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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. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe
force/energy
Artistic perception in dance
tango
Artistic perception in dance/Kindergarten
2. Most known composers of the 20th Century
assemblage
mixed media
solfege
Stravinsky - Cage - and Glass
3. Twirling and spinning in ballet
pas de deux
en l'air
pirouette
kabuki
4. Lines that suggest calm
spectrum
sweeping curved lines
overlapping objects
curved lines
5. Lines that suggest movement
curved lines
informal theater
warm colors
satyr play
6. Lines that suggest agitation
Pablo Picasso
sharp - short curved lines
tour jete
shape
7. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light
lento
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
transluscent
upbeat music
8. A small predecessor of the piano
ellipse
clavischord
cakewalk
collage
9. Medieval plays that focused on religion - like the sacrifice of Christ
arena stage (theater in the round
Claude Monet
mystery plays
Chinese Opera (Peking or Beijing Opera)
10. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media
blocking
mixed media
contrast
negative space
11. The shape of a circle viewed at an angle
producer
ellipse
composition
run - through
12. Originated in 1800s and spread across America
polka
two - dimensional
radial balance
still - life
13. The distance between each note
negative space
radial balance
sonata
interval
14. Consisting of tonal - rhythmic pattern and whose name from the name of the nine goddesses
sonata
dissonance
value
MUSIC
15. What we see as the reflection and absorption of light off any surface
production values
still - life
color
protagonist
16. Slow tempo
lento
asymmetrical painting
aesthetic value in dance/kindergarteners
prhasing
17. The characteristic sound of a voice or instrument
timbre
straight line
still - life
staff
18. Practice creating or performing works of art. Important for written response
media
Neoclassic Drama
creative expression
run - through
19. 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
gradation
beat
time signature
indistinct drawing
20. Tehcnical components - including acting and directing
dissonance
line
hanamichi
production values
21. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats
bar lines
director
protohumans (ancesetors of humans)
percussion instruments
22. 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
Bach and Handel
dominance
historical and cultural context in dance/eight graders
kabuki
23. Wind instruments made of metal like the horn - bugle - trumpet - jug - tuba - bazooka - didgeridoo - trombone
dissonance
street theater
brass instruments
sweeping curved lines
24. A round rail attached to a wall for dancers to hold onto
tint
timbre
barre
realism
25. A group of familiar syllables to designate the notes of an octave: do - re - mi - fa - so - la - ti - do
artistic perception
solfege
blues and jazz
pirouette
26. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue
MUSIC
historical and cultural context in dance/kindergarten
distortion
subject
27. Fast tempo
tango
allegro
kabuki
assemblage
28. Combination of tone that produces qualtiy of tension
catharsis
dissonance
cold reading
blues and jazz
29. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other
production values
oratorio
turnout
blues and jazz
30. Children express emotions through movement - learn improv to respond to music or oral prompts
waltz
creative expression in dance/primary grades
basic positions
radial balance
31. Dancing on the ball of the foot - or half - toe
extension
collage
en bas
dance - pointe
32. Most traditional and contemproary cultures have dance eto showcase courtship - group harmony - and enjoyment
promenade
color
thrust stage
Social Dance
33. Activities that are approrpriate for children that are used to develop acting skills
theatrical games
aesthetic valuing in dance/middle school
tango
hanamichi
34. Spce that creates depth with parallel lines in art
hue
turnout
linear perspective
mass
35. genre of theater that focused on life as an unfathombale mystery and as a rideiculous andp ointless endeavor
artistic perception
Theater of the Absurd
aesthetic valuing
en bas
36. When an artist chooses to emphasize one artistic element over aonother
emphasis
Neoclassic Drama
arabesque
theme
37. 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
Charleston
fugue
producer
blues and jazz
38. The point where receding parallel lines converge
en l'air
waltz
vanishing point
bar lines
39. A method in which one or more materials are glued and attached to a background surface - a type of art that goes really well with a background surface
collage
Mozart
unity
creative drama
40. Reading by actors who have never before spoken diologue lines of the play
give notes
cold reading
artistic perception
baroque style operas
41. Step of two which is a classical ballet move
subordinate
composition
pas de deux
contrast
42. Silent depiction of a static scene - often the reproduction of a painting or other pictures
blues and jazz
woodwind instruments
tableaux
grand jete
43. Prossessing qualities of height - width and depth
interval
relief
territary colors
three - dimensional
44. The two - dimensional equivalent of form. can be man - made or organic (occurring in nature). Can be open - closed - or free - form
cold reading
space
shape
gospel music
45. Artist who inspired by African American sculptures to focus on the geometric shapes - like circles - triangles called cubism
ensemble
Pablo Picasso
pirouette
pageant
46. The brightness of the color - its vividness
intensitsy
tour jete
Charleston
area
47. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people
orchestra
historical and cultural context in dance/fifth graders
movement
three - dimensional
48. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats
advancing colors
rhythm
renewed knowledge of Greek and Roman art
motif
49. Where and when actor will move on stage
abstract art
movement
blocking
form
50. An element of dance. formally measured in meter - including body rhthyms like heartbeat - breath or human emotions - considerations include how long the dance lasts - rhythm - regular vs. irregular - in dance
production values
sense memory
proscendium
time