Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-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. The reason why the art work was created. Bby looking at all the elemnts are principles - you can come up with why did the artist create this work or what does the artist want me to get out of this art






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






3. German song






4. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






5. An activity that enhances sight - sound - taste - touch - smell and used by actors to deepen character development






6. Emphasis on time in dance






7. Type of stage named after aan arch that frames the actors as you look at the stage - most auditoriums have this kind of stage - the audience is looking directly at the performers






8. 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






9. Lines that suggest movement






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






11. Twirling and spinning in ballet






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






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






14. 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






15. Volume or clarity needed to be heard by an audience






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






17. An ancient harp






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






19. Artist who inspired by African American sculptures to focus on the geometric shapes - like circles - triangles called cubism






20. The distinctive quality of the sound from the different music instruments - also refers to the physical properties of the instrument






21. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






22. Students can explain and demonstrate how to be good audience members






23. The leg that is delinating movement






24. A 'beating' movement in which feet criss - cross eacho ther






25. The speed at which the play moves along






26. Best known Renaissance playwrights






27. The underlying pulse present in most music






28. Lines that suggest agitation






29. Look at the symbols at the beginning of the line of music that indicate whether or not the note is played a half - step above or half - step below






30. Early European dance known for its tiny steps






31. Step of two which is a classical ballet move






32. 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






33. The brightness of the color - its vividness






34. European artists who composed instrumental music in the early 18th Century






35. Most traditional and contemproary cultures have dance eto showcase courtship - group harmony - and enjoyment






36. Every Good Boy Does Fine






37. A rhythm pattern that is stressed or accented and the sounds are uneven






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






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






40. The distance between each note






41. The orientation of the actor to the audience - like stage left (the left side of the stage from the prospective of the actor facing the audience) - stage right - upstage (farthest from the audience) - and downstage (closest to the audience)


42. A resident company in which actors were hired based on lines of work and number of plays prepared






43. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






44. The oldest forms of art that we know about






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






46. 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






47. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other






48. A stage that juts out to the audience so it can viewed from three sides - like the fashion runway






49. Should be able to use dance vocabulary to describeand analyze elements and components of dance






50. The variations of the louder and softer sections of a single piece of music