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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A director's suggestions and corrections for a play






2. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats






3. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor






4. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light






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






6. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue






7. The result of mixing a pure color and black






8. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue






9. Twirling and spinning in ballet






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






11. How the artist's arrangement of elements achieves equilibrium






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






13. A character's overall goal within the play






14. Combination of tone that creates a quality of relaxation






15. Students learn to dance with partners






16. Lines that suggest movement






17. A work usually identified by a number






18. The speed at which the play moves along






19. Emphasis on time in dance






20. The leg that is delinating movement






21. The tactile quality of the art






22. Step of two which is a classical ballet move






23. Space that establishes objects relative positions in art






24. Lines that suggests rigidity in art






25. The five positions of the arms and feet because they are the basis of all steps of dance






26. 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






27. Movement - geseture - and faical expression to convey ideas and emotions without the use of words






28. A devie used to allow one color or tone to merge with another






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






30. Artwork that does not represent the object or scene in its realistic terms






31. The point in the production of a play that the actors no longer need to reharse with the script because they learned their lines






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






33. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world






34. The strength or purity of a color






35. 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






36. Any object or element that is less important






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






38. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media






39. A very fast tempo






40. Students who learn about dance composition and performance make judgements and present reasoned descriptoions of aesthetic choices






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






42. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people






43. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture






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






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






46. Pose modeled by the winged Mecury where the working leg is extended behind the body with knee bent






47. The depiction of a form in its realistic - true - life image






48. A system of loud - colorful improvs from 16th Century Italy using stock characters (basic characters)

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






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