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?

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