Landmarks in Humanities - Final
An example of art from the Hellenistic Age is the
Apollo Belvedere.
What distinguishes the Greeks from other civilizations is their
Deep concern for the quality of human life.
The master printmaker of the sixteenth century was
Durer
Hieroglyphs are:
Egyptian pictorial writing
During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from
Florence to Rome
In the Muslim faith, the word "Allah" means
God
The word "Hellenic" means
Greek.
Greek art reflects a preoccupation with
Human activity and the human form.
Bach's cantatas were largely based on
Lutheran chorales
The chorale is primarily associated with
Lutheranism
The landmark work that marked the birth of the romantic movement in England was William Wordsworth's
Lyrical Ballads
In early Christian artistic tradition, which apostle was depicted as a lion?
Mark
Which holy city is the birthplace of Mohammad, the destination of the Muslim pilgrimage, and the site of the sacred stone known as the Kaaba?
Mecca
Which of the following statements about the pre-Christian cult of Mithra is false?
Membership in the cult of Mithra was dominated by women.
The first literary epic developed in
Mesopotamia
The "father" of the literary form known as the essay was
Montaigne
Both El Greco and Velasquez served in the courts of
Spain
Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in a landmark series of etchings and aquatints known as
The Disasters of War
A series of arches placed back to back produces
a barrel vault
The earliest of the Gospels was written
at least forty years after the death of Jesus
Of Bernini's "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" which of the following apply
based on the visions of the saint executed in marble, stucco, and gilded wood located inside a church chapel all of the above.
Neo-classical art and classical music share an emphasis on
clarity and formal scructure
Which one of the following is NOT one of the three parts of the traditional sonata?
composition
Which of the following attitudes is LEAST characteristic of art in the first half of the twentieth century?
confidence in an orderly and predictable universe
One goal of the Buddhist is
escape from rebirth
The Code of Hammurabi is significant chiefly because it
is unusually comprehensive and extensive.
One of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry is that it
is written in free verse
The independent art song originated by Franz Schubert that united music and poetry was called the
lied
The term that most accurately describes Parmigianino's "Madonna of the Long Neck" is
mannerist.
Compared with the sculpture of Greece, most Roman portraits are
more realistic
The most distinctive feature of imagist poetry was its
pared down, abstract style
In the Republic, Plato argues that _____________ should rule humankind.
philosopher-kings
Mozart drew many of the melodies for symphonies and compositions from
popular dance tunes
Polytheism is
the belief in many gods
Both Donne and Wren were associated with
the church of Saint Paul's in London
Medieval music-drama originated with
the embellishment of the Mass
The Sphinx is:
the head of a man and the body of a lion. a large sculpture by the pyramids
Diderot's "Encyclopedia" was
the largest compendium of knowledge produced in the West
In "The Prince", Machiavelli called for
the unification of Italy under a strong ruler
Early people engaged in a ritualistic performance of the hunt in the hope that
their subsequent hunt would be successful
Giotto's frescoes are considered innovative for their
use of light and shade to model form
The predominant theme of rococo paintings was the
pursuit of pleasure
Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus"
reflects the revival of classical themes in European art
The origins of Greek drama are probably found in
religious celebrations.
The significance of the Protestant Reformation was the fact that it
shattered the religious unity of Western Christendom.
The Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwyck and other female artists excelled in which genre?
still life painting
The life-sized figures found in the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin dynasty are made of
terra-cotta
In his symphonies, Beethoven made use of
the "scherzo" strong contrasts of loud and soft sound dramatic motifs all of the above
The word "Christendom" refers to
the Christian community of the Middle Ages
The interdict and excommunication were methods by which
the Church maintained its authority
The so-called "Heroic Age" refers to the era that produced
the Greek epics.
The "Bayeaux Tapestry" recorded which historical event?
the Norman conquest of England
Medieval Europeans were the first to develop all the following musical innovations EXCEPT
the Psalms
Most Gothic churches were dedicated to
the Virgin Mary
The artist who created the Venus of Willendorf probably exaggerated the breasts and abdomen because
the artist wanted to show a symbol of fertility, not an individual.
The "Analects" of Confucius show a deep concern for
the cultivation of character. moral order. filial piety. all of the above.
