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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A major orchesral composition






2. 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






3. Christian hymns sang by the black slaves






4. The variations of the louder and softer sections of a single piece of music






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






6. A very fast tempo






7. The return of a main theme which alternates with secondary theme like ABABA or ABACA






8. genre of theater that focused on life as an unfathombale mystery and as a rideiculous andp ointless endeavor






9. Low arm position in dance






10. The idea of capturing andp ortryaying scenes in the way that humans see them with movement and changing light






11. Small objects that actors handle on stage






12. Most known composers of the 20th Century






13. When an artist chooses to emphasize one artistic element over aonother






14. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills






15. Music evolved from freed African americans who heard European folk music and classical music






16. The group that iscolalborating on the play






17. Hero that had a fatal flaw that broguht about its downfall






18. Space that establishes objects relative positions in art






19. Children learn to respond to simple oral instruction






20. 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






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






22. A music for Catholic services






23. Several tabeaux succeeding one or another in stage






24. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe






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






26. The ability to get into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements






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






28. The particular arrangement of form - colors - lines - and other elements in a painting






29. The distance between notes






30. Children use dance vocabulary to describe movement






31. Start learning simple folk dances from around the world






32. Emphasis on time in dance






33. A work made for one or two instruments






34. Silent depiction of a static scene - often the reproduction of a painting or other pictures






35. Unharmonious sounds that are produced to make an unsettling effect - like in punk music and jazz






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






37. How the artist's arrangement of elements achieves equilibrium






38. A resident company in which actors were hired based on lines of work and number of plays prepared






39. 'The body of ballet'- the dancers who stand behind the principals and form the stage picture with their poses






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






41. Reading by actors who have never before spoken diologue lines of the play






42. An ancient harp






43. A villain who the hero is pited against






44. Slow tempo






45. 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






46. no stage at all - like classroom or playground






47. 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






48. The point in the production of a play that the actors no longer need to reharse with the script because they learned their lines






49. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light






50. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue