Art Appreciation Final Topics
Art Appreciation Final Topics
Performing arts are a creative form of art performed by individuals or groups that use their voices, bodies or
inanimate objects to convey artistic expression in front of a live audience.
forms of creative activity that are performed in front of an audience, such as drama, music, and dance.
THEATRE
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or
imagined event before a live audience in a specific place.
is a medium in which shows and plays are performed. This can take place in front of a live audience or
broadcast on TV or online.
EX. The theatre of the Auditorium Building, Chicago, by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan (1889), a
horseshoe-shaped theatre with a proscenium stage.
MUSICAL THEATRE
a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and
emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music,
movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.
DANCE
is an art form consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either
improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its
repertoire of movements, done simultaneously with music or with instruments; or by its historical period or
place of origin.
MUSIC
is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody,
rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world,
though it is an aspect of all human societies, a cultural universal.
ACTING
is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a
character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
MAGIC
is the art or practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control
events in nature.
CIRCUS ACTS
A performance typical of a circus, such as tightrope walking or fire eating.
Common acts include a variety of acrobatics, gymnastics (including tumbling and trampoline), aerial acts
(such as trapeze, aerial silk, corde lisse), contortion, stilt-walking, and a variety of other routines.