WGU Arts and Humanites - D198 exam with
question and answer 100% correct
altruism feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people
and a lack of selfishness
Humanites educational disciplines that study how humans express
themselves in language, culture, and the arts.
performance arts art that is created through actions and movement. Some
examples include music, dance, opera, and theatre.
visual arts consist of several art forms including, but not limited to,
architecture, painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking.
Literature and Language explore how humans communicate ideas, perspectives, and
creativity.
Philosophy and Religious Studies contemplate human purpose and reason.
Disciplines of Humanities Performance Art
Visual Art
Literature and Language
Philosophy and Religious studies
les Nabis, or the prophets believed that it was their job to show how nature has a role in
spirituality
Maurice Denis (1870-1943, France) les Nabis, or the prophets, movement leader.
often depicted landscape settings with biblical or mythical
themes
EX - Wave (1916) painting
Modernism artistic and literary movement sparked by a break with past
conventions, search for new forms of expression
Modernism Characteristics Often abstract, even absurd
Snake Goddess, Minoan this deity is believed to be a fertility symbol, also known as
a "Mother Goddess," and a religious symbol that appears
from prehistoric eras until the Roman Empire.
discovered by Arthur Evans and his team in 1903 at the
Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete
Minoan Civilization An advanced civilization that developed on the island of
Crete
(c. 3650-c. 1,450 BCE)
question and answer 100% correct
altruism feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people
and a lack of selfishness
Humanites educational disciplines that study how humans express
themselves in language, culture, and the arts.
performance arts art that is created through actions and movement. Some
examples include music, dance, opera, and theatre.
visual arts consist of several art forms including, but not limited to,
architecture, painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking.
Literature and Language explore how humans communicate ideas, perspectives, and
creativity.
Philosophy and Religious Studies contemplate human purpose and reason.
Disciplines of Humanities Performance Art
Visual Art
Literature and Language
Philosophy and Religious studies
les Nabis, or the prophets believed that it was their job to show how nature has a role in
spirituality
Maurice Denis (1870-1943, France) les Nabis, or the prophets, movement leader.
often depicted landscape settings with biblical or mythical
themes
EX - Wave (1916) painting
Modernism artistic and literary movement sparked by a break with past
conventions, search for new forms of expression
Modernism Characteristics Often abstract, even absurd
Snake Goddess, Minoan this deity is believed to be a fertility symbol, also known as
a "Mother Goddess," and a religious symbol that appears
from prehistoric eras until the Roman Empire.
discovered by Arthur Evans and his team in 1903 at the
Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete
Minoan Civilization An advanced civilization that developed on the island of
Crete
(c. 3650-c. 1,450 BCE)
