Arts and Culture
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Course Introduction
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of arts and culture, examining their historical development, societal influence, and contemporary significance. Students will analyze various art forms including visual arts, music, literature, and performance while considering cultural diversity and critical theories. Through case studies and creative projects, the course aims to deepen understanding of how artistic expression shapes and reflects cultural identities, values, and social changes across global contexts.
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Creative Impulse An Introduction to the Arts 8th Edition by Dennis J. Sporre
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Chapter 1: Introduction Understanding the Arts
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Q1) __________ is an example of a performing art.
Answer: Theatre
Q2) First person,epistolary,third person,and stream of consciousness are all types of point of view.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) __________ poetry consists of brief,subjective treatments employing strong imagination,melody,and feeling.
Answer: Lyric
Q4) __________ is a method of casting sculpture using a wax model melted to leave the desired spaces in the mold.
A) Lost-wax
B) Free-wax
C) Full-wax
D) Light-wax
E) Hot-wax
Answer: A
Q5) Biographies of saints and other religious figures are called __________.
Answer: hagiographies
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Chapter 2: The Ancient World
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Q1) The __________ were first to use a potter's wheel.
A) Babylonians
B) Ionians
C) Iberians
D) Phoenicians
E) Sumerians
Answer: E
Q2) Ancient sculptors seem to have worked from __________,not live models.
Answer: memory
Q3) __________ refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
A) Sumeria
B) Babylonia
C) New Land
D) Fertile Crescent
E) The Cradle
Answer: D
Q4) When was the Egyptian Book of the Dead compiled?
Answer: nineteenth century
Q5) The Pharaoh __________ believed in only one god.
Answer: Akhenation
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Chapter 3: The Aegean and Archaic Greece
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Q1) __________ refers to a sculpture of a fully clothed female.
A) Kouroi
B) Koric
C) Kore
D) Contrapposto
E) Polis
Answer: C
Q2) The Greeks referred to cities by the collective name of their citizens.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Greek Archaic period lasted from __________ B.C.E.
A) 1100-300
B) 900-720
C) 700-340
D) 800-480
E) 1200-907
Answer: D
Q4) Which Greek philosopher argued that mathematics discovers universal constants?
Answer: Pythagoras
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Chapter 4: Greek Classicism and Hellenism
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Q1) The best soldiers in Greece came from __________.
A) Athens
B) Thessaly
C) Sparta
D) Solon
E) Thebes
Q2) __________ style is an approach to art characterized by individuality,virtuosity,and emotion.
A) Platonic
B) Ionic
C) Classical
D) Ionic.
E) Hellenistic..
Q3) Analyze the design of the Greek Parthenon.What values does it suggest? What does this tell us about Greek life and thinking at the time? How did Greek religion differ from other religions with which you are familiar,such as Christianity?
Q4) Who was the first (and perhaps greatest)Greek tragedian?
Q5) __________ would sit in the Athenian agora and question passersby,especially the rich and powerful.
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Chapter 5: The Roman Period
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Q1) In 509 B.C.E.,the Romans expelled the last __________ king from Rome.
Q2) __________ brought Stoicism to Rome.
A) Marcus Aurelius
B) Julius Caesar
C) Cicero
D) Seneca
E) Diogenes
Q3) The first great age of Latin literature is called the __________ Age.
Q4) Aristotle did not believe music should be a __________ endeavor,but a pastime of intelligent amateurs.
Q5) Roman religion stressed community __________,not individual religious experience.
A) ritual
B) wealth
C) equality
D) peace
E) none of these
Q6) The earliest divinities of Rome comprised __________ who dwelled in trees,in springs,and on hilltops.
Q7) Which language did the early Romans consider a peasant language?
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Chapter 6: Judaism and Early Christianity
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Q1) Select an example of an Early Christian basilica.How does it differ from Roman basilicas? Why did the Christians make these changes? Also,why do you think the basilica,rather than another architectural form,became the basis for Christian churches?
Q2) Jesus' close associations with women were typical for a Jewish teacher of his day.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ literally means "the work of the people."
