CSTU Elliot Exam 2 with Complete Solutions

Hierarchy - ANSWER-nobles in charge, social order, no advances Dualism - ANSWER-church and "normal life" are separate Neoplatonism - ANSWER-resurgance of platonic ideals in the 3-6th century Romanesque Art - ANSWER-Arches, superiority, power, prestige(worldwide) materialistic - ANSWER-matter is a fundamental substance in nature Aristotle - ANSWER-materialistic Plato - ANSWER-idealistic What did the middle ages come back to? - ANSWER-Romanesque, Neoplatonism St. Thomas Aquinas - ANSWER-italian friar & priest, the great chain w/ Christian Theology Chain of Being - ANSWER-drawing -God-Angels-Human-Animals-Plants-Minerals Pros of the chain of being - ANSWER-strengthens God's order, angels lower than God Cons of Chain of Being - ANSWER-kings at top of humans not valuing human equality Middle ages: Cogs in ... - ANSWER-the machine The Merchant Class - ANSWER-during gothic period, looked down on at the beginning but society needed them What were the merchants viewed as - ANSWER-sell outs, threatening to society, sly Romanesque comparison - ANSWER-ottoman dynasty, highly symbolic, used roman elements Gothic comparison - ANSWER-northern france & southern england, pointed arches ABBOT SUGAR Abbot Sugar - ANSWER-God reveals himself through the materials of the world, God is light (he was pantheistic) middle ages - ANSWER-hierarchy & dualism cultural synthesis - ANSWER-mixture of classical, christian, and pagan