Overview
Philosophy
Mythology
Medieval & Renaissance Art
Modern Art
Miscellaneous
100
The name of this discipline came from the word "humanism"
What are the humanities?
100
The translation/definition for philosophy
What is "love of wisdom"?
100
A classic or legendary story that usually focuses on a particular hero or event, and explains mysteries of nature, existence, or the universe with no true basis in fact.
What is a myth?
100
This word translates to "rebirth"
What is the word renaissance?
100
This style of art is a rebellion against traditional artistic rules/conventions (it lasted from 1860s-1970s)
What is Modern Art?
100
_______ mythology is older than Roman mythology
What is Greek mythology?
200
A response that is dominated by feelings, intuition, and freedom from limits
What is the Dionysian response?
200
A teaching method where the teacher asks questions to guide the students to the answer(s)
What is the Socratic Method?
200
Gods, goddesses, warriors, and heroes
Who are the common characters in myths?
200
This Italian family paid for many different works of art to be created and sponsored artists such as Michealangelo
Who are the Medicis?
200
An artistic style of the mid-twentieth-century art derived from popular culture and influenced by comic books, movies, tv commercials, and billboard advertising
What is pop art?
200
The act of studying myths
What is mythology?
300
Where the study of the Humanities started
What is ancient Greece and ancient Rome?
300
The translation of the Greek word sophia
What is "wisdom"?
300
This is the environment when the audience first "meets" the hero
What is the "Ordinary World"?
300
The artistic characteristic that states that art should look real and lifelike
What is realism?
300
This style of art was created by Pable Picasso and Georges Braque
What is Cubism?
300
This monk is believed to have created the Lindisfarne Gospels by himself
Who is Eadfrith?
400
A response that is dominated by reason and disciplined analytical, rational, and coherent thought
What is the Apollonian response?
400
The study of the correct method of reasoning
What is logic?
400
A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology
What is an archetype?
400
The medieval time period is historically between Antiquity (the Classical period) and ________________ times
What are modern times?
400
This specific style of art depicted here:
What is surrealism?
400
Classical Mythology involves myths from these two civilizations
What are ancient Greece and ancient Rome?
500
The process by which we identify with a character or a person
What is empathy?
500
The branch of philosophy studies beauty and/or art
What is aesthetics?
500
Ancient culture whose mythology involves a creation story about the origin of the universe.
What is ancienct Greece?
500
This is famous work of art by Leonardo da Vinci is a portrait of a woman
What is the Mona Lisa?
500
This type of art resembles the overall feeling one would get if you looked at something briefly; Monet was this type of artist
What is impressionist art?
500
This great mind of ancient Greece is known as the father of modern medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
600
This word can be defined as "the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement" OR "the customs, art, social institutions, and achievements of a nation, people, or other social group"
What is culture?
600
The best students in Athens were invited to study philosophy at ________ Academy
What is Plato's Academy?
600
An object that stands for something else or calls that something else to mind. This object is cultural, shared by a group of people. We do not naturally understand what this object means; we must learn its meaning
What is a symbol?
600
A manuscript where the text has been supplemented with decoration such as initials, borders and miniature illustrations
What is an illuminated manuscript?
600
A style of art in which recognizable objects are put together in bizarre contexts that seem like visualizations of dreams
What is surrealism?
600
The Renaissance began in this country
What is Italy?
700
A loss or lack of sympathy; estrangement or emotional separation from a character
What is alienation?
700
The branch of philosophy is concerned with what is morally good/bad or right/wrong
What is ethics?
700
This type of mythical story involves an ordinary world, a special world, and an inmost cave
What is the hero's journey?
700
The style of architecture was developed to let more sunlight into the building
What is gothic architecture?
700
This specific style of art depicted here:
What is Cubist art?
700
This tapestry is an important example of secular (non-religious) medieval art
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
800
Julius Ceasar
Who was the "great mind" of Rome that was known for being a military genius and a politician?
800
The fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence
What is studied in the academic field of philosophy?
800
Significance and staying power
What are two primary characteristics of myths (according to Crash Course)?
800
This Renaissance technique uses light and darkness to create the illusion of three-dimensional volume
What is chiaroscuro?
800
Art that makes no attempt to represent reality or use standard techniques
What is abstract expressionist art?
800
This artist is known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michealangelo?
900
Western culture, Eastern culture, as well as the artistic works from diverse artist from different time periods across the world
Which cultures are studies by modern humanities scholars?
900
A philosopher who studies reality and our existence (such as does the world really exist)
Who is a metaphysics philosopher?
900
The person who created the term archetype
Who is Carl Jung?
900
Who are the central figures (people) depicted in Raphael's masterpiece titled "School of Athens"?
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
900
How the modern artist changes reality by adding to it shapes, lines, and even colors not found in nature
What is alteration?
900
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle encouraged people to use ___________ rather than tradition as a way of knowing.
What is reason?