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Theatre I
First test
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
02/21/2010

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what are the essentials of theatre
Definition
actor
audience
artist collaborators
space
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what is aesthetic distance
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"distance from the art" realizing you are watching fiction
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what is empathy
Definition
relating to the emotion in the play/character
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what is genre
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type
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what are the types of genres
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comedy, tradegy, drama, musical
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what is style
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how to present the genre
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what is representational style
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creates an illusion and tries to get the audience to believe that it's reality
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what is presentational style?
Definition
creates an illusion and tries to remind the audience that its an illusion
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which style/theatre allows for most aesthetic distance?
Definition
presentational
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what is the style, epic?
Definition
only purpose is to disconnect the audience and does not allow you to empathsize
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what kind of theatre space is this http://www.theatreorgans.com/southerncross/Queensland/Full%20proscenium.jpg
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proscenium
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what kind of theatre space is this? https://www.trustedpartner.com/images/library/000198/THeatre%20interior,DROP1.jpg
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thrust
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which theatre space creates the most aesthetic distance?
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arena.. you can see other audience members
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what type of theatre space is this? http://www.cwu.edu/~theatre/production/spaces/images/CWU-TA7.jpg
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black box
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