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1
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Eightfold Path

A

VISALEMC

1) Right View
2) Right Intention
3) Right Speech
4) Right Action
5) Right Livelihood
6) Right Effort
7) Right Mindfulness
8) Right Concentration

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Observations about Diving Bell and Butterfly

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Character who never knew failure is faced witg it. Despite only blinking, he had more social connections than people who are typical. Reminded me of the Sessions.

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What I liked about Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)

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People in middle age are either single and wishing for stability, or in a marriage and dying to get out of suburbia.

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What was the Algonquin Round Table?

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1919-1929 Algonquin Hotel
Formerly the Vicious Circle
NYC writers, critics and actors
Ruth Hale - woman’s rights writer
Robert Benchley- grandpa to Peter

Herman Mankiewicz- author of Citizen Kane

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5
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Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged
Fountainhead

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American Gothic

Grant Wood

1930

Art Institute of Chicago

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American Revolution

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1765-1791

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Name of Russian exclave in Baltic

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Kaliningrad

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9
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Claude Monet

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1840-1826

Born in France, worked in France

Notable:

Sunrise

Woman with a Parasol

Water Lilies

Known for water paintings. Also had a unusual marital situation with his mistress and his 1st wife living together in the same house.

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10
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Who wrote Midnight’s Children?

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Salman Rushdie

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11
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Shakespeare

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1564-1616

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12
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Ayn Rand Early Life

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Daughter of successful pharmacist in St Petersburg. Bolsheviks took the business away which she resented.

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13
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Existential imperative

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Live life authentically Don’t follow someone else’s code

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14
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Two aspects of Dickens’ strategy

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1) address social ills
2) build empathy for low status characters who suffer the social ills.

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15
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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales? When?

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Chaucer - 1387-1400

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16
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What country remained Christian when the Moors took over Spain?

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Portugal

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17
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Who designed Apple Park and the London Tower (gherkin)?

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Norman Foster

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18
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Hallmarks of film noir

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Fallen/falling middle class hero
Femme fatale
Has to be a crime
Entrapment
Often Los Angeles
American Dream failed
Nihilistic/ unhappy ending

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19
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Mark Twain

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1835-1910
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

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20
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How did Van Gogh die?

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Gunshot to stomach. Some argue he was murdered by a local teen. No gun was found.

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21
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When were Rembrandt and Vermeer born?

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Rembrandt 1606

Vermeer 1632

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22
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Basic Roux

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1/4 cup butter (or other fat)
1/4 cup flour

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23
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Art Nouveau era

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1890-1910

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24
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Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1876

Musee D’Orsay

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25
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Isaac Newton

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1643-1727 Mathematician, physicist, England
Key in the enlightenment

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26
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Did Dickens spend more effort on defining problems or solutions?

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All defining problems/questions, no effort on solutions.

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27
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Why did Prussia win the Franco Prussian War?

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Mobilization of troops using rail system, better artillery

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28
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Capital of Lithuania

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Vilnius

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29
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Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Leutze

1851

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30
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Frank Ghery

Bilboa

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31
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Prague, 1968 -name the characters too

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Unbearable Lightness of Being - Tomas, Tereza, Sabina, Franz, Karenin

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32
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Rembrandt Van Rijn

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1606-1669

Born and worked in the Netherlands

Dutch Golden Age/Baroque

Notable

Night watch

Storm on the sea of Galilee

The Anatomy Lesson

One of the greatest visual painters of all time.

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33
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Capital of Belarus

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Minsk

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34
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Seven Years War

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1756-1763
Britain and France but Britain allied with Prussia and France with everyone else

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35
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Characters from Sound and Fury

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Quentin
Jason
Caddie
Benjy
Dilsey

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36
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Jacques-Louis David

1801

Near Paris

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37
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Common threads between Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness

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VERY similar
A) Kurtz and his MO
B) harlequin and Dennis Hopper

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38
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Tenebrism Vs Chiaroscuro

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Tenebrism is an extreme form of Chiaroscuro. Tends to show starker contrasts, and may include some degree of sadness. All Tenebrism is Chiarascuro, but the opposite is not true.

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39
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Amy Adams Movies

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Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
American Hustle
Man of Steel

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40
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Meeting over dinner, long conversation 1981

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My Dinner with Andre

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41
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Metaphor in Chinatown

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Water and the Truth

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42
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Top Architects of all time

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Santiago Calatrava
Zaha Hadid
Frank Gehry

Norman Foster

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43
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Uncompromising, massive use of concrete

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Brutalism

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44
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Two Women’s Rights Advocates

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Gloria Steinham

Malala Yousafzi

Betty Friedan cofounder NOW

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45
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Charles I in Three Positions

Anthony van Dyck

Baroque

1635

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46
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Johannes Vermeer

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1632-1675

Born and worked in Netherlands

Baroque/Dutch Golden Age

Notable:

Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Astronomer

The Milkmaid

Known for his use of light.

