Mid term HUM

The humanities are considered a “hard: science where scholars and researchers use objective or scientific of analysis

False

Discuss the board categories of the humanities (what are the areas of study)

History, philosophy, literature, painting, art.

The best and perhaps the only way to study humanities is through the arts

false

Perception (what we observe) and _____(what we know or think we know) are closely related.

conception

Participative experiences involve

undivided and sustained attention

The long-term commercial success of a work of art is the most important guide to excellence in the arts

False

Four criteria needed to define a work of art are:

artistic form, participation, content, and subject matter

Knowledge about the cultural and political implication -- the background -- of a work of art

aids in our perception and intentions

Three types of criticism

Descriptive, interpretive, Evaluative

Evaluative criticism presupposes three fundamental standards: perfection, insight, and inexhaustibly

true

Descriptive criticism, more than any other type, is most likely to improve our participation with a work of art; this criticism turns us directly to the work itself

true

Criticism does not involve asking questions; it is merely about offering opinions

False

Interpretive critics, even more so than other critics, must be familiar with

the subject matter

Evaluative criticism centers on

the relative merits of a work

A descriptive criticism of Jackson Pollock’s The Flame would

point out the vigorous color contrasts of the composition

Which of the following was considered shock art

ofili,holy virgin mary

Distinctions between sensations, emotions, passions, and moods

Sensations are the combinations of our senses and how we use our senses to react to something. Emotions are how we feel on a sensational level. Passions are things that are very much so impacted by our emotions, Moods we can feel but not describe.

Expressionist theory of music espouses the idea that composers

express or communicate their feelings through their music

Hip-Hop and rap music have their roots in gospel, shout, and blues

True

10 elements of music

Tone, Consonance, Dissonance, Rhythm, Tempo, Melodic Material, Counterpoint, Harmony, Dynamics, Contrast.

Discuss the term “blues” as it relates to music. Where did the “blues” Emerge? What emotions does it address or evoke

Blues emerge from describing forms of music “developed in black communities in the South”". It evokes a range of emotions that are mostly soulful and enthusiastic.

The essence of jazz is__, and to an extent ,_.

improvisation, competition

which genres of music are described as “essentially counter cultural art forms with codes for sexual behavior”?

Rock and roll, Jazz

Music Listeners

analyze the form, detail, and structure of music

The study of the relationship between music and culture is called___

ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicologist David P McAllester believed that music and songs are universal and people should engage with singing songs from all cultures

false

Empirical and experimental studies concerning the wider benefits of musical activity suggest that there is no real connection between and physical, social, educational, and psychological well being

false

Studies indicate that music therapy is helpful to soldiers experiencing-----.

PTSD

Music as concept

is conceived of within a specific culture

Music as sound

is concerned with the acoustical manifestation of musical expressions

Music as behavior

is concerned with how the music concept is conceptualized

In non-western societies music typically embedded in other domains of social action

True

American poet Henry David Longfellow claimed that music was

the universal language of mankind

more than _ percent of societies have music

99%

songs with high formality were performed at ceremonial events with mostly adults, large audiences, and

lots of instruments

paintings with its__ ,more than any other art gives us time to allow our vision to focus

all -at -onceness

Most prominent media in western painting- and most painting in the rest of the world - are

tempera, fresco, oil, watercolor, and acrylic

basic building blocks of painting

line, color, texture, and composition

The subject matter of a painting is the

sensuous

Representational paintings always bring in some suggestion of __. Moreover, we are kept closer to the experience of __, because images that refer to objects and events usually lack something of the strangeness of the sensuous alone

once upon a time, everyday

What should a good frame do

A good frame should bring together and enhance the artwork and separate the picture from the surroundings.

The tactile nature of sculpture is important for us to recognize, just as it is important to recognize imaginatively the __ and __of a piece of sculpture.

density and weight

Function of sculpture in public places

Serve to be commemorative pieces.

Earth sculpture goes so far as to make the earth itself the __, the __, and the subject matter

medium, site

public sculpture rarely has to do with social protest

false

Which type of sculpture has the least amount of depth dimension

Low-relief sculpture

Sculpture that has grooves of various depths cut into the surface plane of stone while the surface remains clearly perceptible is

sunken- relief sculpture

Our bodies are more actively involved in the perception of

sculpture in the round

An example of “truth materials” in sculpture is

a wood carving shaped to reveal the grain of the wood

Which type of sculpture especially brings out the three0 dimensionality of objects

sculpture in the round