Please study carefully your lecture notes and all the assigned reading in The Humanistic Tradition. In addition to studying this material, prepare for the art, music, and literature portions of the exam in the following ways:
ARTYou are responsible for the following images. Be able to identify each slide and describe how it fits into a specific period. You are also responsbile for knowing the general characteristics each of the "isms" listed below.
Realism:
Kollwitz, "The March of the Weavers," (p. 78)
Courbet, "The Stone-breakers" (p. 95), "Burial at Ornans" (p. 96-97)
Daumier, "The Third-Class Carriage" (p. 99)
Manet, "Luncheon on the Grass (Le Dejeuner)" (p. 100), "Olympia" (p.
101)
Tanner, "The Banjo Lesson" (p. 103)
Symbolism:
Hodler, Ferdinand, "The Chosen One" (p. 113)
Impressionism:
Monet, "Impression: Sunrise," (p. 114); "Water-Lily Pond" (p. 115)
Renoir, "Le Moulin de la Galette" (p. 116)
Van Gogh, "The Starry Night," (p. 132)
Seurat, "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte" (p. 135)
Toulouse Lautrec, "Jane Avril," "At the Moulin Rouge," (p. 121-122)
MUSIC
You are responsible for knowing the general characterisitcs of each
type of music. You are also responsible for identifying music
listenening examples.
Impressionism: Debussy, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Primitivism: Stravinsky, "The Rite of Spring"
Expressionism and Atonal Music: Schoenberg, "Heimweh" from Pierrot Lunaire
LITERATURE/PHILOSOPHY
You are responsible for the following works:
VOCABULARY