Overview
Philosophy
Ch 3 - Mythology
Literature
Overview of Art
Art from Different Time Periods
Music
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 category of the arts includes any written work
What is literature?
100
Art is the human activity consisting of this - that one man consciously by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them
How did Leo Tolstoy define art?
100
This word translates to "rebirth"
What is the word renaissance?
100
An arrangement of sound and silences into a deliberate shape
What is music?
200
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?
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
A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas; these works usually have distinctive rhythms and are written in verse
What is poetry?
200
A generally accepted way that something is usually done, especially as it relates to different styles of art
What is a convention?
200
Location of the Hagia Sofia
What is Istanbul?
200
A significant sequence of tones working as a unit and often repeated
What is melody?
300
What can be defined as "what people make and why"?
The Humanities
300
The translation of the Greek word sophos
What is "wisdom"?
300
The act of studying myths
What is mythology?
300
Biographies, memoirs, true crime novels, cookbooks, etc.
What are examples of non-fiction works?
300
This type of artwork is created by painting onto plaster
What is a fresco?
300
This specific style of art depicted here:
What is surrealism?
300
A type of music that is complicated, ornate, and that uses counterpoint
What is Baroque music?
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
What is an archetype?
400
The rhythmical pattern of a poem
What is meter?
400
Example of two-dimensional art
What is a painting?
400
The style of architecture was developed to let more sunlight into the building
What is gothic architecture?
400
The wave form of sound determines this
What is timbre?
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
Science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, dystopian futures, etc.
What are examples of works of fiction?
500
Objects that were/are valued because of their association with an important person
What is a relic?
500
This Italian family paid for many different works of art to be created and sponsored artists such as Michealangelo
Who are the Medicis?
500
A type of music that seeks to be at the forefront of musical development; these composers deliberately defy and reject older conventions of music
What is Avant Garde music?
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
How we know what we know
What is epistemology?
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 form of language that possesses ordinary syntax and natural speed rather than rhythmic structure (this form uses sentences and paragraphs instead of lines).
What is prose?
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?
600
This period of music was describe as being simple, which clear musical forms
What is the classical period of music?
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
A comparison between two things that aren’t actually like one another.
What is a metaphor?
700
Example of three-dimensional art
What is a bronze sculpture?
700
This type of artist created artwork that resembled the overall feeling one would get if you looked at something briefly; Monet was this type of artist
What is impressionist art?
700
Montverdi, Tallis, Byrd, Allegri, Du Fay, and Taverner
Who are famous Renassaince composers?
800
A response that is dominated by feelings, intuition, and freedom from limits
What is the Dionysian response?
800
The two main branches of value theory
What are ethics and aesthetics?
800
Significance and staying power
What are two characteristics of myths?
800
Drama, fiction, poetry, non-fiction
What are the major genres of literature?
800
This specific style of art depicted here:
What is chiaroscuro?
800
Art that takes from reality only what the artist wants or that renders a visual depiction of concepts in the artist’s mind; the result is a work of art that in no way resembles the familiar world
What is abstract art?
800
The most popular Baroque musical instrument
What is the harpsichord?
900
Julius Ceasar
Who was the "great mind" of Rome that was known for being a military genius and a politician?
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
Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally; they are used to create a certain effect
What is hyperbole?
900
Claude Money, Vincent Van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso
Who are the artists who pushed art towards abstraction?
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?
900
Chanson, Madrigal, and German Lind
What were some secular Renaissance songs that were popular at court?