art

Question 1

paints that you mix with water, not oil, and use for painting pictures

Answer 1

watercolour

Question 2

a tall metal structure that is used for carrying electricity wires high above the ground

Answer 2

pylon

Question 3

a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films/movies, especially as a profession

Answer 3

actor

Question 4

a decorative border around the top of the walls in a room or on the outside walls of a building

Answer 4

cornice

Question 5

an object made of short stiff hairs (called bristles ) or wires set in a block of wood or plastic, usually attached to a handle.

Answer 5

brush

Question 6

the use of computers to design machines, buildings, vehicles, etc.

Answer 6

computer-aided design

Question 7

a large cinema/movie theater with several separate rooms with screens

Answer 7

multiplex

Question 8

all the people who act in a play or film/movie

Answer 8

cast

Question 9

coloured paint containing oil used by artists

Answer 9

oils

Question 10

a tool with a sharp flat edge at the end, used for shaping wood, stone or metal

Answer 10

chisel

Question 11

a round roof with a circular base

Answer 11

dome

Question 12

strong transparent paper that is placed on top of a drawing, etc. so that you can follow the lines with a pen or pencil in order to make a copy of it

Answer 12

tracing paper

Question 13

all the music, speech and sounds that are recorded for a film/movie

Answer 13

soundtrack

Question 14

a strong heavy rough material used for making tents, sails, etc. and by artists for painting on

Answer 14

canvas

Question 15

a hammer with a large wooden head

Answer 15

mallet

Question 16

the series of events that form the story of a novel, play, film/movie, etc.

Answer 16

plot

Question 17

a tall, solid, vertical post, usually round and made of stone, which supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument

Answer 17

column

Question 18

large and done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a building

Answer 18

mural

Question 19

a wooden frame to hold a picture while it is being painted

Answer 19

easel

Question 20

an object or a pattern made by cutting away material from wood or stone

Answer 20

carving

Question 21

words that translate what is said in a film/movie into a different language and appear on the screen at the bottom.

Answer 21

subtitle

Question 22

the part of a radio, computer or piece of musical equipment that the sound comes out of

Answer 22

speaker

Question 23

a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. where actors, dancers, etc. perform

Answer 23

stage

Question 24

a piece of cloth that is hung to cover a window

Answer 24

curtain

Question 25

the place in a theatre just in front of the stage where the orchestra sits and plays for an opera, a ballet, etc.

Answer 25

orchestra pit

Question 26

the highest level in a theatre where the cheapest seats are

Answer 26

gallery

Question 27

a light with a single, very bright beam that can be directed at a particular place or person

Answer 27

spotlight

Question 28

a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage

Answer 28

prompter booth

Question 29

a small area in a theatre or court separated off from where other people sit

Answer 29

box

Question 30

the seats that are nearest to the stage in a theatre

Answer 30

stalls

Question 31

the area at either side of the stage that cannot be seen by the audience

Answer 31

wings

Question 32

to start doing something suddenly

Answer 32

burst out

Question 33

approval expressed by clapping

Answer 33

applause

Question 34

a light stick used by the conductor of an orchestra

Answer 34

baton

Question 35

to produce or present a play, a show, etc.

Answer 35

put on

Question 36

to believe that sth was written by a particular person

Answer 36

attribute

Question 37

the words that an actor says in a performance

Answer 37

lines

Question 38

a short break in a play, concert, etc.

Answer 38

interval

Question 39

a person who reminds the actors of their next line

Answer 39

prompter

Question 40

a thin board with a hole in it for the thumb to go through, used by an artist for mixing colours on when painting

Answer 40

palette

Question 41

the art of painting or drawing arrangements of objects such as flowers, fruit, etc.; a painting, etc. like this

Answer 41

still life

Question 42

a person whose job is to cut words or designs on wood, stone, metal, etc.

Answer 42

engraver

Question 43

a person who makes a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc

Answer 43

sculptor

Question 44

a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this

Answer 44

tapestry

Question 45

a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details

Answer 45

sketch

Question 46

Japanese flower arranging, that has strict formal rules

Answer 46

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