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47
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Queen Victoria’s Reign

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1837- 1901
Had 9 chuldren, 37 grandchildren
Time of Prosperity and peace

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48
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Four noble truths of Buddhism

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1) Existence is suffering
2) Craving is the source of all suffering
3) It is better to change what you want, than want what you can’t have
4) The Eightfold Path will help to change what you want.

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49
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What was special about “Pet Sounds”? When?

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First album for listening as opposed to dancing to. Sophisticated “textures” (cliche) and combinations of classic techniques with rock - a concept album. 1966

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50
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David Lean movies

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Lawrence of Arabia
Dr Zhivago
Bridge on the river Kwai
Great Expectations
Brief Encounter

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51
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Premise of the Canterbury Tales

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31 Pilgrims walking from London to Canterbury

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52
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Capital of Moldova

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Chisinau

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53
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Capital of Lebenon

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Beirut

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54
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Flaming June

Sir Frederic Leighton

1895

Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico)

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55
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Evidence that Romans came to America

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Figurines, amphorae found near Rio. Known that Romans were in Cape Verde, and had large boats. Plus a sword in Oak Island and gold coins in the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

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56
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Nighthawks

Edward Hopper

1942

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57
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Inception Premise

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Christopher Nolan - An agent is able to learn people’s secrets by entering their dreams. Sometimes he brings other agents with him. They can go into a dream within a dream etc. The crux of the movie is him going actually planting an idea (inception) vs learning ideas.
He goes 4 layers deep to do this, but it works. In the end we think he gets out but he stays in a dream with his wife. Fourth layer is Limbo. If you include reality there are five levels

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58
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

Edoauard Manet

1882

Impressionism

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59
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Enemy (film) Premise

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Denis Villeneuve - set in Toronto. Mulholland Drive meets Fight Club. One actor -semi successful, fantasizes about being a university professor. Not a great movie, but interesting.

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60
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What philosopher is Fight Club built upon?

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Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra Dangers of Nihilism Loss of masculinity

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61
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The Grand Canal Venice Painting

JMW Turner

1835

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62
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Woody Allen

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1935
Tons of movies both as actor and director
Hannah and her sisters
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Directing
Blue Jasmine
Midnight in Paris

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63
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Why is Dennis Wilson controversial?

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He hung out with Charles Manson for several months

He married Mike Love’s daughter. Yikes.

First of the three Wilsons to die at 39. Drowned drunk.

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64
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Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Premise

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Jim Carrey’s character has the option of wiping out the memory of a relationship that ended and caused him pain, but decides not to. The point is that despite, or perhaps because of imperfections in relationships, we need to hold onto them.

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65
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Salvador Dali film- short, gross

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Un Chien Andalou
1928
“Handmade” Low Budget
Was never intended to make sense
Was meant to shock the audience

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66
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Dante’s inferno

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Poem written by Italian Poet “Divine Comedy” written 1320

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67
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Main Characters from Moby Dick

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Ishmael - Author
Captain Ahab
Queequeg
Starbuck
Stubb
Ship - Pequod

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68
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Banana Massacre

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47-2000 fruit workers killed
Santa Marta
1928

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69
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The Scream

Edvard Munsch

Expressionism

1893

Oslo Norway

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70
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Fincher vs Christopher Nolan

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Fincher - low key lighting, heavy shadows - FIght Club, Seven, Gone Girl, Mank, Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - Unconventional structures - weird plotlines, (Tenet, Inception, Memento, Dark Knight)

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71
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A
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72
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Who wrote “Remains of the Day”?

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Kazuo Ishiguro

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73
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Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci

1495

Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan

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74
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Who was Pliny the Elder and when did he live?

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23AD-79AD, military leader and wrote the first encyclopedia. Died in Vesuvius

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75
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When was Buddha alive?

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Not clear. 4th - 5th century BC

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76
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Jane Austen - books

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Mansfield Park
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Couples should improve/ educate each other

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77
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What was the book about the black guy in LA who ran a farm in his house?

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The Sellout - Paul Beatty

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78
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Modern black author, teacher

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James Baldwin
Go tell it on the mountain
Notes of a native son

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79
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American author, living in Paris from 1903-1946. Lesbian.

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Gertrude Stein

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80
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Capital of Switzerland

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Bern

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81
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Who directed Diving bell and the butterfly?

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Julian Schnabel

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82
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Zaha Hadid

Azerbaijan

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83
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Martini/
Dirty Martini

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6 parts Vodka / gin
1 part vermouth
Dirty= olive juice or brine

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84
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Annunciation

Leonardo da Vinci

1472

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85
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Luncheon of the Boating Party

Pierre August Renois

1880

Washington, DC

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86
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Schubert vs Beethoven

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Schubert…. Died younger More focused on small spaces vs big theatres 1500 songs vs 240 Shorter (5’1”)

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87
Q
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The Two Fridas

Frida Kahlo

1939

Naive Art

Painted shortly before her divorce from Diego Rivera

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88
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Goya

Saturn devouring his son

1823

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89
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Basic pasta

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2 cups flour
3 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp olive oil

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90
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What to say when asked for a password

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Fidelio

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91
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The Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins

1875

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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92
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What are the modern sailing books and who wrote them?

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Sailing a serious ocean
Sailing to the edge of time
John Kretschmer

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93
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Persistance of Memory

Salvador Dali

1931

Surrealism

MOMA

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94
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Zaha Hadid

Wolfsburg Germany

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95
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Leonardo da Vinci

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1452-1519

Born near Florence, Died in Italy as well

Worked in Italy / France after it took over Milan

Notable Works

Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Lady with Ermine

He was called a “Polymath” and was left handed

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96
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Pessimism vs Nihilism

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Pessimism is a gateway to nihilism A forerunner.

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Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley

1778

National Gallery of Art, DC

American Painter. Based on a shark attack in Cuba.

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98
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Who was the first international expansionist president of the USA?

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McKinley.

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99
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What is a mimento mori?

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A reminder that obe day you will die.

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100
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Pablo Picasso

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1881-1973

Born in Spain, worked in France most of his life

Cubist, Surrealist

Notable works

Guernica

Don Quixote

Three Musicians

He was inspired by Matisse

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101
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Original founder of ISIS

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Zarqawi

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102
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Who lead Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring?

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Alexander Dubcek

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103
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Crepes

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1 3/4 cups flour
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup water
2 tbsp butter

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104
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Jane Austen inspiration

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She almost inherited Stoneleigh Abbey from a relation who had no spouse and children
She oscillated between wealth and poverty.
Grew up with status but not wealth

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105
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Pilgrimage to Cythera

Jean-Antoine Watteau

1717

Rococo

Louvre

(also called the Embarkation for Cythera)

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106
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Frank Ghery

Germany

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107
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Jacob’s Ladder Premise

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Jacob believes himself to be a successful military surgeon post Gulf war, where he fought and originally thought he lost his brother. Although we’re led to believe that his brother is a burnt out vet, we learn at the end that he’s the burnt out vet and he’s living his brother’s life.

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108
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When did Ghengis Khan invade Europe?

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1237

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109
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The Flower Carrier

Diego Riviera

1935

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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110
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The Kiss

Gustav Klimt

1907

Symbolism

Austria

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111
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Little Women

A

Louisa May Alcott, 1868

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What did Lenin promise the peasants before the revolution?

A

Peace
Bread
Land

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What was the name of the German design school between WWI and WWII?

A

Bauhaus

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Christina’s World

Andrew Wyeth

1948

MOMA

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Q

Who wrote Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

A

Douglas Adams

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Q
A

Olympia

1863

Edouard Manet

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Q

Nihilism

A

Belief that there is no religion, no higher calling etc.

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Q
A

Santiago Calatrava

Valencia, Spain

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Q
A

The Blue Boy

Thomas Gainsborough

1770

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A

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Casper Friederich

1818

Romanticism

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Q

When was the Prague Spring

A

January to August 1968

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Q

Who wrote Don Quixote?

A

Miguel de Cervantes

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Q

What is the correct name for the Marilyn Monroe buildings?

A

Absolute World

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124
Q

Right Action Elements

A

1) Not killing
2) Not stealing
3) Not misusing sex
4) Not lying
5) Not abusing intoxicants

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British Architect from 17th Century

A

Christopher Wren
Most of the Churches in London

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Q

What was Bretton Woods?

A

1944 meeting that launched World Bank and IMF

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127
Q

Vincent Van Gogh

A

1853-1890

Born in Netherlands, died in France

Worked in France

Notable:

Starry Night

Cafe Terrace at Night

The Potato Eaters

Notable that he did over 2100 works

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128
Q

How wide is Gibraltar?

A

8 miles

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129
Q

What evidence is there that people crossed the Pacific in boats, separate from the land bridge

A

DNA common to Australia PNG, found in native Americans, but not in the North, suggesting that they came straight across, 10K years ago…

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Q

Fauvism

A

Wild beasts Simpler than impressionism Unnatural use of colour Matisse and Derain

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Q

David Lynch

A

1946-
Known for surreal - how you feel when your life goes &^%$
Blue Velvet
Twin Peaks
Mulholland Drive
Dune (1982)

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Q
A

No. 5

Jackson Pollock

1948

Abstract Expressionism

Private Collection, NYC

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Q
A

The Gleaners

Jean Francois Milett

1857

Musee D’Orsay

Peasant women picking up the remains of the havest. Symbolizes backbreaking work and plight of the lower class.

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134
Q

Cynics vs nihilist

A

Cynic = people are bad Nihilist = people are neither good nor bad.

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Q

Who wrote “The Color Purple”

A

Alice Walker, 1944-

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Q

How many Guggenheim museums are there? Where?