Q4) Rabbinical interpretations and commentaries on the Mishnah are called
A) Talmud
B) Oral Law
C) Gemara
D) Torah
E) Petateuch
Q5) Which city was known for its lavish Roman architecture after the shift of political power to Constantinople?
Q6) Which New Testament books were used by the earliest Christians?
Q7) Who coined the phrase "Lamb of God" to refer to Christ?
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Chapter 7: Byzantium and Islam
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Q1) The Caliph Abu Bakr encouraged __________ to expand the religion of Islam.
A) missionary work
B) scholarship
C) art
D) holy struggle
E) theatre
Q2) Which ivory carving includes depictions of emissaries from the West and from India?
Q3) The Qur'an is composed of 114 __________,or chapters.
Q4) Early in its history,Islam split between Sunnites and __________.
A) Sufis
B) Shiites
C) hajjs
D) Muhammads
E) Allahites
Q5) Anna Comnena was perhaps the most important writer of __________ in the Byzantine era.
Q6) Select an example of Byzantine art.What can it tell us about Byzantine culture? Base your analysis on specific visual characteristics,such as the rich materials and the subject matter.
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Chapter 8: The Early Middle Ages
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Q1) Germanic Ottonian manuscript illumination combines Roman,Carolingian,and __________ characteristics.
A) Gothic
B) Anglian
C) Igbo
D) Byzantine
E) Scandinavian
Q2) __________ was one of the few great scholars of the early years of this period.
Q3) Which art discussed in this chapter was an official court art?
Q4) The Pope __________ is credited with saving Rome from losing its power and influence early in this period.
Q5) Choose a Romanesque church discussed in this chapter.Analyze its visual and aesthetic qualities,and discuss its architectural,design,and engineering innovations.
Q6) The daily schedule of the monastery is called the __________.
A) Book of Hours
B) horarium
C) itinerary
D) litany
E) Golden Mean
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Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages
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Q1) __________ is music employing definite time values and precise meters.
A) Commedia dell'arte
B) Sottie
C) Measured rhythm
D) Blank verse
E) Autos sacramentales
Q2) The medieval Church recognized seven deadly __________.
A) saints
B) kings
C) sins
D) days
E) books
Q3) The Crusades nearly reunited the eastern and western Church.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Abbot Suger's goals for the Abbey Church of St Denis emphasized "__________ Divine."
Q5) Chivalry preached religious tolerance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Early Renaissance
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Q1) The subject of Ghiberti's relief sculpture for the Florence Cathedral's Baptistery is the
A) birth of Venus
B) crucifixion
C) deposition
D) lamentation
E) sacrifice of Isaac
Q2) Pick an example of Early Renaissance art.How is the philosophy of humanism expressed in the work?
Q3) Classical scholarship was the forte of Pope Pius II.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The orthogonal lines of mechanical perspective recede to a spot called the
A) horizon
B) vanishing point
C) barrel vault
D) mortus
E) cartoon
Q5) What did the Greeks of Periclean Athens provide Renaissance artists?
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Chapter 11: The High Renaissance and Mannerism
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Q1) The capital of the Aztec Empire was called __________.
A) Caracas
B) Lima
C) Tenochtitlán
D) Mexica
E) Coosa
Q2) Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the __________.
Q3) The Ottoman Empire defeated the Turks.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The __________ is a polyphonic choral work.
A) cantus
B) motet
C) homophony
D) madrigal
E) sonata
Q5) Leonardo invented practical devices,including a device to cut nuts and __________.
Q6) Leonardo's wall painting __________ began to flake almost immediately after he finished it.
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Chapter 12: Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
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Q1) Montaigne's book inaugurated the term __________ for a short prose composition treating a given subject in a rather informal and personal manner.
A) prose poem
B) commentary
C) dialogue
D) discourse
E) essay
Q2) Ulrich Zwingli condemned pilgrimages,fasts,papal supremacy and __________.
A) masses
B) baptism
C) catechism
D) transubstantiation
E) church taxes
Q3) The dominant force in English sacred music was the Chapel __________.
