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Literature, Art, and Humanities Fundamentals

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