A

Five New York Bilboa Venice Abu Dhabi Berlín

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Q
A
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Q

What to say when something is ridden with debauchery and hedonism

A

It’s a bit too Hieronymous Bosch for me…

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Q
A

Pollice Verso

Jean-Leon Gerome

1672

Phoenix Arizon

Pollice Verso means “With a turned thumb”

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140
Q
A

John Constable

Flatford Mill

1816

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Q

Who wrote the Goldfinch?

A

Donna Tartt

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142
Q

Jane Eyre

A

Charlotte Brontë 1847
Written as Currer Bell
Gender and Class

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143
Q
A

Calatrva Dubai

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144
Q
A

Frank Ghery

Prague

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145
Q

Epistemology

A

The study of knowledge. Distinguishing fact from opinion. Validation.

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146
Q

Theme of Moby DIck

A

Man cannot completely conquer nature
Revenge can consume you
Limits of knowledge-Melville knows lots, but the whale still wins

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Q

Rape of Nanjing/Nanjing

A

1937 - Japanese massacred 150,000 Chinese soldiers + 50,000 Civilians
Apology in 2013 from Japanese PM

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Q
A
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Q

When did Spanish colonize Phillipines?

A

1565

150
Q

Basic Bread

A

4-5 cups flour
2 cups warm water
1 tbsp yeast
2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar or honey
375/30

151
Q

Garden of Earthly Delights

Year and Artist…

A

1503

Hieronymous Bosch

152
Q

When was the French Revolution?

A

1789-1799

153
Q

Who was part of Gertrude Stein’s Salon in Paris?

A

Hemmingway

Picasso

Henri Matisse

F Scott Fitzgerald

154
Q

Strategic choke point in Baltics Divides Lithuania and Poland

A

Sawalki Gap

155
Q
A

Tahitian Woman with a Flower

1891

Paul Gauguin

156
Q

Paris Commune

A

1871
French workers taking control after French army got trounced by the Prussians
Run by Communards

157
Q

Who was Dido?

A

First Queen of Carthage

158
Q

What are the layers of the atmosphere?

A

Troposphere (7-15 km)

Stratosphere (up to 50km)

Mesosphere (85km)

Thermosphere (600 km)

Exosphere (essentially outer space)

159
Q
A

Joy of Life Henri Matisse 1906

160
Q

Who wrote “Unbearable lightness of being”?

A

Mila Kundera (1929- )

161
Q
A

The Card Players

Paul Cezanne

1894

Musee D’Orsay

162
Q

Analyze Mulholland Drive

A

2/3 of movie is Diane’s dream
She dreams of innocence/ renewal
She actually hates Camilla

163
Q

What was Buddha’s name?

A

Siddhartha Gautama

164
Q
A

Happy Accident of the Swing

Jean-Honore Fragonard

1767

Rococo

London

165
Q

Hallmarks of Art Nouveau

A
  • Flowing curved lines
  • Intricate
  • Floral patterns
  • Muted colours
  • Stained glass
166
Q

Martin Scorsese - style and films

A

Born 1942-
Meticulous plots, realism
No good or bad characters - all are in the middle

Key Movies
Wolf of Wall Street
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Departed
Taxi Driver
Gangs of New York
New York Stories

167
Q
A

Morning in a Pine Forest

Ivan Shishkin/Konstantin Savitsky

1889

Moscow

168
Q

When was the Russo-Japanese War

A

1904-1905

169
Q

Five French Mother sauces

A

Bechamel
Veloute
Espagnol
Hollandaise
Tomato

170
Q

Evidence of Irish visiting the new world early

A

St Brendan of Ireland may have come in 6th century. Some petroglyphs in West Virginia.

171
Q

Name four pilgrims

A

Summoner, The cook, the Miller, The Knight, the Monk

172
Q
A

Frank Ghery

Barcelona

173
Q
A

The Bath Mary Cassatt 1893

174
Q
A

The Ambassadors

Hans Holbein the Younger

1533

National Gallery, London

Meant to celebrate the two men but also remind viewers of the mortality and imporance of religion (Cross and Skull)

175
Q

Capital of Austria

A

Vienna

176
Q
A

The Ninth Wave

Ivan Aivazovsky

1850

St Petersburg, Russia

177
Q

Name of the treaty dividing up South America

A

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

178
Q

Pride and Prejudice vs
Jane Eyre
Approach / Characters

A

PP-funny, intelligent, beautiful characters, romcom archetype

JE- dramatic, plain characters,

179
Q

Who was the first leader of the free Czechoslovakia?

A

Vaclav Havel

180
Q
A

Et in Arcadia Ego

Nicolas Poissin

1639

Baroque

Louvre

181
Q

Significance of the title “To Kill a Mockingbird”

A

End of innocence- Scout, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson

182
Q
A

Paris Street; Rainy Day

Gustave Caillebotte

1877

Impressionist/Modern

Chicago

183
Q

Core of existentialism

A

Existence precedes essence

184
Q

Capital of Morocco

A

Rabat

185
Q

Akira Kurosawa

A

1910-1999
Seven Samurai
Rashomon

186
Q

Who were the main characters of Don Quixote?

