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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. An ancient harp
chord
grand jete
lyre
staff
2. Medieval plays that focused on religion - like the sacrifice of Christ
mystery plays
levels
negative space
actor's position
3. Achieved by having a center from which elements - such as line and color - radiate outward towards the sta edges= ex: two dimensional and three dimensional
radial balance
mystery plays
dance - pointe
objective
4. Commercial theater that took over US after WWII and named after a NY boulevard that runs through a Manhattan theater district with long runs of a single play
Broadway Theater
value
radial balance
pageant
5. Mastering dance vocabulary - movement awareness - and appreciation for unique ways of moving
symmetry
Artistic perception in dance
gospel music
straight line
6. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle
mystery plays
presto
producer
ellipse
7. The speed at which the play moves along
accent
pacing
drama
ballet
8. Volume or clarity needed to be heard by an audience
staff
allegro
lento
projection
9. The characteristic we think of as color (red - orange yellow - blue - green - and violet)
hue
Restoration comedy
drama
thrust stage
10. Silent depiction of a static scene - often the reproduction of a painting or other pictures
creative expression in dance
Claude Monet
tableaux
horizontal lines
11. genre of theater that focused on life as an unfathombale mystery and as a rideiculous andp ointless endeavor
interval
Theater of the Absurd
stasis
arabesque
12. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters
timbre
Restoration comedy
crosshatch
cold reading
13. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light
transluscent
levels
kabuki
horizontal lines
14. Colors that appear to 'come forward' likke red and orange and yellow
prhasing
Mozart
advancing colors
cave art in Europe and Australia
15. A play set in the coutnryside populated by nymphs - satyrs - shepherds and wandering knights with dancing and singing
indistinct drawing
theatrical games
basic positions
pastoral play
16. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves
objective
melodrama
tableaux
gospel music
17. Colors that are closely related to one another - like blue - blue - green and green
transparent
dissonance
analogous colors
creative expression
18. A seious Japanese theatrical field that only uses male actors to tell highly stylized stories through dance and poetry
supporting leg
noh
street theater
tableaux
19. The arrangement of colors as they are refracted into a rainbow by a prison
still - life
key
dress rehearsal
spectrum
20. plays of the neoclassic period where Renaissance writers tried to recaptuer the glory of theateres in Greece and Rome
Artistic perception in dance/Kindergarten
stock company
Neoclassic Drama
value
21. The result of mixing a pure color and black
percussion instruments
shade
street theater
minuet
22. People who are responsible for all technical aspects of the show
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
symmetry
stage crew
creative expression in dance/middle school
23. Raising leg to straightened position with foot very high above ground
cold reading
abstract art
theatrical games
extension
24. Learning dance specifc to 18th and 19th century America - understanding different roles of men and women in dance
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
William Shakespaere and Christopher Marlowe
stage manager
creative expression in dance/third grade
25. A material or representation through wich objects can be clearly seen
transparent
polka
syncopation
opus
26. 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.
melodrama
area
negative space
churches
27. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Broadway Theater
oratorio
rondo
projection
28. Students can explain and demonstrate how to be good audience members
indistinct drawing
ballet
aesthetic valuing in dance/third graders
supporting leg
29. Students can perform rhythms from different dance traditions
form
harpischord
historical and cultural context in dance/second grade
chord
30. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture
monologue
gradation
song form
pastoral play
31. Typically not intended for public viewing with any level ofpreparation by participants
color harmony
run - through
creative expression
informal theater
32. Instruments made out of wood - like the flutes - fife - piccolo - bass flute - recorder - whistle - clarinet - saxophone - bagpipe
tango
woodwind instruments
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
melody/tune
33. The two - dimensional equivalent of form. can be man - made or organic (occurring in nature). Can be open - closed - or free - form
choreography
attitude
shape
repetitition
34. Intermediate colors prepared by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colors
largo
territary colors
sonata
abstract art
35. The ability to get into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements
advancing colors
grand jete
entrechat
elevation
36. A form of entertainment in which cchildren improvise scenes for their own growth
creative drama
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
barre
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
37. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA
indistinct drawing
melodrama
song form
fugue
38. A resident company in which actors were hired based on lines of work and number of plays prepared
pacing
Bach and Handel
stock company
dissonance
39. Students can evaluate dance in terms of the elements - like choreography and the impact of space - constumes and other considerations
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
aesthetic valuing in dance/middle school
curved lines
dissonance
40. Can describe function of dance in society - like courtship - ritual - and entertainment
movement
song form
historical and cultural context in dance/eight graders
aesthetic valuing in dance
41. Slow tempo
lyre
attitude
lento
stage crew
42. An outline or profile of an object
minuet
four arts disciplines
contour
harmony
43. If a line was drawn in the center of theart - they would be mirror images of each other
pacing
dynamics
curved lines
symmetry
44. A devie used to allow one color or tone to merge with another
song form
en l'air
dominance
blending
45. Representing only the dimensions of width and height without showing depth or thickness
symmetry
analogous colors
two - dimensional
lyre
46. 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
area
creative expression in dance/primary grades
Charleston
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
47. The particular arrangement of form - colors - lines - and other elements in a painting
tour jete
there are eight notes in an octave
composition
still - life
48. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue
en bas
analogous colors
consonance
cues
49. How fast or how slow - in dance
tempo
melodrama
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
aesthetic valuing
50. Children express emotions through movement - learn improv to respond to music or oral prompts
ensemble
time signature
aesthetic valuing in dance
creative expression in dance/primary grades