HUM 145 Introduction to World Humanities I
First Quarter Review
Introductory
Artificial
Text (Form)
Context
Subtext (Content, Illusion)
Symbol
Sign
Medium/Media
Convention
The Dawn of Culture
Culture
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Psychic Affinity
Lascaux
Stonehenge
Post and Lintel
Monolith
Sympathetic Magic
Contagious Magic
Mesopotamia
Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Neo-Babylon,
Persia
The Fertile Crescent
Cuneiform
Bas-Relief
Epic of Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
Hammurabic Code
Casuistic Law
Apodictic Law
Zarathustra, (Zoroaster)
Dualism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Anthropomorphism
Egypt
Upper/Lower Egypt
Register System
Palette of Narmer
Pyramids
"Ka"
Hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
Mastaba
Mycerinus (sculpture)
Chefren (sculpture)
Characteristics of Egyptian religion/priestly functions
The Book of the Dead
Aten
Isis
Osiris
Set
Amenhotep/Akhenaten
Tutankhamen
Song of the Harper
Hymn to Aten
Discussion Question Pool
1. What is the difference between “sign” and “symbol?” Give examples.
2. What is the aesthetic relationship between “text,” “context,” and “subtext?”
3. How may the cave paintings at Lascaux have served a ritual function for those who created them?
4. What is “dualism?” Give examples. What role does dualism play in the manner in which human beings-- especially those of Western cultures-- tend to view their world?
5. What does it mean to say that a civilization or culture perceives time as “circular?”
6. What does the flood account from “The Epic of Gilgamesh” suggest about the nature of Mesopotamian deities? How does this differ from the biblical/Genesis account of Noah? How do each of these perspectives reflect the worldviews of the respective cultures?
7.What does Egyptian art reflect/express about its cultural context/religious consciousness?
8. Describe the conventional hallmarks present in the visual depiction of an Egyptian royal figure such as Narmer. How did these apparently change in the New Kingdom period?