WGU C100 Introduction To Humanities Questions and Answers Graded A+

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WGU C100 Introduction To Humanities Questions and Answers Graded A+ Kouros ✔✔Type of statue featuring life sized male nudes in a stance in which the left foot is placed in front of the right. ... Muses ✔✔Goddesses of inspiration for literature, art, and science. Doric order ✔✔The simplest of the classical Greek architectural styles, featuring unadorned columns with no base. Post and lintel ✔✔Classical Greek architectural design that features two upright posts supporting a crossbeam called a lintel. Frieze ✔✔A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, usually on a wall near the ceiling. Entablature ✔✔The horizontal layers of material of a building that are supported by columns or walls. Pediment ✔✔The triangular upper part of the front of a building in the classical style. Capital ✔✔The top part of a column between the shaft of the column and the entablature. Catharsis ✔✔The purging of a spectator's strong emotions through experiencing tragedy; one of Aristotle's concepts. Hubris ✔✔Greek word for excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods). Epic ✔✔A long poem recounting in elevated style the deeds of a legendary hero; any narrative work (novel, drama, film) dealing with epic themes. Canon ✔✔A set of rules developed by the Greek artist Polykleitos for creating perfect proportionality in the human figure. Diction ✔✔Wordchoice; can be classified as formal or informal, or denotative or connotative. Hellenic ✔✔A synonym for Greek. Skepticism ✔✔A philosophy that maintains that there can be no certainty in human knowledge and that mankind should continually be involved with finding the truth. Allegory of the Cave ✔✔Plato's extended metaphor in The Republic that contrasts the way in which most humans perceive reality and Plato's idea of the true form of reality. The Forms ✔✔Plato's concept that there are ideal essences (the Forms) of objects or things. Philosopher King ✔✔A hypothetical ruler, or Guardian, of Plato's ideal city state. Golden Mean ✔✔Aristotle's term for the desirable middle between two extremes, between excess and inadequacy. Lyre ✔✔A string instrument like a U shaped harp known for its use by the classical Greeks. Humanism ✔✔The study of the creative and intellectual contributions of all human cultures. Polytheism ✔✔The belief in multiple gods; religion based on more than one god. [Show More]

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