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Cp 2-10 Midterm

Fine Arts

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In appropriation, what is the artistic process? To mix the media of other art forms with the artist's own
Which arts appropriate the most from other arts? Opera and architecture
Sexton's poem, Starry Night, describes an experience of Insanity
Beaumarchais's Marriage of Figaro was said to have helped foment the French Revolution
Relative equal combining of media of one or more arts synthesis
Anne Sexton's and Robert Fagles's poems Both portray the emotion of Van Gogh's A Starry Night
Matisse's The Dance and Music Interpret the essential nature of both arts
Which arts tend to be the best suited to use other arts as their subject matter? film and photography
One course that is never included in the humanities is Chemistry
The historian Studies values
Perception Involves the stimulation of sense organs
An example of perceiving without conception is a new born
A participative experience with a work of art is basically An intrinsic-extrinsic value
The pleasure of enjoying good food is an example of a (n) intrinsic value
Value facts are the province of The sciences
Which theory claims that it is interest that projects value of something Subjectivist
Theology is Part of the humanities
Normative values are ideals
The arts are closely related to which of the other humanities? history, philosophy, and theology
Factual values are verified experimentally
Value facts are Values that are described scientifically
Normative values are Values that are the norm, or ideal, or what ought to be
Interpretive criticism centers upon content
Descriptive criticism focuses upon form
Evaluative criticism centers upon The relative merits of a work
A work of art is most likely to be judged a masterpiece by an evaluative critic it it resists monotony
A detail relationship of an artistic form is the connection of a part to another part or parts
A region of a work of art is a larger distinct part or group of parts
A structural relationship in a work of art is The connection of a part to the overall structure
Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm has No clear cut regions
Noticing the rhyme, steady meter and quatrain stanza structure of Yeats's "The Lake of Innisfree" is descriptive criticism
The arrangement of elements in an individual work composition
The setting in which the art arose (time & Place context
A group for whom a work is intended; witnesses of a performance audience
An agreed upon practice; agreed upon rules of the game convention
The material from which an art object is made medium
A combination of distinctive elements of creative execution & expression in germs of both form & content style
The dominant idea of a work theme
The type or class to which a work belong genre
The systematic procedure whereby a particular creative task is performed technique
Takes places only once live event
An organized format of a play structure
A lengthy segment of a play acts
A shorter segment of a play scenes
Theatre is form of communication received through 5 of these senses
When the actors bow at the end of a performance Curtain Call
When a character turns and speaks directly to the audience aside
describes the human capacity for participating in another's feelings empathy
Makes you laugh, has a happy ending comedy
A play that makes you laugh and feel liberated farce
A serious play that tries to make you feel exhilarated Tragedy
A performance of a serious play that makes you sad drama
A play that touch us least profoundly; appears serious with the protagonist seen as victorious melodrama
A play that examines the absurdities of the human condition Theatre of the Absurd
Filled with elegant, rich characters who are concerned with how they behave High Comedy
Makes You laugh because of what characters do rather than what they say Low comedy
Usually about the middle class with laughter resulting from embarrassing situations Domestic Comedy
Which theatre was know for orchestra; chorus; parados Greek Theatre
Which theatre succeeded the Greek theatre Roman Theatre
which theater was know for Pageant wagons; tiring house, mansion stage; simultaneous stage medieval Theatre
Which theater or era rediscovered classical; flat ground not hillside; forced perspective; indoor theaters Italian Renaissance
The origins of __________________ are usually traced to the early 17th century, when dancers performed interludes between scenes of an opera? ballet
The origins of __________ are usually traced to the American dancers Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis modern dance
The pretext of a dance can be: feeling, state of mind, and narrative
How do states of mind differ from feelings: They are more enduring
Which of the following is a characteristic of social dance? It often has a religious purpose It often has a practical purpose It is a form of recreation It is more stylized and less openly energetic that court dance It is a form of recreation
Who was particularly successful in adapting jazz of the l920's and l930's to dance? Twyla Tharp
Which court dance was a favorite at Queen Elizabeth's courts in the 16th century Volta
What is true about Isadora Duncan? She often danced in bare feet
The origin of ballet goes back to Early 17th century
Who was not a leader in modern dance? Sarah Bernhardt
What is a way to teach the coordination of music and body movements? Eurhythmics
Modern dance was a way to: Free the dancer's creative spirit, move away from the constriction of ballet, and explore new movements in art
What was a source Isadora Duncan looked to as inspiration of her new dances? Classical Greece
Mary Wigman believed dances should be: Movement along without music
Which choreographer is known as contributing the greatest number of choreographic works? Martha Graham
With which choreographer is "construction and release" associated? Martha Graham
Why did Martha Graham leave the Denishawn Co. in the mid 1029's? She left to create her own company
Aristotle described what as the "life and soul of the drama"? plot
What is the meaning of the play - sometimes called the message? thought
What is the element that makes the action possible? character
For Aristotle, the element of what included everything we hear in a performance? music
What describes both the vocabulary and the order in which the words are placed? Diction
Which is the least important of the six elements of theatre? spectacle
What is an example of a spectacle Radio drama
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