A

Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Rocinante
Dapple
Dulcinea del Toboso

187
Q

Who directed Chinatown?

A

Román Polanski

188
Q

Hallmarks of film noir

A

Fallen/falling middle class hero
Femme fatale
Has to be a crime
Entrapment
Often Los Angeles
American Dream failed
Nihilistic/ unhappy ending

189
Q

Invasion of Poland

A

September, 1939

190
Q

When was the Franco Prussian war?

A

1870-1871

191
Q

Slang term for ending something

A

86’ed

192
Q

Main characters from To Kill a Mockingbird

A

Scout, Jem, Atticus Finch
Boo Radley, Tom Robinson

193
Q

Three Woody Allen Films I’ve seen

A

Manhattan
Annie Hall
Husbands and Wives

194
Q

How old are the archaeological ruins in Pennsylvania?

A

16,000-19,000 years

195
Q

Paycho therapist wo held Brian Wilson hostage

A

Eugene Landy - 1975 and then again in the 80’s

196
Q

Founder of Europe

A

King Charlemagne
7??-814

197
Q

Who wrote “new kid in town”?

A

JD Souther

198
Q

When did Joan of Arc live?

A

1412-1431 (19 years)

199
Q
A

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

Thomas Gainsborough

1750

National Gallery in London

British, not American

200
Q

Main characters from Sense and Sensibility

A

Elinor Dashwood
Marianne Dashwood
Edward Ferrars
John Willoughby

201
Q
A

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai

1831

View of Mount Fuji in the background. Woodblock.

202
Q

Arrival Explained

A

Everything’s circular- time, language, the plot, Louise’s daughter’s name Hannah.

203
Q

Manhattan

A

2 Oz rye
3/4 Oz vermouth
Dash of bitters

204
Q

Bechamel Sauce

A

Roux
2 cups milk
Nutmeg

205
Q
A

The Foxes

Franz Marc

1913

Expressionism, Cubism

Dusseldorf

206
Q

Marx

A

1818-1883

207
Q

One hundred years of solitude - author, year

A

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1967

208
Q

When did Henry the 8th live?

A

1491-1547

209
Q

Count of Monte Cristo author

A

Alexandre Dumas
1844

210
Q

Current theory on when people crossed the land bridge in the Bering Straight

A

13,500 years ago

211
Q

Kathryn Bigelow films

A

1951-
Hurt Locker
Detroit
Zero Dark Thirty
Point Break

212
Q

Sense and Sensibility

A

Head and heart
Neither on its own is perfect
Balance is the key

213
Q

When did slavery take place in the USA?

A

1619 - 1863

214
Q
A

Tower of Babel

Peter Bruegel the Elder

1563

Two versions - the (Great) Tower of Babel and the (Little) Tower of Babel

215
Q
A

Lady with an Ermin

Leonardo da Vinci

1489

Krakow, Poland

216
Q

Hollandaise Sauce

A

4 egg yolks
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup butter
Cayenne

217
Q

Fall of Constantinople

A

1453
Ottoman’s overtook the Byzantines
Sultan Mehmet II

218
Q

Japan, black and white 1950 - theme of human witness is unreliable

A

Rashomon

219
Q

Predestination Movie Premise

A

Ethan Hawke’s character is a time travelling agent much like Timecop. He actually turns out to be all the main characters in the movie since he was originally a baby who grew into a woman who conceives a baby with herself, she becomes an agent herself, gets disfigured to the point that she has reconstructive surgery and turns into Ethan Hawke.

220
Q

Characters from Pride and Prejudice

A

Elizabeth Bennet
Jane Bennet
Mr Darcy
Mr Wickham

221
Q

Ayn Rand - philosphy

A

Objectivism

222
Q
A

Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

1512

Sistine Chapel

223
Q
A

Las Damas Romanas

Juan Luna

1882

Important work form a Filipino Painter

224
Q

Black strert artist, NYC

A

Jean Michel Basquiat 1960-1988

225
Q

What was the turning point in William Faulkner’s career?

A

Rejection from his editor Horace Liveright, who said “tell a story and tell it well”

Faulkner’s writing changed 180 degrees after this- all his books were brilliant.

226
Q
A

Age of Innocence

Joshua Reynolds

1785

227
Q
A

The Son of Man

Rene Magritte

1964

Surrealism

Private Collection

Self Portrait.

228
Q

Which Warsaw Pact countries did NOt invade Czechoslovakia in 68?

A

Romania
Albania

229
Q

Metrópolis Year and director

A

1927 Fritz Lang

230
Q

Spanish Dictator / Reign

A

Francisco Franco
1939-1975

231
Q

What is the new high rise in downtown TO?

A

Frank Gehry
Mirvish + Gehry

232
Q

Main character from HG2G?

A

Arthur Dent

233
Q

When did Phoenicia in the Levant fall?

