Visual and Performing Arts

Question 1

antagonist

Answer 1

in theater, a villain against whom the protagonist is pitted

Question 2

Bass Clef

Answer 2

musical notes played with the left hand on a piano, having a deeper sound than those in the treble clef

Question 3

Blocking

Answer 3

where and when actors move on a stage during a theatrical production

Question 4

Chord

Answer 4

three or more harmonious notes played together; instruments with multiple strings (piano, guitar) can play cords

Question 5

Collage

Answer 5

an artwork composed of various materials

Question 6

Color

Answer 6

what we see as a result of the reflection or absorption of light off any surface, its main characteristics being hue, intensity, and value

Question 7

Dialogue

Answer 7

exchange of lines between actors in a theatrical production

Question 8

Dynamics

Answer 8

in a piece of music, the variation between louder and softer sections

Question 9

Force/ Energy

Answer 9

a dancer’s transformation and release of potential energy into kinetic energy; how dancers move

Question 10

Form

Answer 10

in music, the shape, structure, or organization of a piece

Question 11

Form

Answer 11

in visual art, the way an artwork’s elements are put together, as opposed to its content or subject matter

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

when a note of a different pitch on a musical scale sounds good when played simultaneously with a piece’s melody

Question 13

Improvisation

Answer 13

the use of spontaneous movement and speech to create a character, mood, or situation

Question 14

Interval

Answer 14

the distance between notes on a musical scale

Question 15

Levels

Answer 15

the series of horizontal planes rising, one above the other, from the performance surface, though which dancers move

Question 16

Line

Answer 16

in visual art, the movement of a point through space, described in terms of width, length, direction, and curvature or flow

Question 17

Measure (or bar)

Answer 17

a grouping of a specified number of musical beats located between two consecutive vertical lines on a staff

Question 18

Melody

Answer 18

the tune of a piece of music

Question 19

Monologue

Answer 19

a dramatic speech performed by one actor

Question 20

Pageant

Answer 20

a series of tableaux performed on stage

Question 21

Phrasing

Answer 21

how long the melody of a piece of music is performed, defined by when a breath is taken

Question 22

Pitch

Answer 22

wavelengths or frequencies of sound

Question 23

Proscenium

Answer 23

the most common type of performance space, named for the proscenium arch that frames the actors

Question 24

Protagonist

Answer 24

the hero of a theatrical piece

Question 25

Rhythm

Answer 25

in music, the pattern of stressed and unstressed beats

Question 26

Shape

Answer 26

in visual art, the two dimensional equivalent of form

Question 27

Space

Answer 27

in dance, the immediate spherical area surrounding a dancer’s body, extending in all directions

Question 28

Space

Answer 28

in visual art, the absence of shape and form

Question 29

Staff

Answer 29

a group of lines and spaces upon which musical notes are written

Question 30

Symmetry

Answer 30

in art, a type of visual balance, where, if an imaginary line is drawn down the middle, each side mirrors the other

Question 31

Syncopation

Answer 31

in music, an uneven pattern of stressed beats

Question 32

Tableau

Answer 32

in theater, the silent depiction of a static scene

Question 33

Tempo

Answer 33

the rate at which musical beats follow one another

Question 34

Texture

Answer 34

the tactile quality of a work of art

Question 35

Theme

Answer 35

the reason a work of art was created

Question 36

Timbre

Answer 36

the distinctive quality of a particular sound

Question 37

Time

Answer 37

in dance, formally measured meter or, more informally, the rhythms of a dancer’s body movements

Question 38

Time signature

Answer 38

musical notation indicating the number of beats per bar and the type of note that gets a beat

Question 39

Treble clef

Answer 39

musical notes played with the right hand on a piano, having a higher sound than those in the bass clef