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Eightfold Path

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VISALEMC

1) Right View
2) Right Intention
3) Right Speech
4) Right Action
5) Right Livelihood
6) Right Effort
7) Right Mindfulness
8) Right Concentration

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Observations about Diving Bell and Butterfly

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Character who never knew failure is faced witg it. Despite only blinking, he had more social connections than people who are typical. Reminded me of the Sessions.

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What I liked about Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)

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People in middle age are either single and wishing for stability, or in a marriage and dying to get out of suburbia.

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What was the Algonquin Round Table?

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1919-1929 Algonquin Hotel
Formerly the Vicious Circle
NYC writers, critics and actors
Ruth Hale - woman’s rights writer
Robert Benchley- grandpa to Peter

Herman Mankiewicz- author of Citizen Kane

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Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged
Fountainhead

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American Gothic

Grant Wood

1930

Art Institute of Chicago

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American Revolution

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1765-1791

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Name of Russian exclave in Baltic

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Kaliningrad

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Claude Monet

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1840-1826

Born in France, worked in France

Notable:

Sunrise

Woman with a Parasol

Water Lilies

Known for water paintings. Also had a unusual marital situation with his mistress and his 1st wife living together in the same house.

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Who wrote Midnight’s Children?

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Salman Rushdie

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Shakespeare

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1564-1616

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Ayn Rand Early Life

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Daughter of successful pharmacist in St Petersburg. Bolsheviks took the business away which she resented.

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Existential imperative

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Live life authentically Don’t follow someone else’s code

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Two aspects of Dickens’ strategy

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1) address social ills
2) build empathy for low status characters who suffer the social ills.

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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales? When?

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Chaucer - 1387-1400

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What country remained Christian when the Moors took over Spain?

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Portugal

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Who designed Apple Park and the London Tower (gherkin)?

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Norman Foster

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Hallmarks of film noir

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Fallen/falling middle class hero
Femme fatale
Has to be a crime
Entrapment
Often Los Angeles
American Dream failed
Nihilistic/ unhappy ending

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Mark Twain

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1835-1910
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

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How did Van Gogh die?

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Gunshot to stomach. Some argue he was murdered by a local teen. No gun was found.

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When were Rembrandt and Vermeer born?

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Rembrandt 1606

Vermeer 1632

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Basic Roux

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1/4 cup butter (or other fat)
1/4 cup flour

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Art Nouveau era

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1890-1910

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Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1876