Q4) Albrecht Dürer has been called the Leonardo of the __________ Renaissance.
A) late
B) Dutch
C) Protestant
D) northern
E) Netherlandish
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Chapter 13: The Baroque Age
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Q1) The work of John Milton was uncompromisingly Catholic.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Thomas Hobbes and John Locke believed government should be founded on a social __________.
Q3) .The __________ was invented during the baroque period.
A) novel
B) opera
C) sonata
D) symphony
E) monody
Q4) Between 1600 and __________ most European artists used the baroque style.
Q5) __________ comedy focused on the adventures of "people of quality" and poked fun at the morality of the bourgeoisie.
Q6) The English masque is remembered for its literary merit.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Metaphysical poetry is often about love and chivalry.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: The Enlightenment
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Q1) Among other ways,__________ expanded the classical symphonic form by incorporating greater emotion.
Q2) Jacques-Louis David's painting Oath of the Horatii sought to inspire __________.
A) political debate
B) religious sentiment
C) appreciation of classical art
D) artistic controversy
E) patriotism
Q3) The hymn "Ode to Joy" was written by __________.
A) Goethe
B) Schiller
C) Marlowe
D) Rousseau
E) Walpole
Q4) The __________ style of music formed a bridge between baroque and classical music.
Q5) Scholars called the "moderns" argued that recent works were superior to __________ ones.
Q6) What was the name for the unrestricted economy favored by the "physiocrats"?
Q7) The ballets of Georges __________ exemplified "psychological realism."
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Chapter 15: The Romantic Age
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Q1) Das Kapital was written by __________.
A) Charles Darwin
B) Ludwig Feuerbach
C) Karl Marx
D) Friedrich Engels
E) Sir Charles Lyell
Q2) Melodrama combined theatre and __________.
A) dance
B) painting
C) poetry
D) sculpture
E) music
Q3) British and French philosophers in the nineteenth century developed the theories of materialism and __________.
Q4) Brahms replaced Latin liturgy with texts from the __________ in his A German Requiem.
Q5) Fragmentation is characteristic of Romanticism.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The plays of William __________ became popular again in the nineteenth century.
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Chapter 16: Realism, Impressionism, and Beyond
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Q1) The treatment of space by Cubist painters is sometimes understood in relationship to the Theory of __________ in physics.
Q2) __________ believed modern European civilization was "sick" and spent much of life living and painting elsewhere.
A) Georges Seurat
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Paul Gauguin
D) Vincent Van Gogh
E) Paul Cezanne
Q3) Art Nouveau grew out of the English __________ Movement.
Q4) Irregular rhythm and __________ define Claude Debussy's work.
Q5) The __________ movement celebrated speed and technology,and sought to destroy the past.
A) expressionism
B) impressionism
C) post-impressionism
D) futurism
E) cubism
Q6) "Slave morality" was criticized by __________.
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Chapter 17: Modernism
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Q1) The reduction of natural images into shapes is a type of __________.
A) idealism
B) naturalism
C) classicism.
D) abstraction
E) impressionism
Q2) In his "Rayographs," Man Ray explored his emotions and states of mind.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For existentialists,freedom lies in human consciousness and the human struggle to give meaning to otherwise meaningless events.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Le Corbusier stated that a house is "a machine to be lived in."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Fritz Lang's most important film,called __________,depicts life in the twenty-first century.
Q6) The musical compositions of __________ were so experimental that many were deemed unplayable.
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Chapter 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond
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Q1) Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty was most concerned with the __________.
A) permant
B) personal
C) ephemeral
D) literary
E) pleasurable
Q2) The plays of Arthur Miller are representative of postmodern theatre.
A)True
B)False
Q3) New York's It's Alright to be a Woman Theatre is an example of __________ theatre.
A) alternative lifestyle
B) alternative social
C) modernist
D) absurdist
E) aleatory
Q4) The __________ in Paris has no fixed interior walls and its ducts,pipes,and elevators are color-coded and on the outside of the building.
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Q5) Postwar decolonization began in the late __________.
Q6) Vladimir Nabokov's novel __________ utilizes an antihero.
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