Aesthetic experience - ✔✔ An experience of beauty that inspires a feeling of pleasure
Why is architecture considered an art? - ✔✔ Because
... [Show More] architecture is concerned with the aesthetic effect of structures in their environment
How can art function beyond its merely aesthetic value? - ✔✔ It can act as political and social commentary, serve as an artifact of culture, and provide enjoyment
Which of the following disciplines falls within the realm of Humanities? - ✔✔ *Music
*Religion
*Literature
*Architecture
Traditional stories that serve to explain some natural phenomenon, the origin of humanity, or customs or religious rite are known as - ✔✔ Myths
Logic, aesthetics, and epistemology are all branches of what? - ✔✔ Philosophy
Which of the following is a function of art? - ✔✔ *Art can assist in physical and emotional healing.
* Art can be used to enable commerce in advertising products and services.
*Art provides aesthetic pleasure.
Love and the archetype of the hero are both examples of which of the following? - ✔✔ Universal themes
When studying the Humanities, a chronological timeline of events allows us to - ✔✔ See connections between cause and effect
These are unifying ideas that are developed or repeated throughout a literary or artistic work. - ✔✔ Themes
Which of the following are true of the relationship between humanities and technology? - ✔✔ *Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and connecting people together through social networks via the internet
*Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and music in a way that is unprecedented
Which of the following themes is found in multiple historical periods? - ✔✔ Individualism
How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? - ✔✔ Look for the unifying or main ideas
Which of the following is true of myths? - ✔✔ *They are traditional stories of a people or culture that are told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belief systems from generation to generation
*They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understanding of life
Define the Humanities discipline: Architecture - ✔✔ Concerned with the interplay of form and function
Define the Humanities discipline: Religion - ✔✔ Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs
Define the Humanities discipline: Dance - ✔✔ Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earliest human civilizations
Define the Humanities discipline: Theater - ✔✔ Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy
Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument? - ✔✔ Philosophy
The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art? - ✔✔ Art as political propaganda
What are the Humanities? - ✔✔ The study of the how the human race understands and documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, dance, etc.
Which of the following are examples of universal themes in Module 1? - ✔✔ Love and the Hero
Aesthetic - ✔✔ An experience of beauty that is its own justification
Eros - ✔✔ Passionate or sexual love
Monomyth - ✔✔ A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history.
Archetypes - ✔✔ A recurrent example or model of human behavior
Agape - ✔✔ Brotherly or selfless love
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? - ✔✔ It reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are. [Show Less]