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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consists of 8 notes
famous playwrights
rumba
octave
aesthetic valuing
2. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
Kabuki
collage
mie
value
3. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.
salsa
assemblage
flamenco
assessment of art
4. Basic artistic literacy; engage in reflection - analysis and synthesis and learn to understand and create meaning
tango
artistic perception
flamenco
elements of dance
5. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
waltz
assemblage
contrast
mie
6. The reason the work was created
theme
value
foxtrot
types of visual arts
7. Where and when actors will move on stage
subject-centered instruction
blocking
rhythm
famous playwrights
8. The movement of a point through space.
elements of music
flamenco
color
form
9. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven
syncopation
performance dance
upstage
social dance
10. The distance between each note
artistic perception
syncopation
repetition
interval
11. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form
space
melody
interval
mixed media
12. Where the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character or a theme
rumba
tempo
form
mie
13. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.
texture
syncopation
arts and other core subjects
social dance
14. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form
elements of music
creative expression
social dance
arena stage
15. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
subject-centered instruction
elements of music
space
16. The tune of a song
melody
swing
pacing
types of visual arts
17. Designed to capture and portray scenes the way the human eye sees them--not a static scene
balance
repetition
impressionist style
square dancing
18. A ballroom dance from Argentina
shape
space
color
tango
19. Helps students connect the critical thinking skills and information they learn in the arts to such subjects as literature - science - and especially history and social science.
arts and other core subjects
dynamics
intensity
force/energy
20. The movement of a point through space.
form
elements of dance
creative expression
intensity
21. Greek theatrical tradition that originated around 500BC to honor the god Dionysus.
history of theater
twist
proscenium
unity
22. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
abstract art
meringue
assemblage
cubism
23. Part of the stage farthest from the audience
proscenium
mystery plays
upstage
samba
24. Dominican Republic
elements of dance
interval
meringue
octave
25. Part of the stage closest to the audience
twist
proscenium
downstage
subject-centered instruction
26. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
unity
salsa
perspective
space
27. From Cuba
mambo
hue
solfege
cubism
28. Space - time - levels - and force/energy
subject-centered instruction
downstage
elements of dance
shape
29. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface
elements of music
cubism
color
proscenium
30. The rate at Which music moves
unity
Noh
tempo
intensity
31. Symmetry - asymmetry and radial balance
value
Noh
aesthetic valuing
balance
32. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms
social dance
shape
abstract art
mambo
33. What keeps music moving; a pattern of long ans shor sounds.
types of visual arts
rhythm
texture
shape
34. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other
emphasis
types of visual arts
color
timbre
35. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)
rhythm
emphasis
form
arena stage
36. Red - orange - yellow - blue - green and violet make up the spectrum of color
hue
harmony
shape
downstage
37. A method in which one or more various materials are glued to a background
hue
downstage
polka
collage
38. The juxtaposition of opposites
Charleston
shape
interval
contrast
39. A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
proscenium
assessment of art
polka
swing
40. A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance - it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
creative expression
abstract art
timbre
Kabuki
41. Variation in volume
connecting the arts disciplines
abstract art
time
dynamics
42. The dancer's transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy
perspective
pacing
polka
force/energy
43. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage
color
mystery plays
proscenium
connecting the arts disciplines
44. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
Noh
mixed media
Charleston
elements of dance
45. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.
square dancing
arts and other core subjects
Noh
cubism
46. A drama that was religious in nature during the Middle Ages.
Charleston
mystery plays
unity
space
47. Balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - theme and unity
hue
principles of art
melody
types of visual arts
48. An entry path on which the actor becomes the character
mambo
form
dominance
hanamichi
49. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)
connecting the arts disciplines
dynamics
intensity
thrust stage
50. A sense of movement within the artwork itself or the movement of the observer's eye across and within the work.
blocking
tango
movement
value