Humanities Fall Final Exam

The speed with which music moves.

which term refers to combinations of long and short sounds that give a sense of movement?

Allegro means:

The loudness or softness of a musical passage.

This term can be described as sharp or smooth. It is how a movement is performed.

The top number in a time signature represents:

Identify the note.

What element of art refers to surface quality? How it feels or looks like it feels?

Identify this clef.

Understanding a character on stage, rather than just feeling sympathy for him/her.

A dance that starts, stops, starts, stops, like the robot, is an example of a _______ movement.

What is the medium that combines egg yolk, water, and pigment?

How many sixteenth notes are in a whole note?

The combination of simultaneous notes of different tones performed at the same time.

Identify this music symbol.

Largo means:

This element of theater deals with how the actor makes their character believable.

What is the purpose of having actors wear makeup on stage?

The quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through elements of art is called what?

This building reveals what type of balance and alignment?

Which stage design extends into the audience?

This means the “untying of the plot,” it precedes the conclusion.

Michelangelo’s statue of David is made from:

Classicism is defined as the :

Which style of dance is highly stylized and uses traditional techniques?

Which of the following is true during an actor’s soliloquy?

The Mona Lisa hangs in this museum:

Identify this ballet position.

The distinct tonal quality, sound, or personality of an instrument.

which stage is seen in this illustration?

Described as “a state of tension,” this is used to sustain interest in theatrical performance.

A painting technique that uses quick drying plaster on a wall is called what?

This term refers to the patterns made across the floor as a dancer travels.

Call and Response and ABA are both examples of what musical term?

Identify the note.

Identify the note.

Which term refers to the degree of muscular tension and use of energy?

This element of theater deals with lighting, sound, stage design, music, costumes, etc.

Identify this ballet position.

For the theme of a play to be of interest to a WIDE audience it must contain a…

What structure shows the first great achievement of using the vault design in a closed space?

In which style of dance are the performer and the choreographer the same person?

The use of highs and lows and varying the pitch of one’s voice is…

The distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice

This is a movement or shape performed to give emphasis to a certain part of the dancer’s body.

The sculpture is best described as this type of form?

This element of theater deals with the written portion or script.

The technique for painting the Sistine ceiling:

The artist who put his sculpture into this room, created art by what name?

When a choreographer wants to show two people are affectionate, they share the...

This term is described as open/closed, angular/curved, symmetrical/asymmetrical.

The soft edges of shadowing contours in Mona Lisa’s face are described by what term?

Which term refers to how a movement is done?

Jazz developed from:

In art, rough/smooth, large/small, and dark/light are all examples of what principle?

The Florence artist Filippo Brunelleschi achieved his first success with the design for:

What form of sculpture is seen in the picture?

Pianissimo means:

Colors opposite one another on the color wheel are called what?

How many beats does a dotted half note get in 4/4 time?

If you are learning a series of dance movements to do one after another, you are learning a __.

Complete the following sentence. Palladio’s buildings have supreme....

Which of the following best defines the term time for dance?

In this principle, elements are used to make one part of a work dominant over the other.

Most great works of architecture are designed to show what?

An intentionally organized succession of musical tones.

This image of from what scene:

What building form enabled architects to span space vertically and horizontally?

Name this note.

The use of body movement, gestures, and facial expressions is….

Presto means:

Identify this position

What is the term for the triangular part of a Greek temple’s façade?

Rate, volume, articulation, and inflection make up…