Visual and Performing Arts Flashcards
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Which color scheme uses colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel?
Answer: Complementary
A complementary color scheme pairs colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel, creating high contrast.
In musical notation, what does a dot placed after a note indicate?
Answer: The note's duration is extended by half its value
A dotted note is held for its original value plus half that value (e.g., a dotted quarter note = 1.5 beats).
What is 'blocking' in theatrical production?
Answer: Planning and directing actors' movements on stage
Blocking is the director's process of planning and coordinating the specific movements and positions of actors on stage.
Which art movement, emerging in the 1960s, emphasized simple geometric forms and industrial materials?
Answer: Minimalism
Minimalism reduced artwork to essential geometric forms and often used industrial materials to eliminate personal expression.
In dance, what does 'choreography' refer to?
Answer: The art of designing and arranging dance movements
Choreography is the art of creating and arranging sequences of dance movements to be performed.
What is 'sfumato' in painting?
Answer: A blurring technique that creates soft transitions between tones
Sfumato, pioneered by Leonardo da Vinci, creates seamless transitions between light and shadow without hard outlines.
Which instrument family in an orchestra produces sound by striking a stretched membrane?
Answer: Percussion
Percussion instruments like drums produce sound when a stretched membrane (drumhead) is struck.