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Visual And Performing Arts Vocab

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aeschlyus - Sophocles - and Euripides (ancient Greece) - Shakespeare - Marlowe (Renaissance)






2. Facilitated courtship - promote group harmony and enjoment






3. The immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer's body






4. A sense that all the elements are related and that they fit together to form a coherent whole






5. The tune of a song






6. Part of the stage farthest from the audience






7. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






8. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat






9. If one element or aspect calls attention in a work of art






10. When an artist repeats elements within a single artwork. It can enhance dominance - serve the theme or help achieve balance.






11. The absence of shape or form; it's the emptiness that defines shape and form






12. When three or more harmonious notes are played together






13. A distinctive quality to the sound






14. The two-dimensional equivalent of form






15. Any work of visual art that is created from two or more media






16. A double-time ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance






17. When an artist chooses to stress one element over the other






18. Afro-Caribbean dance with four beats.






19. A collage in three dimensions






20. Group of familiar syllables used to designate the notes of an octave (do - re - mi - etc)






21. The act of assessing and pursuing the meaning of artworks. This helps develop critical thinking skills.






22. Juts out into an audience (fashion runway)






23. (Picasso) scenes in terms of their component geometric shapes. Figures are often separated and rearranged.






24. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






25. Enhances the kinesthetic - spacial - musical - logical-mathematical - and interpersonal forms of intelligence






26. Slow-slow-quick-quick. Originated in the early 1900s in the US.






27. The movement of a point through space.






28. The practice of creating or performing works of art






29. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






30. Rhythm - tempo - melody - harmony - dynamics - timbre and form






31. The rate at Which music moves






32. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






33. Dominican Republic






34. Fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking






35. A development during the Renaissance to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface






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)






37. Best accomplished by open-ended means - such as portfolios and performances - group projects and jurnals






38. Develops knowledge in all components of the discipline.






39. Meant to be viewed from all sides (theater in the round)






40. Where there is little or no effort to represent an object or scene in realistic terms






41. Has an arch that frames the actors as you look on stage






42. The brightness of color - its vividness






43. A collage in three dimensions






44. Features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance






45. 600- year old form of theatre - has masked actors - chanting and dancing - today about 1500 professionals






46. What we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface






47. Refers to the gradations of light and darkness on the surface of an artwork






48. Painting - drawing - printmaking - photography - sculpture - assemblage arts - electronic arts - architecture - ceramics - textile arts and commercial design






49. When the pattern of stressed or accented sounds is uneven






50. Variation in volume