Exam 1: Introduction Understanding the Arts

Biographies of saints and other religious figures are called __________.

The dominant idea of a story is called a(n)__________.

Handel's Messiah is an example of a(n)__________.

__________ is an example of a performing art.

__________ refers to the condition of identical shapes and colors appearing on either side of an artwork's axis.

In sculpture,__________ refers to the size,shape,and volume of forms.

__________ is a descriptive analysis of a work of art that may or may not include a value judgment about the work.

__________ refers to relief sculpture in which the figures protrude from the background by at least half their depth.

Jazz dance is rooted in Europe.

__________ film tells a story.

What does it mean for art to function as an "artifact"?

The hero or main character of a dramatic or literary work is called a(n)__________.

What does the branch of philosophy called aesthetics study?

In theatre,film,and narrative literature,__________ is the structure of the artwork comprising crises,climax,exposition,complication and dénouement,foreshadowing,discovery,and reversals.

First person,epistolary,third person,and stream of consciousness are all types of point of view.

What are some of the traditional concerns of art?

How does "formal criticism" approach an artwork?

The receding lines of linear perspective that converge on a vanishing point are called __________ lines.

__________ poetry consists of brief,subjective treatments employing strong imagination,melody,and feeling.

When metal forms the frame of a building (as in a skyscraper),it is called __________ construction.