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Humanities: Midterm
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the study of great accomplishments in art, music, literature and
Humanities
philosophy
Commonly known as Bacchus
God of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature, who is also the
Dionysus
patron god of the Greek stage. Statue originally attached to
Parthenon c.435 B.C.
Discobolus created by Myron in c.450 B.C.
Parthenon located in Athens Greece on the Acropolis, 448-432 B.C
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c. 350 B.C.
Greek Theater Origins: Festival honoring the gods at harvest time.Tespis
preforming solo in dialogue with Chorus.
"rebirth", Study of classical Greek and Roman culture and
Renaissance
philosophy allows one to become "fully human"
Marriage of the Virgin created by Raphael in 1504 during Italian Renaissance
The Stone Breakers created by Gustave Courbet in 1849, shows realism
The Birth of Venus created by Sandro Botticelli in 1480 during Italian Renaissance
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other
Protagonist
literary work
the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other
Antagonist
literary work
the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions,
Catharsis
especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
Hubris excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the
Aside
stage and intended only for the audience
an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or
soliloquy
herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present
revelation through dialogue integrating background material and
exposition
information.
a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the
deus ex machina
plot
humanism devotion to or study of humanities
Despot a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat
Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters
Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy
Iliad by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events
during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and
the warrior Achilles
sequel to the Iliad
Odyssey The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his
journey home after the fall of Troy.
is a toponym for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system,
largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria,
southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.
Mesopotamia
Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age
Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and
Assyrian empires.
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Arts and Humanities English Literature
Humanities: Midterm
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Lit/Rhetorical Terms Quiz #3 Mr. Abs Literary Terms Test😭 Defini... Beatrix Potter Image
24 terms 53 terms Teacher 39 terms
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Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
created by Raphael in 1504 during Italian Renaissance
Choose an answer
1 Marriage of the Virgin 2 Humanities
3 Aside 4 Greek Theater
Don't know?
Terms in this set (115)
the study of great accomplishments in art, music, literature and
Humanities
philosophy
Commonly known as Bacchus
God of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature, who is also the
Dionysus
patron god of the Greek stage. Statue originally attached to
Parthenon c.435 B.C.
Discobolus created by Myron in c.450 B.C.
Parthenon located in Athens Greece on the Acropolis, 448-432 B.C
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c. 350 B.C.
Greek Theater Origins: Festival honoring the gods at harvest time.Tespis
preforming solo in dialogue with Chorus.
"rebirth", Study of classical Greek and Roman culture and
Renaissance
philosophy allows one to become "fully human"
Marriage of the Virgin created by Raphael in 1504 during Italian Renaissance
The Stone Breakers created by Gustave Courbet in 1849, shows realism
The Birth of Venus created by Sandro Botticelli in 1480 during Italian Renaissance
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other
Protagonist
literary work
the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other
Antagonist
literary work
the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions,
Catharsis
especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
Hubris excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the
Aside
stage and intended only for the audience
an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or
soliloquy
herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present
revelation through dialogue integrating background material and
exposition
information.
a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the
deus ex machina
plot
humanism devotion to or study of humanities
Despot a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat
Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters
Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy
Iliad by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events
during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and
the warrior Achilles
sequel to the Iliad
Odyssey The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his
journey home after the fall of Troy.
is a toponym for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system,
largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria,
southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.
Mesopotamia
Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age
Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and
Assyrian empires.
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