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WGU-IWC1-Part 1
Literature, Art, and Humanities Fundamentals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Synthesis | The combination of thesis and antithesis which produces a new and higher level of truth. |
| Aesthetics | A conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful in art, culture, or nature; the Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty |
| Figurative explanation | A colorful, image-filled, metaphor-rich use of language to describe art or life |
| Dionysian response | A spontaneous, unstructured, creative, passionate reaction |
| Apollonian response | An analytical, rational, objective reaction |
| Empirical study | A study derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
| Inductive reasoning | Reasoning that proceeds from particular facts to a general conclusion (or from effect to cause) |
| Deductive reasoning | Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) |
| Pragmatic reasoning | Reasoning that assumes the truth of an idea can be validated by its practical outcome. |
| Symbolism | The use of a symbol, object, or image to represent something else (that is, a concept or idea). |
| Eros | Erotic love or lust |
| Agape | platonic love |
| Imagery | Gives the reader mental pictures of art. |
| Tone | basic element of music used to construct a melody (note) |
| Symbolism | use of a symbol, object, or image to represent something else (that is, a concept or idea) |
| Monomyth | The heroes journey archetypes that appears in all cultures |
| Context | Set of facts or circumstances that surround a work of art and help us determine and clarify its meaning |
| Setting | The environment and context in which a creative work is set or takes place |
| The heroes journey | The mythic quest in pursuit of some destination or goal whose attainment will lend greater meaning to life |
| Figurative explination | A colorful, image filled, metaphor-rich use of language to describe art of life |
| Point of View | The position of perspective from which something is viewed or related |
| Harmony | congruity or compatibility of parts with one another and with the whole; the state of all elements being in perfect balance |
| Imagery | Employment of evocative images in works of art, especially poetry and literature, where words can summon up "mental pictures" for readers |
| Logic | Thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about ideas and problems |
| Style | Characteristics of a work of art that identify it with a particular artist, region, artistic movement, or historic period. |
| Aesthetic Experience | An experience of beauty that inspires a feeling of pleasure which is its own justification |
| Classical humanism | The cultural movement of the Renaissance based on Greek and Roman classic literature, that emphasized the dignity, worth, and rationality of humankind. |
| Humanism | the study of the creative and intellectual contributions of human cultures |
| Humanities | The study of the creative and intellectual contributions of human cultures |
| Myths | Traditional stories of people or culture that serve to explain some natural phenomenon, the origin of humanity, or customs of religious rites |
| Archetypes | The emblematic mythic characters, images, plot patterns, symbols, and buried assumptions shared across cultures. |
| Philosophy | The systematic investigation of fundamental questions concerning such matters as existence, reality, consciousness, knowledge, truth, and justice |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which something is explained in terms of something else |
| Epistemology | The branch of formal philosophy concerned with the nature and limits of human knowledge |
| Trompe l'oeil | a style of painting that creates the optical illusion of three dimensionality |
| Synthesis | The combination of thesis and antithesis which produces a new and higher level of truthq |
| Ethics | The study of moral value in an individual, group, or culture |
| Movement | A change of position, location, or timeframe; sense of motion, action, or time created in a work of art; distinct compositional units of a symphony; broad thematic social and artistic concerns of a given time period as expressed in its work of art |
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