The writings of Erasmus and More, like the Protestant Reformation itself, reflect a deep concern with
the exercise of Christian conscience
Of nineteenth-century music, it is true to say that
the orchestra grew to grand proportions
The Pantheon was dedicated to
the planetary deities
Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" is unusual in that
the sitter appears in a landscape setting
Which of the following best defines the term pre-history?
the study of history before written records
In his writings on existentialism, Sartre insisted that each individual is
the sum of his or her own actions
A ruler who combines political with spiritual power is characterized as a __________ monarch.
theocratic
In the seventeenth century Cremona, Italy was the world center for the manufacture of
violins
The music of the Age of the Renaissance
was popularized by being recorded in printed handbooks featured numerous secular songs was usually polyphonic all of the above
The Christian Crusades
were commonly fought by the younger sons of the feudal nobility. began as an effort to rescue Jerusalem from the Muslims. were an economic boon to Italian merchants. All these answers are correct.
In Hinduism, the Absolute Spirit is known as
Brahman
Which of the following four religions in not generally regarded as one based on divine revelation?
Buddhism
Jade artifacts, especially in the form of circular discs, are primarily associated with ancient
China
All of the following figures are generally considered painters of the rococo style EXCEPT
Greuze
Francis Bacon called the false dogmas or teachings that hindered clear thinking
Idols
The earliest of the Meso-American societies was the
Olmec
Shakespeare modeled his own sonnets after those written by
Petrarch
The thinker who advanced the idea that reality lay in numerical proportion was
Pythagoras
The moving force in the evolution of globalism was
The Internet satellite TV colonialism all of the above
Which of the following is NOT true about the pyramids?
They were the tombs of pharaohs throughout Egyptian history.
The hero of Virgil's "Aeneid" is a native of
Troy
Generally speaking, in Egyptian art
Upper-class people are shown larger than lower-class people.
Taking its name from the term for "sacred knowledge," which Hindu literature teaches worship through prayer and sacrifice?
Vedas
In the "Divine Comedy", who guided Dante through Hell?
Virgil.
The philosophic optimism of the Enlightenment figures was satirized in "Candide" and other writings by
Voltaire
Christianity and Islam have in common
a doctrine of final judgment and resurrection. faith in a monotheistic god. a belief in life after death. all of the above
The popular medieval drama "Everyman" is an example of
a morality play.
The landmark known as the "Book of the Dead" is
a set of Egyptian funerary prayers.
Jung argued that the collective unconscious manifested itself in
achetypes dreams fairytales all of the above
Picasso's painting "Guernica" immortalized the
aerial bombing of a civilian target
The gods of ancient Greece were
anthropomorphic figures. believed to be eternal. thought to intervene in the lives of humans. All of the above
In the "Summa Theologica", Aquinas concludes that women
are imperfect in form but created to fulfill a purpose in God's plan.
Minimalism and geometric abstraction have this in common: they
are largely nonrepresentational
As far as can be determined, the purpose behind erecting Stonehenge shows a compelling interest in what field on the part of early inhabitants of England?
astronomy
Roman baths typically centered on a rectangular colonnaded hall known as a
basilica
The Black Death describes the pandemic caused by
bubonic plague
One of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture is
cave-painting
The most famous paintings of Gericault and Goya depicted
current events
Milton's "Paradise Lost" is a landmark epic that
describes the fall of Adam and Eve
A major component of hip hop music is
disco, reggae, and rock influences electronic manipulations of music by disk jockeys (deejays) percussive beats all of the above
The printing press was effective in
enhancing popular education accelerating the spread of Protestantism. producing cheaper reading materials. all of the above.
"Ars Nova" is the name given to the
expressive new musical style of the fourteenth century
The civil and military authority of Rome was known as the
imperium
A major component of the music known as "jazz" is
improvisation syncopation the blues motif all of the above
Aristotle's landmark contributions include all EXCEPT
inventing the dialectical method.
One reason why both Protestants and Catholics opposed the heliocentric theory was because
it contradicted Scripture
The Tang and Sang eras were a Golden Age of
landscape painting
The most popular of secular song forms at the court of Elizabeth was the
madrigal
The nineteenth century was an important time in African history because
medical advances against malaria permitted increased contact with Western explorers. Africans produced some of their most notable textile and beadwork artifacts. African music and literature came to be recorded. all of the above.
Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of African music?
melodic lyrics
Italian baroque churches are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
minimal ornamentation
Juvenal was Rome's
most famous artist
Turner, Constable and Cole were all noted painters of
natural landscape
London's Houses of Parliament are an example of
neomedievalism
The new realism in the arts of the fourteenth century is found in the
paintings of Giotto writings of Chaucer woodcuts of the Dance of Death all of the above
The powerful landowners of ancient Rome were known as
patricians
The Hebrew claim to Canaan begins with the biblical story of
Abraham