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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Practice creating or performing works of art. Important for written response






2. Lines that suggest stability and repose






3. Very slow tempo






4. 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)

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5. Person who runs performance from backstage and supervises other crew members - including set designers - makeup artists - costumers - lighting crew - sound crew - and prop supervisor






6. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions






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






8. The sense of movement that is occurring in the work (like the action of the characters in the work of art) AND the way that a person's eyes move as they look at a piece of art and how the eyes move as they observe the entier piece






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






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






11. A stage that is meant to viewed from all different kinds of sides






12. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






13. Emphasis on time in dance






14. Music based on a short theme known as a subject. The opening part of this music is announced by one voice and then a second voice restates the subject in a different scale






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






16. 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






17. Lines that suggest calm






18. Artist who led the impressionist movement






19. The point where receding parallel lines converge






20. A leap from one leg to another






21. Music with a fast tempo; also referas to the unaccented beat






22. Representing only the dimensions of width and height without showing depth or thickness






23. A note of a different pitch thatsounds good when played simulataneously with the melody






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






25. Intermediate colors prepared by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colors






26. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle






27. Where and when actor will move on stage






28. The numbers that appear in front of the music notation. Note that 4/4 is the most common time signature for children's music. It shows you how many beats are in a bar and lets you know that the quarter note gets one beat






29. Small objects that actors handle on stage






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






31. The absence ofs hape or form - an emptiness that defines shape and form






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






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






34. The tactile quality of the art






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






36. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world






37. Sculpted pfigures projecting from a background






38. Lines that suggest strength in art






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






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






41. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






42. Several tabeaux succeeding one or another in stage






43. The leg on which the dancer is balancing on






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






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






46. The oldest forms of art that we know about






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






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






49. The result of mixing a pure color and black






50. Music made by medieval monks that had multiple harmonies and voices