A

572 BC the Assyrians took over.

Last two city states fell in 300BCE,

Carthage fell in 146BCE

234
Q
A

Sunday Afternoon on the island of Grand Jatte

Georges Seurat

1886

Art Institute of Chicago

Neo Impressionist

On the Seine, at the edge of Paris

235
Q
A

The Avenue in the Rain

Childe Hassam

1917

American Impressionism

White House - painted just prior to USA joining WWI

236
Q

Girls from Little Women

A

Jo March
Beth March
Meg March
Amy March
Marmee

237
Q
A

Santiago Calatrava

NYC

238
Q

Stanley Kubrick

A

1928-1999
The Shining
Clockwork Orange
2001
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
Eyes Wide Shut

239
Q

What is special about Nocturnal Animals?

A

3 storylines
Metaphor is revenge
Amy Adams

240
Q
A

View of Toledo

El Greco

1596

Metropolitan Museum of Art

241
Q
A

The Nightwatch

Rembrandt Van Rijn

1642

Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam

242
Q

Three Art Nouveau Artists

A

Mucha
Klimt
Toulouse Lautrec

243
Q

In the Franco Prussian war, where did the Prussians get inspiration from?

A

American Civil War

244
Q
A

Impression, Sunrise

Claude Monet

1872

Paris

245
Q
A

The Treachery of Images

Rene Magritte

1929

LA Museum of Art

246
Q

Surf spot in Portugal

A

Nazare

247
Q

A question

A

Eine Frage

248
Q

Christopher Nolan

A

The Prestige
Memento
Tenet
Inception
Interstellar
Dunkirk
The Dark Knight Rises
Following

249
Q

Red pill / blue pill

A

Red is learning new unsettling truth Blue = contented ignorance

250
Q

Atheism vs Agnosticism

A

Atheists say i know there’s no god Agnostics say i can’t prove whetheror not there’s a god. I don’t know.

251
Q

Kuleshov Effect

A

The meaning of image A is determined by its juxtaposition to image B, C, or D.

252
Q

Name of the doctor who looked after Van Gogh. Alao subject of one painting.

A

Dr. Gachet

253
Q
A

Peacable Kingdom

Edward Hicks

1834

Location: Various - 62 versions

254
Q
A

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck

1434

Early Renaissance

255
Q
A

Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh

1889

MOMA

Painting from the asylum in Saint Remy de Provence

256
Q

Olmstead

A

Architect

257
Q
A

Liberty Leading the People

Eugene Delacroix

1830

July Revolution of 1830 - NOT the French Revolution

258
Q
A

Calatrava

Rio

259
Q

La Belle Epoque

A

Paris 1870-1914 Prosperity, creativity

Franco Prussian War >>> World War I

260
Q

When was Tsar Nicholas assassinated?

A

1918

261
Q
A

The Night Cafe

Vincent Van Gogh

1888

Yale University Art Gallery

262
Q

What made Henry the 8th famous?

A

Wanted his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled but the pope denied him. So he split the Church of England off from Roman Catholocism.

263
Q

Shutter Island Explained

A

Scorsese - DiCaprio- Guy who believes he’s a US Marshall investigating a disappearance in a criminally insane island penitentiary, finds out that he’s a delusional convict himself

264
Q

Modern film noir movies

A

Blade Runner
Mimento
Taxi Driver
Gone girl

265
Q
A

Carles I in Three Positions

Anthony Van Dyck

Baroque

1635

266
Q

When did the Inca Empire start?

A

1438

267
Q
A

The Sleeping Gypsy

Henri Rousseau

1897

MOMA

Example of Naive Art - seems almost childish

Rousseau never travelled out of France, but depicted scenese in exotic locales.

Received very little recognition during his life for his work- it came after.

268
Q

Theme of Sound and Fury

A

Time is circular - like Arrival
Some characters hate time
Dilsey and Benjy are free of it
Dilsey is spiritual
Benjy doesn’t understand time.

269
Q

What else did Mila Kundera write?

A

Book of laughter and forgetting

270
Q

End of WW2

A

September 1945

271
Q

What town in the South of France did Van Gogh move to in February 1888?

A

Arles

272
Q

What was the primary philosophy of Bauhaus design?

A

Functional and aesthetic

273
Q

Taj Mahal completed

A

1653

274
Q

Moon Premise

A

Sam is a lone worker on a lunar mining station. He realizes that he’s been lied to by his employer, as he’s being replaced periodically by clones and time on earth has moved on 15 years.

275
Q

Pride and Prejudice vs Jane Eyre themes

A

PP- status / wealth
JE- status / wealth AND gender/feminism

276
Q
A

Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian

1520

Renaissance

National Gallery, London

277
Q

What was East Prussia?

