Humanities Fall Final Exam

This building reveals what type of balance and alignment?

Michelangelo’s statue of David is made from:

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

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

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

The loudness or softness of a musical passage.

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

An intentionally organized succession of musical tones.

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

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

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

The technique for painting the Sistine ceiling:

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

Allegro means:

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

Jazz developed from:

Identify this position

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

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

The distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice

Largo means:

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

Identify the note.

Rate, volume, articulation, and inflection make up…

Identify this music symbol.

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

The sculpture is best described as this type of form?

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

The speed with which music moves.

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

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

The Mona Lisa hangs in this museum:

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

Identify this ballet position.

Pianissimo means:

which stage is seen in this illustration?

Classicism is defined as the :

Name this note.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This image of from what scene:

Identify this clef.

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

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

How many sixteenth notes are in a whole note?

Identify the note.

Identify the note.

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

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

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

Presto means:

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

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

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

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

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

Identify this ballet position.

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

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

Which stage design extends into the audience?

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

Most great works of architecture are designed to show what?

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

What form of sculpture is seen in the picture?

The top number in a time signature represents:

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

Which term refers to how a movement is done?

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

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

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