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CSET Visual Arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A succession of musical tones or notes based on mathematical progressions known as a scale
symmetry
melody/tune
ellipse
ballet
2. no stage at all - like classroom or playground
chroma
basic positions
street theater
balance
3. (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)
negative space
entrechat
polka
symmetry
4. The distinctive quality of the sound from the different music instruments - also refers to the physical properties of the instrument
radial balance
blocking
blending
timbre
5. A small predecessor of the piano
noh
attitude
clavischord
protagonist
6. 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
entrechat
corps de ballet
gradation
repetitition
7. Combination of tone that produces qualtiy of tension
dissonance
composition
off - script
clavischord
8. Basic artistic literacy. students learn to use elements unique to arts to help them process sensory information. Important for written response
baroque style operas
artistic perception
tempo
production values
9. Most known composers of the 20th Century
key
Restoration comedy
churches
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
10. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle
string instruments
ellipse
relief
ballet
11. A movement of a point through space - the width - length - direction - curvature or flow
blending
waltz
Beethoven
line
12. Originally banned because it involved couples touching each other - spread across Europe and then across the Americas
waltz
producer
tempo
creative expression in dance/third grade
13. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture
contrast
gradation
motif
stage crew
14. The oldest forms of art that we know about
asymmetrical painting
cave art in Europe and Australia
abstract art
repetitition
15. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat
basic positions
upbeat music
cakewalk
subject
16. 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
sense memory
Charleston
arabesque
subordinate
17. Volume or clarity needed to be heard by an audience
tint
diagonal lines
woodwind instruments
projection
18. 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
timbre
force/energy
ballroom dancing
choreography
19. A director's suggestions and corrections for a play
hue
aesthetic valuing
lied
give notes
20. The two - dimensional equivalent of form. can be man - made or organic (occurring in nature). Can be open - closed - or free - form
cool colors
shape
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
subject
21. Plays that focused on the right vs. wrong scenario that featured an Everyman
morality plays
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
catharsis
pirouette
22. 'The body of ballet'- the dancers who stand behind the principals and form the stage picture with their poses
advancing colors
asymmetrical painting
antagonist
corps de ballet
23. The absence ofs hape or form - an emptiness that defines shape and form
space -
run - through
syncopation
Charleston
24. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts
four arts disciplines
sharp and flat
shape
song form
25. A large section of lengthy composition
movement
territary colors
three - dimensional
there are eight notes in an octave
26. A stage that juts out to the audience so it can viewed from three sides - like the fashion runway
William Shakespaere and Christopher Marlowe
thrust stage
contrast
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
27. 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
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
syncopation
syncopation
sharp and flat
28. A drama that is musical in which the characters are typecast. the characters that are good are very good and the characters that are evil are usually pretty evil.
warm colors
informal theater
melodrama
four arts disciplines
29. Movement - geseture - and faical expression to convey ideas and emotions without the use of words
moderato
barre
contrast
pantomine
30. Prossessing qualities of height - width and depth
cold reading
three - dimensional
polka
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
31. European artist whose music dominated the later part of the 18th century
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
choreography
Mozart
pastoral play
32. Slow tempo
spectrum
straight line
lento
en haut
33. Person who runs performance from backstage and supervises other crew members - including set designers - makeup artists - costumers - lighting crew - sound crew - and prop supervisor
balance
stage manager
brass instruments
blocking
34. Sculpted pfigures projecting from a background
relief
morality plays
Bach and Handel
Artistic perception in dance
35. Students who learn about dance composition and performance make judgements and present reasoned descriptoions of aesthetic choices
asymmetrical painting
area
aesthetic valuing in dance
presto
36. The five positions of the arms and feet because they are the basis of all steps of dance
value
motif
basic positions
ballroom dancing
37. A villain who the hero is pited against
street theater
antagonist
creative expression in dance/middle school
orchestra
38. A 'beating' movement in which feet criss - cross eacho ther
chord
entrechat
protagonist
lento
39. Step of two which is a classical ballet move
sharp and flat
pas de deux
color harmony
overlapping objects
40. A stage that is meant to viewed from all different kinds of sides
contrast
historical and cultural context in dance
arena stage (theater in the round
indistinct drawing
41. Children are inspired and gain the ability to recreate structured movement forms and develop a respect of other children's creaetivity
creative expression in dance
chord
rhythm
orchestra
42. The way that an artist's work is related - can either by harmonious or disharmonious
horizontal lines
mixed media
unity
creative expression in dance/second graders
43. A music for Catholic services
Theater of the Absurd
rhythm
mass
morality plays
44. An ancient harp
lyre
Charleston
creative drama
spectrum
45. 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
sharp and flat
vertical lines
cues
dominance
46. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats
creative expression in dance/middle school
objective
rhythm
negative space
47. The characteristic we think of as color (red - orange yellow - blue - green - and violet)
projection
radial balance
sonata
hue
48. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythm pattern is deliberately upset
ensemble
Aristototelian theater
cool colors
syncopation
49. Most traditional and contemproary cultures have dance eto showcase courtship - group harmony - and enjoyment
assemblage
tableaux
baroque style operas
Social Dance
50. Parallel lines crossing other parallel lines creating value and texture
dissonance
crosshatch
assemblage
song form