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CSET Visual Arts
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. People who are responsible for all technical aspects of the show
chord
sharp and flat
stage crew
baroque style operas
2. The process of using spontaneous movement and speech to create character - mood - or situation
improvisation
satyr play
fugue
foxtrot - Charleston - swing dance - twist - and western dances
3. Instruments sounded by striking - like the cymbals - drums - triangle - wood block - xylophone - snare drum - bongo - timpani - piano - chimes - bells - marimba - tambourine
subordinate
horizontal lines
blocking
percussion instruments
4. Children use choreography principles - processes - sills to create and communicate meaning
sharp and flat
creative expression in dance/third grade
perspective
stage crew
5. 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
beat
theme
color
6. 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
MUSIC
diagonal lines
stasis
Broadway Theater
7. 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
stage manager
dominance
string instruments
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
8. Volume or clarity needed to be heard by an audience
projection
theatrical games
transluscent
director
9. Any object or element that is less important
focal point
upbeat music
lento
subordinate
10. 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
Theater of the Absurd
linear perspective
cold reading
time signature
11. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects
dissonance
cool colors
crosshatch
spectrum
12. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world
vertical lines
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
unity
diagonal lines
13. Space that creatse depth in art
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
gradation of color
projection
negative space
14. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts
four arts disciplines
modern dance
presto
baroque style operas
15. The variations of the louder and softer sections of a single piece of music
impressionist movement
Charleston
dynamics
creative expression in dance
16. The state of being at rest in dance
ensemble
stasis
sharp - short curved lines
basic positions
17. Laern to distinguish one dance from another - based on music - setting - costume and speed
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
vanishing point
composition
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
18. The flat surface within both sides of a central line
Social Dance
consonance
area
drama
19. Combination of tone that creates a quality of relaxation
aesthetic valuing in dance
consonance
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
barre
20. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters
percussion instruments
Restoration comedy
flamenco
actor's position
21. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills
intensitsy
collage
interval
theatrical games
22. The one point or area that catches the person's eye. Notice how your eye moves as it focuses on different pieces of art
composition
focal point
warm colors
delineation
23. Instruments made out of wood - like the flutes - fife - piccolo - bass flute - recorder - whistle - clarinet - saxophone - bagpipe
woodwind instruments
tango
creative expression in dance/primary grades
square dancing
24. Practice creating or performing works of art. Important for written response
three - dimensional
basic positions
pirouette
creative expression
25. A predecessor of the piano - sounded by plucking strings
gradation
harpischord
straight line
subject
26. A long speech without interruption performed by asingle actor
monologue
creative expression in dance/primary grades
presto
theme
27. A director's suggestions and corrections for a play
give notes
force/energy
gradation
area
28. Asian dance form that evolved over 200 years from folk traditions combined with opera - ballet - acrobatics and other elements
color
corps de ballet
balance
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
29. Lines that suggest calm
street theater
crosshatch
promenade
sweeping curved lines
30. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats
upbeat music
relief
bar lines
cave art in Europe and Australia
31. A rhythm pattern that is stressed or accented and the sounds are uneven
tableaux
string instruments
tango
syncopation
32. The speed of the beats and how fast they come one after another
tempo
unity
flamenco
asymmetrical painting
33. Music made by medieval monks that had multiple harmonies and voices
noh
stock company
polyphonic chants
moderato
34. When an artist chooses to emphasize one artistic element over aonother
emphasis
sharp - short curved lines
diagonal lines
form
35. Most known composers of the 20th Century
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
linear perspective
street theater
unity
36. The characteristic we think of as color (red - orange yellow - blue - green - and violet)
three - dimensional
arabesque
hue
territary colors
37. 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
horizontal lines
melodrama
props
theme
38. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe
ballet
tango
Artistic perception in dance/eighth graders
still - life
39. A choral music with several simulataneous voice - lines
Artistic perception in dance/eighth graders
dynamics
polyphony
passe
40. The leg that is delinating movement
ballroom dancing
working leg
stasis
passe
41. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media
mixed media
creative expression in dance/third grade
mass
procession of notes
42. The person who sees the overall actual staging of the production
director
creative drama
dissonance
time
43. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue
hanamichi
cues
theme
repetitition
44. Artwork that does not represent the object or scene in its realistic terms
abstract art
Artistic perception in dance/fourth graders
spectrum
historical and cultural context
45. Twirling and spinning in ballet
hanamichi
pageant
ballroom dancing
pirouette
46. The idea of capturing andp ortryaying scenes in the way that humans see them with movement and changing light
advancing colors
space -
minuet
impressionist movement
47. Actor in kabuki holds a picturesque pose to establish or theme
mie
orchestra
barre
protagonist
48. 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
lento
cakewalk
staff
value
49. The gradual change in value - tint - or fcolor as rendered in a picture
cool colors
sharp - short curved lines
gradation
theatrical games
50. The leg on which the dancer is balancing on
beat
sharp and flat
cool colors
supporting leg