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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)
famous playwrights
thrust stage
elements of dance
assessment of art
2. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment
downstage
principles of art
social dance
harmony
3. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body
repetition
space
downstage
tango
4. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole
unity
octave
perspective
connecting the arts disciplines
5. The tune of a song
creative expression
melody
samba
balance
6. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
dance
Charleston
Kabuki
upstage
7. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
elements of music
rhythm
famous playwrights
color
8. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
dynamics
waltz
mystery plays
samba
9. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art
samba
dominance
square dancing
hanamichi
10. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.
elements of dance
impressionist style
contrast
repetition
11. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
Charleston
time
space
famous playwrights
12. When three or more harmonious notes are played together
salsa
elements of music
chord
dominance
13. A distinctive quality to the sound
timbre
theme
repetition
connecting the arts disciplines
14. The two-dimensional equivalent of form
shape
aesthetic valuing
interval
value
15. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media
thrust stage
mixed media
famous playwrights
force/energy
16. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
space
dance
rumba
syncopation
17. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
mambo
form
balance
emphasis
18. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
elements of music
pacing
salsa
repetition
19. A collage in three dimensions
assemblage
Kabuki
Noh
time
20. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)
harmony
solfege
color
artistic perception
21. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.
octave
aesthetic valuing
assessment of art
creative expression
22. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
polka
thrust stage
types of visual arts
polka
23. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
dance
proscenium
pacing
cubism
24. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
flamenco
cubism
arena stage
Noh
25. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence
social dance
dance
repetition
Kabuki
26. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.
solfege
foxtrot
mixed media
theme
27. The movement of a point through space.
types of visual arts
form
foxtrot
solfege
28. The practice of creating or performing works of art
collage
shape
creative expression
contrast
29. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
time
arena stage
perspective
square dancing
30. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
harmony
mystery plays
famous playwrights
elements of music
31. The rate at Which music moves
foxtrot
tempo
mixed media
downstage
32. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
types of visual arts
octave
mystery plays
arts and other core subjects
33. Dominican Republic
meringue
subject-centered instruction
cubism
form
34. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
dance
Charleston
samba
waltz
35. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
perspective
subject-centered instruction
syncopation
flamenco
36. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
contrast
space
history of theater
Kabuki
37. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals
harmony
aesthetic valuing
assessment of art
emphasis
38. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.
impressionist style
mixed media
subject-centered instruction
form
39. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
arena stage
flamenco
impressionist style
connecting the arts disciplines
40. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
arena stage
mie
abstract art
performance dance
41. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
rhythm
movement
proscenium
texture
42. The brightness of color - its vividness
intensity
unity
samba
impressionist style
43. A collage in three dimensions
form
assemblage
proscenium
Noh
44. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance
swing
polka
color
Kabuki
45. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals
Noh
polka
rhythm
octave
46. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
color
harmony
waltz
chord
47. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork
space
arts and other core subjects
value
unity
48. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design
space
value
types of visual arts
square dancing
49. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
social dance
blocking
harmony
syncopation
50. Variation in volume
dynamics
artistic perception
force/energy
theme