Humanites 101 – Flashcards
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In the medieval times, the word humanities
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included the study of mathematics and the sciences
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In order to clarify or reveal values, the text suggests that we
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study the arts
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Cave art reveals that ..
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from the beginning, humans instinctively made revealing forms
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A study of art reveals
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Values
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Who said, " If we do not recognize our humanity in others, we shall not recognize it in ourselves"?
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Carlos Fuentes
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According to the authors, knowing something about the background of a work of art..
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Can aid our perception of it.
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In E.E. Cummings' poem "1(a", what is the relationship of the structure to the theme?
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The structure serves to convey the theme.
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The humanities includes the study of..
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Cave Paintings
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The arts include
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Work that reveals values
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In E.E Cummings' "Falling Leaf" in the poem "1(a"is
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An Image
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In "Piano and Drums", the piano stands for..
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Western Culture
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Mondrians Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red is..
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about colors, lines, and textures.
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Which of the following cannot be a work of art?
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A sunset - (Has to be things made by a person to be considered a work of art.)
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Which of the following terms means sustained attention and loss of self awareness?
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Participation
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In order for something to be art it must..
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Be Human Made
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The elements of a painting include
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Color, Lines, Texture, and Light
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Which of the following is some value expressed in a work of art
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Subject Matter
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Which of the following paintings represents an idealized female nude
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Giorgine, Sleeping Venus
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It is easier to change parts around without losing meaning in
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Adams' Execution in Saigon
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Which of the following is true of spectator attention?
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It dominates most of our experiences.
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Which of the following groups finds the participative experience easiest?
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Young Children
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Which of the following means the organization of a medium that results in clarifying a value expressed in a work of art?
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Artistic Form
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A participative experience involves
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Undivided and sustained attention to a work of art.
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According to the authors, which of the following basic distinctions of art is the most fundamental
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Participation
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Who of the following said, "If the world were clear, art would not exist"?
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Albert Camus
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Anyone who has participated with Cummings' "1(a" will understand
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The isolation of loneliness and death.
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Lichtenstein used comic strips as a subject matter because
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Of the stark simplicity and power of comic strips.
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Interpretive criticism centers upon
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Content
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Descriptive criticism focuses upon..
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Form
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Evaluative criticism centers on
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The relative merits of a work
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A work of art is most likely to be judged a masterpiece by an evaluative critic if
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it resists monotony.
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A detail relationship of an artistic form is
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the connection of a part to another part or parts.
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A region of a work of art is
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A larger distinct part or group of parts.
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A structural relationship in a work of art is
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the connection of a part to the overall structure.
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Which of the following was considered shock art?
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Hirst, This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy Stayed Home.
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Jackson Polloc's Autumn Rhythm has
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No Clear-Cut Regions
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The statement that Picasso's Guernica is a better painting than the Blume's Eternal City is
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Evaluative Criticism
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The statement that there are more detailed relationships in Autumn Rhythm than in Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red is
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Descriptive Criticism
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The statement that the bull in Guernica symbolizes Franco's utter insensitivity to suffering is..
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Interpretive Criticism
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The statement that the subject matter of Guernica is about the coming of defenseless citizens by the fascists in 1937 is..
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Historical
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Noticing the rhyme, steady meter, and quatrain stanza structure of Yeat's "The Lake of Innisfree" is
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Descriptive Criticism
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N.J. Berrill points out in the Man's Emerging Mind that..
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we are morel likely to see what we believe.
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Serge Einstein directed
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Battleshp Potemkin
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During the silent film years, films usually were shown
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to the accompaniment of carefully coordinated music.
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Who put the shots in order after filming of a movie is finished?
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The Editor.
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WHich of the following moves abruptly from one shot to the next, with no preparation and often with a shock?
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Jump Cut
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Which of the following is a sequence of images dramatically connected but physically disconnected?
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Montage
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Which of the following films introduced sound?
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Jazz Singer
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According to the text, escapism in viewing film is a kind of
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Self-Indulgence
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According to the text, the best participation with a film
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reveals or informs the viewer about himself/herself.
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Federic Fellini's 8 1/2 is notable for its
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use of episodic streams of consciousness in the sequences
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As David Cook explains in a History of Narrative Film, there is a complexity of subject matter in film that is rivaled only by
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Literature
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Which of the following provides a model for Cimino's the Deer Hunter
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Dante's Divine Comedy
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Which is a shot in which the camera moves forward, backward, or sidewise?
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Tracking Shot
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WHich of the following is a signature of Citizen Kane?
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Long Shots
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According to the text, what makes the Godfather an impressive achievement?
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It's Ambiguity.
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Which of the following is preeminent in film?
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The Moving Image.
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The basic medium of literature is..
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Spoken Language
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Literature is what kind of art?
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Serial
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Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is written which of the following forms?
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Villanelle
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The lyric is best described as
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Revealing Feelings
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Language used to help the participant picture what is being described is called
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Imagery
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A comparison between two things - made by the poet to help the participant perceive new aspects of one or both of them is called..
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Metaphor
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When a literary artist uses a concrete or perceptible thing to suggest something abstract and not clearly defined, he or she is using..
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Symbolism
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Which of the following implies contraindication of some kind?
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Irony
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The poem "Paralytic" illustrates the fact that the first person
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May be employed to create a character separate from the poet.
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The episodic narrative is a story
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relating a series of events not closely connected.
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The quest narrative is a story in which
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the leading character or characters search for something of great importance to themselves.
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One example of quest narrative is..
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Huckleberry Finn
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Of the following references to symbolism, the most accurate statement is
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Symbolism is a comparison of two things, only one of which is clearly s rated.
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What type of comparison is contained in the line, "tissue of mist that veils a valley's lap?"
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Metaphor.
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The term for a sound that has one definite frequency is..
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Tone.
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The playing of one or more motives, themes, or melodies against each other is called
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Counterpoint.
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When notes sounded together tend to be grating or unpleasant, the resulting sound is called
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Dissonance
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A group of notes played in succession with perceivable "shape" is called..
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Melody
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Dynamics in music refer to its
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Loudness or Softness
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Which of the following is to the sonata form what free verse is to the sennet
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Fantasia
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Which of the following labels is used for slow movement?
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Andante.
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Which of the following are strong sensations felt as related to a specific stimulus?
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Emotions.
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A musical structure in which the same melody is repeated over and over again with different treatment and without intervening new materials is a
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Theme and Variations.
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A structure in which a refrain is repeated after episodes with a different melody is a
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Rondo
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A structure in which the melody is stated, then repeated with the first statement being played as background, as in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," is a..
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Fugue
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The pattern of the sonata form is
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Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
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"Allegro" means
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Fast
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The first movement of Beethoven's Eroica differs from the first movements of earlier symphonies in beings
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Much Longer.
