Overview
Philosophy
Mythology
Art Overview & Greek/Roman Art
Art from Different Time Periods
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 person defined art as "the communication of feelings from one person to another"
How did Leo Tolstoy define art?
100
This word translates to "rebirth"
What is the word renaissance?
200
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement OR the customs, art, social institutions, and achievements of a nation or social group.
What is culture?
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 in myths
Who are the common kinds of characters in myths?
200
The ancient Greek concept that art is an imitation of the real world.
What is mimesis?
200
Art that is a rebellion against traditional artistic rules and conventions, lasting from the 1860s to the 1970s.
What is modern art?
300
What people make and why
What are "the humanities" or humanistic arts? (according to the "so what are the humanities anyways" video)
300
The translation of the Greek word "sophos"
What is "wisdom"?
300
The act of studying myths
What is mythology?
300
Art produced by ancient Greeks and Romans, spanning from 1200 BCE to 410 CE.
What is Classical art?
300
An art style where recognizable objects are placed in bizarre contexts, resembling visualizations of dreams.
What is surrealism?
400
A response that is dominated by reason and disciplined analytical, rational, and coherent thought
What is the Apollonian response?
400
The science of reasoning
What is logic?
400
A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology (the hero is one example of this)
What is an archetype?
400
A fundamental element of art that refers to the path of a point moving through space
What is a line?
400
The style of architecture was developed to let more sunlight into the building (think flying buttresses, arches and stained class windows)
What is gothic architecture?
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
The older culture between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
What is Ancient Greece?
500
The most important surviving building of Classical Greece, originally a temple dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
500
This Italian family paid for many different works of art to be created and sponsored artists such as Michealangelo
Who are the Medicis?
600
This era of Humanities scholar would study Western cultures beyond Greece and Rome, Eastern cultures, Native American cultures, works from different historical periods, modern cultures, and diverse backgrounds.
What might a modern Humanities scholar study?
600
The best students at this school were invited to study philosophy
What is Plato's Academy?
600
Name for the myths of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
What is Classical Mythology?
600
The element of design depicted here:
What is persepctive?
600
A manuscript where the text has been supplemented with decoration such as initials, borders and miniature illustrations
What is an illuminated manuscript?
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
This type of art is made by painting onto plaster
What is a fresco?
700
An art style that emerged in the mid-to-late 1800s, showing an artist's first impression of a moment or scene.
What is impressionist art?
800
A response that is dominated by feelings, intuition, and freedom from limits
What is the Dionysian response?
800
This Greek word means "love"
What is "philia"?
800
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?
800
The reproduction by an artist of a person or landscape with the aim of being as close to reality as possible
What is a likeness?
800
Objects that were/are valued because of their association with an important religious person
What is a relic?
900
This "Great Mind" of Rome was a populist politician and general who expanded Rome's territory and initiated social and governmental reforms.
Who was Julius Ceasar?
900
A philosopher who studies reality and our existence (such as does the world really exist)
Which is a metaphysics philospher?
900
The person who created the term archetype
Who is Carl Jung?
900
The subject of the Augustus of Prima Porta statue
Who is Augustus, the first Roman Emperor?
900
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?
1000
This "great mind" of Greece is known as the 'Father of Modern Medicine' and emphasizing that doctors should 'do no harm'
Who was Hippocrates?
1000
A lover or pursuer of wisdom (this term pre-dates the word philosopher)
Who is a sage?
1000
The myths of this ancient culture focused more on society and how to influence behavior than on understand the mysteries of the universe
What is Roman mythology?
1000
The purpose of this kind of art was to beautify cities, express ideals of beauty and harmony, depict timeless human experiences, and use mathematics to create balance in works of art
What is the purpose of Classical art?
1000
This specific Renaissance style of art that uses light and dark to create the illusion of three dimensions:
What is chiaroscuro?
1100
This is the name of the philosopher who created the idea of Apollonian and Dionysian responses to works of art
Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?
1100
Storytelling (according to the Crash Course video)
What is Mythos?
1100
Significance and staying power
What are two characteristics of myths?
1100
The name of a color
What is hue?
1100
This monk created the Lindisfarne illuminated manuscripts
Who is Eadfrith?