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⩥ Pythagoras. Answer: 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and
mathematician, founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism
⩥ Thales. Answer: "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher
who taught that the universe had originated from water.
⩥ Parmenides. Answer: a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy.
Denied the existence of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change.
Founder of Metaphysics.
⩥ Heraclitus. Answer: a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire
is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things
are in perpetual flux (All is change).
⩥ Zeno. Answer: ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes
that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-
430 BC)
⩥ Socrates. Answer: Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning;
sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing
distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).
,⩥ Atomism. Answer: The idea that matter is made out of atoms
⩥ Atomists. Answer: Leucippus and Democritus
⩥ Plato. Answer: one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to
be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his
ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal
state, the people were divided into three different groups.
⩥ Aristotle. Answer: Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of
Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics,
ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced
Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize
what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical
observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of
rational inquiry.
⩥ pop art. Answer: an artistic movement that emerged in the early
1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed
them into works of fine art
⩥ mosaics. Answer: patterns or pictures made by embedding small
pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors
,⩥ sculpture. Answer: three dimensional work of art, statue
⩥ bust. Answer: a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
⩥ obelisk. Answer: tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
⩥ multi-media. Answer: using two or more types of media together to
create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting
⩥ louise nevelson. Answer: assembled architectural sculptures of
"found" wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of
varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.
⩥ constantin brancusi. Answer: (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor
known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The
Kiss; Bird in Space)
⩥ cellini. Answer: goldsmith and sculptor, wrote one of the first
autobiographies
⩥ barbara hepworth. Answer: British abstract sculptor
⩥ michelangelo. Answer: Italian Renaissance artist that painted the
Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.
, ⩥ henry moore. Answer: abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques
and very little detail
⩥ alexander calder. Answer: United States sculptor who first created
mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
⩥ hagia sophia. Answer: Most famous example of Byzantine
architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the
most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.
⩥ gothic age architecture. Answer: stained glass, pointed arches and
ribbed vaulting
⩥ Andrea Palladio. Answer: architect who like a statue at every corner
⩥ Le Corbusier. Answer: French 20th century architect
⩥ Christopher Wren. Answer: architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral
⩥ Mies van der Rohe. Answer: United States architect (born in
Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers
(1886-1969)
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⩥ Pythagoras. Answer: 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and
mathematician, founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism
⩥ Thales. Answer: "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher
who taught that the universe had originated from water.
⩥ Parmenides. Answer: a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy.
Denied the existence of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change.
Founder of Metaphysics.
⩥ Heraclitus. Answer: a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire
is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things
are in perpetual flux (All is change).
⩥ Zeno. Answer: ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes
that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-
430 BC)
⩥ Socrates. Answer: Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning;
sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing
distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).
,⩥ Atomism. Answer: The idea that matter is made out of atoms
⩥ Atomists. Answer: Leucippus and Democritus
⩥ Plato. Answer: one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to
be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his
ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal
state, the people were divided into three different groups.
⩥ Aristotle. Answer: Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of
Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics,
ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced
Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize
what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical
observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of
rational inquiry.
⩥ pop art. Answer: an artistic movement that emerged in the early
1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed
them into works of fine art
⩥ mosaics. Answer: patterns or pictures made by embedding small
pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors
,⩥ sculpture. Answer: three dimensional work of art, statue
⩥ bust. Answer: a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
⩥ obelisk. Answer: tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
⩥ multi-media. Answer: using two or more types of media together to
create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting
⩥ louise nevelson. Answer: assembled architectural sculptures of
"found" wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of
varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.
⩥ constantin brancusi. Answer: (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor
known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The
Kiss; Bird in Space)
⩥ cellini. Answer: goldsmith and sculptor, wrote one of the first
autobiographies
⩥ barbara hepworth. Answer: British abstract sculptor
⩥ michelangelo. Answer: Italian Renaissance artist that painted the
Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.
, ⩥ henry moore. Answer: abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques
and very little detail
⩥ alexander calder. Answer: United States sculptor who first created
mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
⩥ hagia sophia. Answer: Most famous example of Byzantine
architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the
most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.
⩥ gothic age architecture. Answer: stained glass, pointed arches and
ribbed vaulting
⩥ Andrea Palladio. Answer: architect who like a statue at every corner
⩥ Le Corbusier. Answer: French 20th century architect
⩥ Christopher Wren. Answer: architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral
⩥ Mies van der Rohe. Answer: United States architect (born in
Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers
(1886-1969)