Musee D’Orsay

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Isaac Newton
1643-1727 Mathematician, physicist, England Key in the enlightenment
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Did Dickens spend more effort on defining problems or solutions?
All defining problems/questions, no effort on solutions.
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Why did Prussia win the Franco Prussian War?
Mobilization of troops using rail system, better artillery
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Capital of Lithuania
Vilnius
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Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze 1851
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Frank Ghery Bilboa
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Prague, 1968 -name the characters too
Unbearable Lightness of Being - Tomas, Tereza, Sabina, Franz, Karenin
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Rembrandt Van Rijn
1606-1669 Born and worked in the Netherlands Dutch Golden Age/Baroque Notable Night watch Storm on the sea of Galilee The Anatomy Lesson One of the greatest visual painters of all time.
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Capital of Belarus
Minsk
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Seven Years War
1756-1763 Britain and France but Britain allied with Prussia and France with everyone else
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Characters from Sound and Fury
Quentin Jason Caddie Benjy Dilsey
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David 1801 Near Paris
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Common threads between Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness
VERY similar A) Kurtz and his MO B) harlequin and Dennis Hopper
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Tenebrism Vs Chiaroscuro
Tenebrism is an extreme form of Chiaroscuro. Tends to show starker contrasts, and may include some degree of sadness. All Tenebrism is Chiarascuro, but the opposite is not true.
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Amy Adams Movies
Nocturnal Animals Arrival American Hustle Man of Steel
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Meeting over dinner, long conversation 1981
My Dinner with Andre
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Metaphor in Chinatown
Water and the Truth
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Top Architects of all time
Frank Lloyd Wright Santiago Calatrava Zaha Hadid Frank Gehry Norman Foster
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Uncompromising, massive use of concrete
Brutalism
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Two Women’s Rights Advocates
Gloria Steinham Malala Yousafzi Betty Friedan cofounder NOW
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Charles I in Three Positions Anthony van Dyck Baroque 1635
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Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675 Born and worked in Netherlands Baroque/Dutch Golden Age Notable: Girl with a Pearl Earring The Astronomer The Milkmaid Known for his use of light.
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Queen Victoria’s Reign
1837- 1901 Had 9 chuldren, 37 grandchildren Time of Prosperity and peace
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Four noble truths of Buddhism
1) Existence is suffering 2) Craving is the source of all suffering 3) It is better to change what you want, than want what you can't have 4) The Eightfold Path will help to change what you want.
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What was special about "Pet Sounds"? When?
First album for listening as opposed to dancing to. Sophisticated "textures" (cliche) and combinations of classic techniques with rock - a concept album. 1966
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David Lean movies
Lawrence of Arabia Dr Zhivago Bridge on the river Kwai Great Expectations Brief Encounter
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Premise of the Canterbury Tales
31 Pilgrims walking from London to Canterbury
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Capital of Moldova
Chisinau
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Capital of Lebenon
Beirut
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Flaming June Sir Frederic Leighton 1895 Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico)
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Evidence that Romans came to America
Figurines, amphorae found near Rio. Known that Romans were in Cape Verde, and had large boats. Plus a sword in Oak Island and gold coins in the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
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Nighthawks Edward Hopper 1942
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Inception Premise
Christopher Nolan - An agent is able to learn people's secrets by entering their dreams. Sometimes he brings other agents with him. They can go into a dream within a dream etc. The crux of the movie is him going actually planting an idea (inception) vs learning ideas. He goes 4 layers deep to do this, but it works. In the end we think he gets out but he stays in a dream with his wife. Fourth layer is Limbo. If you include reality there are five levels
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere Edoauard Manet 1882 Impressionism
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Enemy (film) Premise
Denis Villeneuve - set in Toronto. Mulholland Drive meets Fight Club. One actor -semi successful, fantasizes about being a university professor. Not a great movie, but interesting.
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What philosopher is Fight Club built upon?
Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra Dangers of Nihilism Loss of masculinity
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The Grand Canal Venice Painting JMW Turner 1835
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Woody Allen
1935 Tons of movies both as actor and director Hannah and her sisters Manhattan Annie Hall Directing Blue Jasmine Midnight in Paris
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Why is Dennis Wilson controversial?
He hung out with Charles Manson for several months He married Mike Love's daughter. Yikes. First of the three Wilsons to die at 39. Drowned drunk.
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Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Premise
Jim Carrey's character has the option of wiping out the memory of a relationship that ended and caused him pain, but decides not to. The point is that despite, or perhaps because of imperfections in relationships, we need to hold onto them.
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Salvador Dali film- short, gross
Un Chien Andalou 1928 "Handmade" Low Budget Was never intended to make sense Was meant to shock the audience
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Dante's inferno
Poem written by Italian Poet "Divine Comedy" written 1320
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Main Characters from Moby Dick
Ishmael - Author Captain Ahab Queequeg Starbuck Stubb Ship - Pequod
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Banana Massacre
47-2000 fruit workers killed Santa Marta 1928
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The Scream Edvard Munsch Expressionism 1893 Oslo Norway
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Fincher vs Christopher Nolan
Fincher - low key lighting, heavy shadows - FIght Club, Seven, Gone Girl, Mank, Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan - Unconventional structures - weird plotlines, (Tenet, Inception, Memento, Dark Knight)
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Who wrote "Remains of the Day"?
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci 1495 Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan
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Who was Pliny the Elder and when did he live?
23AD-79AD, military leader and wrote the first encyclopedia. Died in Vesuvius
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When was Buddha alive?
Not clear. 4th - 5th century BC
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Jane Austen - books
Mansfield Park Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Couples should improve/ educate each other
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What was the book about the black guy in LA who ran a farm in his house?
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
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Modern black author, teacher
James Baldwin Go tell it on the mountain Notes of a native son
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American author, living in Paris from 1903-1946. Lesbian.
Gertrude Stein
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Capital of Switzerland
Bern
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Who directed Diving bell and the butterfly?
Julian Schnabel
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Zaha Hadid Azerbaijan
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Martini/ Dirty Martini
6 parts Vodka / gin 1 part vermouth Dirty= olive juice or brine
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Annunciation Leonardo da Vinci 1472
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Luncheon of the Boating Party Pierre August Renois 1880 Washington, DC
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Schubert vs Beethoven
Schubert…. Died younger More focused on small spaces vs big theatres 1500 songs vs 240 Shorter (5’1”)
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The Two Fridas Frida Kahlo 1939 Naive Art Painted shortly before her divorce from Diego Rivera
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Goya Saturn devouring his son 1823
