Baroque & Persuasion
This movement used art to bring people back to the Catholic Church.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
Architecture in this culture connects gods, time, and human activity.
What is Mayan civilization?
This religion focuses on enlightenment and ending suffering.
What is Buddhism?
This type of traditional narrative often explains natural events, cultural practices, or moral lessons and is passed down orally from generation to generation.
What is a folktale (or oral tradition story)?
This artistic protest movement believed art should be absurd.
What is Dada?
Baroque churches were designed to do this to viewers.
What is persuade or emotionally move them?
These structures were used for ritual movement, not just decoration
What are temples/pyramids?
Zen Buddhism emphasizes this type of experience.
What is meditation/direct experience?
These individuals preserved history through storytelling.
Who are griots?
This artwork by Picasso represents the horrors of war.
What is Guernica?
Baroque art is known for this emotional quality.
What is drama/intensity?
This structure at Chichen Itza is known for its 365 steps.
What is El Castillo?
This symbol is associated with spiritual growth and enlightenment.
What is the lotus?
This literary device, commonly used in oral storytelling, involves emphasizing words, phrases, or sounds to make stories easier to remember.
What is repetition?
This psychologist influenced Surrealism.
Who was Freud?
This artist painted dramatic scenes using strong light and dark contrast.
Who is Caravaggio?
Mesoamerican architecture often reflects this belief system.
What is cosmology?
This concept refers to one’s duty or moral responsibility.
What is dharma?
These handcrafted textiles are used to visually represent stories, history, and cultural identity through patterns and symbols.
What are quilts?
This term refers to the spread of ideas and images across the world.
What is globalization?
This sculpture shows a spiritual experience through intense emotion.
What is Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?
This event creates a shadow serpent effect on El Castillo.
What is the equinox?
This Japanese aesthetic values simplicity and imperfection.
What is wabi-sabi?
This West African instrument, often made with wooden keys and gourd resonators, is similar to a xylophone and is traditionally played in Mali cultures.
What is the balafon?
This philosophical movement emphasizes individual freedom, choice, and the search for meaning in an often indifferent or meaningless world.
What is existentialism?