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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Fast tempo






2. Learning dance specifc to 18th and 19th century America - understanding different roles of men and women in dance






3. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing






4. What we see as the reflection and absorption of light off any surface






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






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






7. Early European dance known for its tiny steps






8. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






9. A pose in which the working leg is extended with a straight knee behind the body






10. The brightness of the color - its vividness






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






12. Steps of dance put together for performance or composing dances






13. Originates from European folk dancing






14. 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






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






16. The point where receding parallel lines converge






17. Consisting of tonal - rhythmic pattern and whose name from the name of the nine goddesses






18. 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






19. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects






20. Any object or element that is less important






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






22. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle






23. Same idea carried out in three dimensions so you end up with a sculptural piece - 3D version of a collage






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






25. Practice creating or performing works of art. Important for written response






26. 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






27. Several tabeaux succeeding one or another in stage






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.






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






30. The arrangement of colors as they are refracted into a rainbow by a prison






31. Form of Greek drama that coexisted with tragedy in the classic period that ridiculed the gods and used bawdy language






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






33. A director's suggestions and corrections for a play






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






35. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






36. The idea of transforming a three - dimensional image onto a two - dimensional surface






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






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






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






40. An ancient harp






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






42. Children who understand dance history develop appreciation for the cultures






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






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






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






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






47. Instruments played with a string like a violin - viola - cello - banjo - piano - guitar - harp






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






49. The leg that is delinating movement






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