MAPEH 9 - ARTS - 4th Quarter

• theater - "place to behold"; american english preferred spelling
• theatron - greek word of theater
• theatre - british english preferred spelling
• Theatre - art form of opera
• opera - stage drama and vocal pieces
• 3 forms of theaters: classical, romantic, renaissance
• greek theater - a large open air structure; commonly built in mountains and hills
• elements of greek theater: orchestra, skene, audience
• audience - seats around the orchestra
• skene - building behind the orchestra used as dressing room
• orchestra - large ensemble of instrument
• themes of greek theater: mythology, comedy, history
• 3 parts of greek theater: theatron, parados, epidaurus
• theatron - entire building
• parados - entrance to stage
• epidaurus - stage
• mask - dramatic impact of greek theater
• oedipus - gold mask with deep empty sockets, eyes staring out of the mask
• jakosta - changes, depends on the scene
• antigone and Ismene - lonely and sad
• creon - anger
• oedipus rex - famous greek play
• oedipus - mc of oedipus rex
• creon - brother in law of oedipus
• king lauis - father of oedipus
• jacosta - mother and wife of oedipus
• polynices and eteocles - children of oedipus an jacosta
• eurydice - wife of creon
• costume - padded and layering of robes
• romantic opera - love and death
• characteristics: uses classical and formal music, uses original languange (spanish & italian), no dancing, unaccompanied dialog
• carmen - famous romantic opera play
• elements applied in opera - lines, color, shape, rhythm, space, texture, sound, movement
• lines - quality of costume and props
• color - emotion, common colors: blue, red, yellow
• shape - character design
• rhythm - arrangement of notes
• space - design of the stage
• texture - materials of a prop
• sound - voice classification