FTCE Humanities K-12

FTCE Humanities K-12 "The Waste Land" by T.S. Elliot This 1922 poem based loosely on the Legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King focuses on themes of disillusionment, absurdity and despair. Allen Ginsberg A leading member of the Beat movement whose writings featured existential mania for intense experience and frantic motion. Also, a big opposer of the US perpetuating war. Louis Sullivan United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase 'form follows function' (). "Father of Skyscrapers." Frank Lloyd Wright Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs. Thomas More Utopia English humanist (Renaissance Philosopher) most famous for his controversial book about a fictional humanistic society where all children received a good education in the classics and adults divided their time between virtuous business and intellectual pursuits. Divine Comedy Medieval work by Dante Alighieri, describes soul's progression into heaven. Tonalism 19th C art, use of different gradations of monochromatic colors that was later eclipsed by Impressionism (Whistler, Innes). Ishtar goddess of love and war; mistress of ancient Babylon Ishtar Gate and Throne Room Wall Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon, Glazed Brick Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence influenced by Empiricism and Enlightenment; separation of church and state Athena/Minerva goddess of wisdom, the city, and arts; patron goddess of the city of Athens. Born from the head of Zeus in full battle gear. Pantheon A group of gods; a group of people so accomplished in a skill or field that they seem like gods. Hegelian Dialectic a thesis that is opposed by an antithesis, ultimately resulting in a synthesis Hegel and Kant two famous 18th C relativist; studied sense perception Zeus/Jupiter "Father of Gods and Men" He ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus. He is the god of sky and thunder.