A

Part of Germany (east of Poland) that remained German until Treaty of Versaille when it became part of Russia. and Lithuania

278
Q

Pride and Prejudice

A

Jane Austen
1813

279
Q

Compare Little Women to Pride and Prejudice

A

Both have strong protagonists
P&P is more about women not being bound by class
Little Women is about women not being bound by gender roles

280
Q
A

A Cotton Office in New Orleans

Edgar Degas

1873

Impressionism

Pau, France

281
Q

What ended in France as a result of the Franco Prussian war?

A

Imperial Rule (ie Napoleon III)

282
Q

Appreciation of imperfection

A

Wabi sabi

283
Q

What inspired psychedelic artwork of the 60’s?

A

Art Nouveau

284
Q

Moby Dick - author and year published

A

Herman Melville
1851

285
Q

Albert Camus - most famous book

A

The Stranger

286
Q

Jane Austen - life

A

1787-1817

287
Q

Star of 12 Angry Men

A

Henry Fonda

288
Q

What’s interesting about Bunker Hill?

A

One of the first battles of the revolutionary war. Lost by Americans but inspired the to win the greater war.

289
Q

Nihilism

A

“Nothing” Nothing to believe in No good no bad No heaven no hell

290
Q
A

May 3, 1808

Francisco Goya

1814

Prado, Madrid

Commemorates Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s occupation of Spain

291
Q

When was the Berlin wall up?

A

1961-1989

292
Q

Blond from Mulholland Drive

A

Naomi Watts

293
Q

What region of Spain is Bilboa in?

A

Basque

294
Q
A

Composition VIII

Wassily Kandinsky

1923

Abstract

Guggenheim, NYC

295
Q

How old are the sunken ancient ruins off of Sweden?

A

9,000-11,000 years old

296
Q
A

The Laughing Cavalier

Frans Hals

1624

Baroque, Dutch Golden Age

London

297
Q

Which Sense and Sensibility character do you identify with?

A

Edward Ferrars- soft spoken, conversation > money

298
Q

Movie about Van Gogh, actor and director

A

At Eyernity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe
Julian Schnabel

299
Q
A

The School of Athens

Raphael

1509

Vatican

Clear indication of a key theme of the renaissance - throw back to ancient Athens

300
Q

How are Sound and the Fury AND Rashomon comparable?

A

Both have different narrators giving their depiction of the truth.

301
Q
A

The Ladies Waldegrave

Joshua Reynolds

1780

Rococo

Scotland

302
Q
A

Zahar Hadid

Glasgow

303
Q

Haiku Structure

A

three lines
Syllables = 575

304
Q

What was the dust bowl?

A

1935-1938
Kansas, Arkansas, Co, Tx, NM

305
Q
A

Nude Descending A Staircase

Marcel Duchamp

1912

Cubism

306
Q

Artisan Bread

A

3 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp yeast
1 1/2 cup warm water
2 tsp coarse salt
475 for 20-25min

307
Q
A

Las Meninas

Diego Velazquez

1656

Baroque

Prado, Madrid

308
Q

Five types of brain waves, starting from lowest

A

Delta (Sleep)

Theta (Subconscious) - imaginative, meditating

Alpha (imagination, creative, higher quality thoughts, fewer)

Beta (reactionary, quick thinking, more frequent, lower quality thoughts)

High Level Beta (agitated, not learning, not trusting, disconnected from reality)

Gamma - Actively processing information

309
Q

Amistad

A
310
Q

Early Martin Scorsese Film, about vigilantism

A

“Taxi Driver”
Set the tone for the gritty movies that Scorsese would produce for the rest of his life
Robert De Niro
Jodie Foster

311
Q

Russian Revolution

A

1917-1923

312
Q

Star of To Kill A Mockingbird

A

Gregory Peck

313
Q
A

Birth of Venus

Sandro Boticelli

1480

314
Q

Book about modern layers of society, jealosy

A

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

315
Q

Factors leading to Russian Revolution (3)

A

1) Defeat from Japan
2) Weak leadership
3) Industrial revolution
4) Economic pressure - finances dumped on the people

316
Q
A

Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymous Bosch

1503

317
Q

Classic Ingmar Bergman Black and White, 1947

A

Seventh Seal- Antonius Block, and Squire Jons

318
Q

Thus spake Zarathustra elements

A

Nihilism is turning men into The Last Man- safety, comfort, decadence Ubermensch is not afraid to die or turn away from safety, comfort

319
Q
A

Saint George and the Dragon

Paulo Uccello

1470

National Gallery in London

One of the most famous fables of the medieval time.

320
Q

Most current theory on who came across Bering Straight first…

A

People came down the Pacific Coast 14-19K years ago, before the land bridge people

321
Q

What does it mean to say that someone is a Jason Compson?

A

Lying, manipulative, greedy, racist - the worst of human nature.

322
Q

Where does the title for Sense amd Sensibility come from?

A 
Sense = Elinor - good sense, practical
Sensibility = Marianne (more passionate, optimistic
323
Q

Film effect of changing the meaning of image A by placing it next to B, C, or D.

A

Kuleshov Effect.

324
Q

What group of people first established Carthage and when?

