Humanities Final (fall) Exam Flashcards
Cave paintings dating back to 30,000 years ago have been found at the following locations:
Chauvet, France
Altamira, Spain
Lascaux, France
Cosquer, France
In what country was the Willendorf Venus discovered?
Austria
what term refers to the “big stones” used in the construction of a site such as Stonehenge?
megalith
what term refers to the category of megalithic structures that includes the Stonehenge?
cromlech
what god was considered the resident god at Ur?
Sin, the god of the moon
What is the Babylonian Empire credited with doing?
capturing Jerusalem, destroying its temples, and deporting many of the Hebrews
the ancient Egyptian leader, ruled circa 3,000 BCE, and is credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt is who?
Narmer
the new style of art that was developed during the rule of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten was known as what?
Amarna style
what two creatures are on the jade disk known as Pi?
a dragon and a phoenix
what three things were commonly used among the people of Thera?
elaborately decorated homes, clay pipes which connected toilets and baths to sewers, and straw which was used to reinforce the walls of their homes
the bull was a creature that was associated with what two things by the inhabitants of Crete?
male virility and strength
Pasiphae, the legendary Minoan queen is credited with giving birth to what?
the Minotaur
who was the wife of Odysseus?
Penelope
the term Acropolis is translated to mean what?
top of the city
the term Acropolis refers to what?
the portion of an ancient Greek city state that functioned as its religious center
what refers to the portion of an ancient Greek city state that served as public meeting place, marketplace, and civic center?
agora
what is the column that swells about one-third of the way up and contract again near the top?
entasis
what term refers to a part of the Athenian political system and refers to small local areas comparable to precincts or wards?
demes
the 92 metopes on the four sides of the temple narrate battles between Greeks and what four enemies?
Trojans
Giants
Amazons
Centaurs
who was among those who stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar on the floor of the Senate?
Marcus Junius Brutus
what refers to the wax death masks used to create the high level of naturalism in portrait busts?
imagines
In the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta, Cupid is pictured riding what?
a dolphin
Augustus did not view the writings of Ovid favorable, causing him to do what?
permanently banish him from Rome
the literary pieces that celebrated Augustus’ gift of farmlands to veterans of the civil wars was the what?
Georgics
each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the ground floor was what?
tuscan
each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the second floor was what?
Ionic
each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the third floor was what?
Corinthian
what architectural order was favored by the Romans?
Corinthian
The Pantheon contained an oculus, a circular opening at the top, which Hadrian conceived a the what?
Eye of Jupiter
what term refers to the land owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome?
patricians
what term refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome?
plebeians
Anglo Saxon law was based on the idea of what? (or life price of an individual)
wergeld
what epic poem provides and account of a Scandinavian warrior who rids a community of monsters that have ravaged the land?
Beowulf
Augustine is credited with doing what?
building a cathedral at Canterbury and a church dedicated to St. Paul in London
Bishop Eadfrith designed what?
Lindisfarne Gospels
Roland’s horn was made from what?
ivory of an elephants tusk
the dining hall where monks ate their meals was known as what?
refectory
what is the elongated arched masonry structure spanning an interior space and shaped like a half cylinder?
barrel vault
what refers to the wedge shaped stones that form the arch in a Romanesque church?
voussoir
what was considered the center of the cult of the Virgin throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?
Chartres
what is considered the most cherished relic at Chartres Cathedral?
the tunic Mary wore at Jesus’ birth
what was the chief purpose of the stained glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?
to tell the stories of the Bible
One of the stained glass windows at the Chartres Cathedral shows the genealogy of Christ. The window called what depicts the Virgin Mary as descended from Jesse, the father of King David, thus fulfilling a prophecy in the book of Isaiah?
“Tree of Jesse”
in a gothic church, what was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds?
flying buttresses
The figure of who found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a contrapposto postion?
Saint Theodore
the trivium consisted of what?
grammar, rhetoric, and dialect
what was the first city to found a university, establishing itself as a center for the study of law?
Bologna
what language was mandatory for all students to study in all courses of their first four years of study?
Latin
who played a significant role in organizing theology students in Paris?
Robert de Sorbon
Peter Abelard, a logician and author of the treatise ______ taught by the dialectal method?
Sic et Non
Trotula is widely recognized as the author of what?
On the Diseases of Women
Who wrote the Summa Theologiae and was one of the most prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism?
Thomas Aquinas
The Gothic church of what features the highest ratio of glass to stone?
Sainte-Chapelle
Ambrogio Lorenzetti is credited with painting the fresco known as the what?
Allegory of Good Government
who composed Fifth Symphony?
Beethoven
What is Beethoven’s nationality?
German
Who composed the Unfinished Symphony?
Schubert
what is Schubert’s nationality?
Austrian
who composed New World Symphony?
Dvorak
what is Dvorak’s nationality?
Czech
who composed Grand March?
Verdi
what is Verdi’s nationality?
Italian
who composed Tonight We Love?
Tchaikovsky
what is Tchaikovsky’s nationality?
Russian
who composed the Toreador’s Song?
Bizet
What is Bizet’s nationality?
French
Who composed Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini?
Rachmaninoff
What is Rachmaninoff’s nationality?
Russian
Who composed Swan Lake?
Tchaikovsky
who composed the Blue Danube Waltz?
Strauss II
what is Strauss’s nationality?
Austrian
Who composed Bolero?
Ravel
What is Ravel’s nationality?
French
Who composed Eine Kleine Nacthmusick?
Mozart
what is Mozart’s nationality?
Austrian
who composed Barber of Seville?
Rossini
What is Rossini’s nationality?
Italian
who composed Ride of the Valkyries?
Wagner
what is Wagner’s nationality?
German
who composed Fanfare for the Common Man?
Copeland
what is Copeland’s nationality?
American
Who composed the Hallelujah Chorus?
Handel
what is Handel’s nationality?
German
who composed the Wedding March?
Mendelssohn
what is Mendelssohn’s nationality?
German
who composed the Lullaby?
Brahms
what is Brahms nationality?
German
who composed Greensleeves?
Williams
what is Williams’ nationality?
American
who composed Ave Maria?
Schubert
