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