A

Phoenecians 814BC

325
Q

What is the bar in Canterbury Tales?

A

Tabard Inn

326
Q
A

Boulevard Monmarte on a Winter Morning

Camille Pissarro

1897

327
Q

Who directed Lawrence of Arabia?

A

David Lean

328
Q

Ruler of Russia before revolution

A

Tsar Nicholas II

329
Q
A

Breezing Up

Winslow Homer

1837

National Gallery of Art, Washington

American Realism

330
Q

William Faulkner

A

1897-1962
The Sound and the Fury

331
Q

Five major rivers of Europe

A

Danube (Germany - Black Sea)

Rheine (Switzerland - Netherlands)

Elbe (Czech - Germany - Hamburg)

Volga (St Petersburg to Caspian)

Loir (All in France)

332
Q

Why is Roman Polanski controversial?

A

Wife (Sharon Tate) murdered by Manson followers
Accused of having sex with a 13 year old at Jack Nicholson’s house

333
Q

Francis Ford Coppola

A

1939-
Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Lost in Translation
American Graffiti

334
Q
A

Portrait of Madame Matisse 1905 Henri Matisse

335
Q

David Fincher

A

Born 1962, NYC
Known for dark themes, camera angle during action
Key Movies
Fight Club
Mank
Gone Girl
Zodiac
Seven
Social Network
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

336
Q

Who was Van Gogh’s controversial friend and why?

A

Paul Gauguin. Lived with him in Arles-speculation thar they had an affair. Some argue that Gaugin cut off Van Gogh’s ear as Gaugin was also into fencing.

337
Q

Pearl Harbor

A

December 7, 1941

338
Q

Mank

A

David Fincher
About the guy who wrote Citizen Kane

339
Q
A

Cafe Terrace at Night

Vincent Van Gogh

1888

Kroller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

340
Q
A

Whistler’s Mother

James Abbott McNeil Whisler

1871

Realism

Museum D’Orsay

First American painting purchased outside the USA.

341
Q
A

Girl with a pearl earring

Johannes Vermeer

1665

The Haag, Netherlands

Dutch Golden Age

342
Q
A

Calatrava

Sweden

343
Q

What was the turning point in William Faulkner’s writing?

A

Rejection from his editor Horace Liveright, who said “tell a story and tell it well”

Faulkner’s writing changed 180 degrees after this- all his books were brilliant.

344
Q

William Wallace
Name and timing

A

Braveheart
1270-1305

345
Q

What font showdown got the Bauhaus in trouble with the Nazis?

A

Sans Serif vs Fraktur.

346
Q
A

Guernica

Pablo Picasso

1937

Cubism, Surrealism

Madrid

347
Q

When where the wars between Rome and Carthage and what where they called?

A

Punic Wars
Mid 3rd century BC

348
Q

The Left Hand of Darkness

A

Ursula K Le Guin
1969

349
Q

Enlightenment

A

Started with Newton
1715
Mostly philosophers who said you can question monarchies, religion, etc
Starting logic vs god.
Interest in math
Voltaire

350
Q

When was the Berlin Airlift?

A

1948

351
Q
A

Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Rembrandt

1633

Dutch Golden Age

Was in Boston…

352
Q
A

Primavera

Sandro Botticelli

1477

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Symobolizes Springtime. SB Also did “Birth of Venus”

353
Q

Led reign of terror in French Revolution

A

Maximilian Robespierre
Execution of louis 16 started reign of terror

354
Q

Departure

A

Abfahrt

355
Q

Difference between Scotch and Irish whiskies

A

Scotch use malted barley, Irish use unmalted barley.

356
Q

When was Don Quixote written?

A

1605-1615

357
Q

How are nihilism and technology related?

A

Increase in technology=decreased mystecism = decreaesed “Meaning” = increased nihilism

358
Q

JFK assassination

A

November 22, 1963
Dealey Plaza Dallas

359
Q
A

The Astronomer

Johannes Vermeer

1668

Louvre

Dutch Golden Age

360
Q

Which war saw Hannibal crossing the alps with elephants?

A

Second Punic War

361
Q

Who was king before the French Revolution?

A

Louis the 16th

362
Q

Feminist themes in The Bell Jar

A

Ok for men to womanize Women should be chaste

363
Q

Bell Jar author and year

A

Sylvia Plath 1963

364
Q

Novel by Sylvia Plath

A

The Bell Jar

365
Q

Shakespeare’s wife

A

Anne Hathaway

366
Q

Brazilian film about Rio’s ghetto

A

City of God

367
Q

3 notable things about City of God Incl worst gangster and narrator

A

SO many people getting shot with revolvers L’il Ze worst gangster Story narrated by Rocket

368
Q

How many people die in City of God

A

58

369
Q

NZ Prime minister

A

Jacinda Ardern

370
Q

Two Americans that explored the west and years

A

Lewis and Clark 1804-1806

371
Q

Two Americans that explored the west and years

A

Lewis and Clark 1804-1806

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