitar - harp






21. A movement of a point through space - the width - length - direction - curvature or flow






22. The idea of capturing andp ortryaying scenes in the way that humans see them with movement and changing light






23. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing






24. Popular dance in America in the 1920s. Natural movement of walking - though it is usually performed in place. The arms swing forward and backwards - with the right arm coming forward as the left leg 'steps' forward - and then moving back as the oppos






25. Children use choreography principles - processes - sills to create and communicate meaning






26. Colors that are associated with heat or dry objects like red - orange - and yellow (fire)






27. A succession of musical tones or notes based on mathematical progressions known as a scale






28. Lines that suggest movement






29. Can describe function of dance in society - like courtship - ritual - and entertainment






30. A leap from one leg to another






31. Plays that focused on the right vs. wrong scenario that featured an Everyman






32. How fast or how slow - in dance






33. Arranging art elements to suggest smething other than the natural safe to solicit emotion from the viewer






34. A predecessor of the piano - sounded by plucking strings






35. European artist who reached his height in the early 19th Century and pioneered the Romantic style






36. The amount of light and dark areas in a composition. Can be used for showing opaque: the limitation of light - not transparent or transluscent






37. Sculpted pfigures projecting from a background






38. Social dancing performed as a couple - has origins in Carribbean Islands and African and European styles - types of dances include the mambo - the samba - meringue - and rumba - and salsa






39. A large section of lengthy composition






40. Dancing on the ball of the foot - or half - toe






41. The way that an artist's work is related - can either by harmonious or disharmonious






42. A reptition of shape or line creatse a sense of rhythm - rhythm used to evoke movement like a rendition of waves






43. A mixture of white and a pure color






44. Consisting of tonal - rhythmic pattern and whose name from the name of the nine goddesses






45. Basic artistic literacy. students learn to use elements unique to arts to help them process sensory information. Important for written response






46. Reading by actors who have never before spoken diologue lines of the play






47. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA






48. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world






49. Looking at how the objects portrayed in a painting. The object that is emphasized is the dominant one. You must ask why it was selected compared to something else to determine why the artist mae the work






50. The result of mixing a pure color and black