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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A note of a different pitch thatsounds good when played simulataneously with the melody






2. Mastering dance vocabulary - movement awareness - and appreciation for unique ways of moving






3. Combination of tone that creates a quality of relaxation






4. When an artist chooses to emphasize one artistic element over aonother






5. A pose in which the working leg is extended with a straight knee behind the body






6. The pre - eminent European form of performance dance. It is rooted in the Italian Renaissance. Russia has some of the world's foremost dancers and dance companies - utilizes elaborate costume and scenery. Movements are stylized and technical with pre






7. category of literature intended for the stage. Greek playwrights like Aeschylus - Sophocles - and Euripides are considered world's greatest playwrights - specifically in tragedies. actors wore masks with exaggerated expressions instead of makeup - ch






8. 'The body of ballet'- the dancers who stand behind the principals and form the stage picture with their poses






9. A group of lines and spaces that music is written on; it has five lines and four spaces and they each correspond to a specific note or musical tone






10. A passing position in which the foot passes by the knee of a supporting leg






11. Early European dance known for its tiny steps






12. A music for Catholic services






13. Wind instruments made of metal like the horn - bugle - trumpet - jug - tuba - bazooka - didgeridoo - trombone






14. Slow tempo






15. An effect that is unififed and aestheticlaly pleasing by combining colors that are similar in one or more aspects






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






17. Interpreting the value of art and art work. Important for written response






18. 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






19. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light






20. The two - dimensional equivalent of form. can be man - made or organic (occurring in nature). Can be open - closed - or free - form






21. Space that establishes objects relative positions in art






22. Intermediate tempo






23. A leap from one leg to another






24. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters






25. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe






26. Colors that are closely related to one another - like blue - blue - green and green






27. A character's overall goal within the play






28. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions






29. The materials or methods that are used to create art - like clay - crayon - canvas - paper - cloth - paint - etc. etc.






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






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






32. Lines that suggest opposition in art






33. (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)






34. Children learn to respond to simple oral instruction






35. The pronounciation of words and the way that they are spoken






36. Plays that end happily






37. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






38. The oldest forms of art that we know about






39. Space that suggests distant objects in art






40. An old - school dance from 1900s dating back to the slavery days in which people walked back and forth to the tune of bajos and fiddles. a cake was usually awarded to the winner






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






42. Dances developed in the U.S.






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






44. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects






45. Colors that appear to 'come forward' likke red and orange and yellow






46. Originated in 1800s and spread across America






47. If a line was drawn in the center of theart - they would be mirror images of each other






48. Were using styluses of incised ocher dating back 100000 years ago to create works






49. High - indicates when arm is raised over the head in dance






50. An element of dance. the series of horizontal planes rising one above another - for example - in ballet - there are multiple levels because there is leaping and lifts