WGU C100 Humanities Final Study Guide

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WGU C100 Humanities Final Study Guide What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? ✔✔Oedipus Rex What Poet wrote Iliad? ✔✔Homer Greek Architecture was based on what structure? �... ��✔Post and Lintel The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? ✔✔The Parthenon Geek plays generally shown in a ? ✔✔Ampitheater Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeries. ✔✔The Patheon Plato's Allgery in the Cave, what do the shadows represent? ✔✔Every Day Life Polytheism ✔✔Belief in Multiple Gods Ancient Greeks formed what kind of Government? ✔✔Democracy Classical Drama Consisted of ? ✔✔Tragedies, Comedies and Satyr Plays The Republic ✔✔Applied reason and logical thought to ideas about government and how to live. Oedipus Rex ✔✔A story about a man who lives his life not knowing the truth about his parentige, his pride causes him to ignore humanity, resulting in blindness and exile. The Odyssey ✔✔Epic poem narrating the story of a greek hero who combined all the greatest virtues of greek culture as well as greek Pantheon gods. The Parthenon ✔✔Emphasized the themes of order and balance, as a temple to the goddess Athena. Lysistrata ✔✔A play about heroic women who with held sex from their husbands to end the war. Sappho's Lyric poem "Alament for Adonis" represents what major theme of the classical period? ✔✔Humanism (Classical) Why is the statue Kouros a notable Greek Sculpture? ✔✔It Utilizes vertical and Horizontal Symetry Which innovation during the classical period was based on balance and reason? ✔✔The development of Western Philosophy and ideas of the Modern Scientific Method. What is the Primary difference between Greek and Roman Societies? ✔✔Greeks lived in democratic run states. Romans had larger centralized Republic and eventually empire. Aesthetic Experience ✔✔An experience of beauty that inspires a feeling. Why is architecture considered and art? ✔✔Architecture is considered with an aesthetic effect of structures and their enviroment. How can art function beyond it Aesthetic Value? ✔✔It can act as political and social commentary. Which disiplines fall within the realm of Humanities? ✔✔Music, religion, literature and Arcitech. Myths ✔✔Traditional Stories that serve to explain some phenomena, the origin of humanity or customs or religious rights. Philosophy ✔✔Logic, aesthetics and epistemology are branches of ? Functions of Art? ✔✔Art can assist physical and emotional healing. Art can be used to enable commerse-advertising and sales. Art provides Aesthetic pleasure. Love and the Archetype of hero are examples of? ✔✔Universal Themes Chronological Timeline of events all [Show More]

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