Which of the following expresses the epistemology of the humanities?
a. Knowledge is objective, replicable, and acquired via the “scientific method.”
b. Knowledge seeks causality and relies on behavior, variability, and relation to
socially held norms.
c. Knowledge is interpretive, critical, inherent to the object or text, and
represents values that may be shared or individually held.
c. Knowledge is interpretive, critical, inherent to the object or text, and
represents values that may be shared or individually held.
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The Enlightenment
a. started in 1650. b. was the entire 18th century. c. was limited to the first half of the 19th century. d. dates from the early 19th century.
The Seljuk Turks dealt the Byzantines a crushing defeat in 1071 that resulted in the emperor's eventual request for Western assistance, which took the form of
A. the Crusades. B. uprisings against the Abbasid dynasty. C. attempts to assassinate Saladin. D. disasters leading to the decline of Cairo as a center of learning.
What is one example of Jan van Eyck’s use of iconography in the Arnolfini Portrait?
a) the symbolic associations of the dog and the lighted candle b) the skillful use of oil painting techniques c) the attention to surface details d) the accurately depicted spaces
Influential for the development of church architecture, the layout or type of church adopted by the Carolingians was _____
A) cloister B) ?domed hall C) ?Early Christian basilica D) ?Greek cross