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Greek Philosophers Before Socrates - answer Pre-Socrates
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)
Frank Lloyd Wright - answer Considered America's greatest
architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into
and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical
designs.
flying buttress - answer a brace or support placed on the outside of
a building
fresco - answer paint onto wet plaster on a wall
tempura - answer a technique of painting using pigment mixed with
egg yolk
gouche - answer Opaque watercolor
pieta - answer A painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary, the Mother
of Jesus, holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means "pity" in
Italian.
renaissance - answer rebirth
mannerism - answer a style of art in the mid to late 16th century
that permitted artists to express their own "manner" or feelings in
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