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Humanities Exam One
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Undergraduate 2
02/08/2007

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Characteristics/Elements of the Baroque
Definition
1. Grandiose Splendor
2. Emotionalism
3. Chiaroscuro
4. Movement
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Grandiose Splendor
Definition
To emphasize power and authority, psychologically intimidating (perceived power)
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Emotionalism
Definition
Feelings vs. Intellectual Art
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
Lighting/shading for mood and dramatic effect
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Movement
Definition
Captures intense energy
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Characteristics of Rococo
Definition
1. Audience: Aristocrats and nobility
2. Style: Fanciful, highly decorative and esthetic for sensory pleasure
3. Mood: Frivolous and lighthearted
4. Theme: Pursuit of pleasure, escapism for upper class
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Natural Rights
Definition
All men are free, equal and independent and are thus allowed life, liberty and property
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Locke
Definition
Wrote "Of Civil Government"
Stated that Natural Law is unchanging
Stated men are free, equal and independent
Stated that men have Natural Rights (life, liberty, and property)
Said the human mind was a "Blank Slate"
Noted Empiricism (the idea that all ideas come from the sense and reflection)
Said all theories must reside in the physical world for testing and application
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Rembrandt
Definition
Painted "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" which insisted on medical science over folk medicine and that the body was mechanical over spiritual
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Louis XIV
Definition
King of France who insisted on seeming "God-like" and who seemed corrupt/ridiculous/offensive to the middle class during the Baroque period
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Jonathan Swift
Definition
Wrote "Modest Proposal" (1729), a satire against the Enlightenment
Implied that starving Irish children should be used for food because it would cut down on the Catholic population, provide income for the poor, provide meat alternative to pork and venison, and families would become more loving
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Hogarth
Definition
Used narrative art as satirical criticism of lower and upper class corruptions by painting "Marraige A La Mode" and "Gin Lane"
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Bernini
Definition
Created a statue of "David", "The Ecstasy of St. Teresa", and architected the Piazza of St. Peter's Basilica of Catholic Baroque style
Encouraged simple faith and that saints guarded the entrance of heaven
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Descarte (1596-1650)
Definition
"I think therefore I am": Determined that existence was for sure
Fought for humanism vs. theology as absolute
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Galileo (1564-1642)
Definition
Wrote "Letter to Duchess" where he wanted to keep his religion and practice science
Also states that sun is center of the universe for FACT
Used telescopes to prove that the universe in constant motion
Believes that science should be used to understand the physical universe then one can look into an interpretation of the Bible
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Jefferson
Definition
1. Wrote the "Declaration of Independence"
2. Natural law is "self-evident" to reason
3. Natural rights are inalienable
4. Revolution has the right to restore natural society
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Hobbes
Definition
1. Wrote "Leviathon"
2. Human nature is selfish, greedy, and destructive
3. The solution is absolutism
4. Social contracts = voluntary surrendering of freedom
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Ignatius Loyola
Definition
Established the Society of Jesus in 1534 and promoted unquestioning submission to the Catholic Church (uncritical faith)
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St. Teresa
Definition
Had visions of emotional and mystic faith that showed "proof" of God
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Watteau
Definition
Painted Rococo-Style "Pilgrimage to Cythera"
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