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Basic pasta
2 cups flour 3 eggs 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp olive oil
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What to say when asked for a password
Fidelio
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The Gross Clinic Thomas Eakins 1875 Philadelphia Museum of Art
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What are the modern sailing books and who wrote them?
Sailing a serious ocean Sailing to the edge of time John Kretschmer
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Persistance of Memory Salvador Dali 1931 Surrealism MOMA
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Zaha Hadid Wolfsburg Germany
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Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519 Born near Florence, Died in Italy as well Worked in Italy / France after it took over Milan Notable Works Last Supper Mona Lisa Lady with Ermine He was called a "Polymath" and was left handed
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Pessimism vs Nihilism
Pessimism is a gateway to nihilism A forerunner.
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Watson and the Shark John Singleton Copley 1778 National Gallery of Art, DC American Painter. Based on a shark attack in Cuba.
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Who was the first international expansionist president of the USA?
McKinley.
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What is a mimento mori?
A reminder that obe day you will die.
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Pablo Picasso
1881-1973 Born in Spain, worked in France most of his life Cubist, Surrealist Notable works Guernica Don Quixote Three Musicians He was inspired by Matisse
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Original founder of ISIS
Zarqawi
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Who lead Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring?
Alexander Dubcek
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Crepes
1 3/4 cups flour 4 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup water 2 tbsp butter
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Jane Austen inspiration
She almost inherited Stoneleigh Abbey from a relation who had no spouse and children She oscillated between wealth and poverty. Grew up with status but not wealth
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Pilgrimage to Cythera Jean-Antoine Watteau 1717 Rococo Louvre (also called the Embarkation for Cythera)
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Frank Ghery Germany
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Jacob's Ladder Premise
Jacob believes himself to be a successful military surgeon post Gulf war, where he fought and originally thought he lost his brother. Although we're led to believe that his brother is a burnt out vet, we learn at the end that he's the burnt out vet and he's living his brother's life.
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When did Ghengis Khan invade Europe?
1237
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The Flower Carrier Diego Riviera 1935 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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The Kiss Gustav Klimt 1907 Symbolism Austria
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
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What did Lenin promise the peasants before the revolution?
Peace Bread Land
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What was the name of the German design school between WWI and WWII?
Bauhaus
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Christina's World Andrew Wyeth 1948 MOMA
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Who wrote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Douglas Adams
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Olympia 1863 Edouard Manet
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Nihilism
Belief that there is no religion, no higher calling etc.
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Santiago Calatrava Valencia, Spain
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The Blue Boy Thomas Gainsborough 1770
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Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog Casper Friederich 1818 Romanticism
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When was the Prague Spring
January to August 1968
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Who wrote Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes
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What is the correct name for the Marilyn Monroe buildings?
Absolute World
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Right Action Elements
1) Not killing 2) Not stealing 3) Not misusing sex 4) Not lying 5) Not abusing intoxicants
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British Architect from 17th Century
Christopher Wren Most of the Churches in London
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What was Bretton Woods?
1944 meeting that launched World Bank and IMF
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Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890 Born in Netherlands, died in France Worked in France Notable: Starry Night Cafe Terrace at Night The Potato Eaters Notable that he did over 2100 works
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How wide is Gibraltar?
8 miles
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What evidence is there that people crossed the Pacific in boats, separate from the land bridge
DNA common to Australia PNG, found in native Americans, but not in the North, suggesting that they came straight across, 10K years ago...
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Fauvism
Wild beasts Simpler than impressionism Unnatural use of colour Matisse and Derain
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David Lynch
1946- Known for surreal - how you feel when your life goes &^%$ Blue Velvet Twin Peaks Mulholland Drive Dune (1982)
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No. 5 Jackson Pollock 1948 Abstract Expressionism Private Collection, NYC
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The Gleaners Jean Francois Milett 1857 Musee D'Orsay Peasant women picking up the remains of the havest. Symbolizes backbreaking work and plight of the lower class.
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Cynics vs nihilist
Cynic = people are bad Nihilist = people are neither good nor bad.
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Who wrote "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker, 1944-
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How many Guggenheim museums are there? Where?
Five New York Bilboa Venice Abu Dhabi Berlín
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What to say when something is ridden with debauchery and hedonism
It's a bit too Hieronymous Bosch for me...
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Pollice Verso Jean-Leon Gerome 1672 Phoenix Arizon Pollice Verso means "With a turned thumb"
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John Constable Flatford Mill 1816
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Who wrote the Goldfinch?
Donna Tartt
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë 1847 Written as Currer Bell Gender and Class
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Calatrva Dubai
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Frank Ghery Prague
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Epistemology
The study of knowledge. Distinguishing fact from opinion. Validation.
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Theme of Moby DIck
Man cannot completely conquer nature Revenge can consume you Limits of knowledge-Melville knows lots, but the whale still wins
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Rape of Nanjing/Nanjing
1937 - Japanese massacred 150,000 Chinese soldiers + 50,000 Civilians Apology in 2013 from Japanese PM
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When did Spanish colonize Phillipines?
1565
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Basic Bread
4-5 cups flour 2 cups warm water 1 tbsp yeast 2 tsp salt 1/4 cup sugar or honey 375/30
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Garden of Earthly Delights Year and Artist...
1503 Hieronymous Bosch
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When was the French Revolution?
1789-1799
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Who was part of Gertrude Stein's Salon in Paris?
Hemmingway Picasso Henri Matisse F Scott Fitzgerald
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Strategic choke point in Baltics Divides Lithuania and Poland
Sawalki Gap
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Tahitian Woman with a Flower 1891 Paul Gauguin
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Paris Commune
1871 French workers taking control after French army got trounced by the Prussians Run by Communards
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Who was Dido?
First Queen of Carthage
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What are the layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere (7-15 km) Stratosphere (up to 50km) Mesosphere (85km) Thermosphere (600 km) Exosphere (essentially outer space)
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Joy of Life Henri Matisse 1906
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Who wrote "Unbearable lightness of being"?
Mila Kundera (1929- )
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The Card Players Paul Cezanne 1894 Musee D'Orsay
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Analyze Mulholland Drive
2/3 of movie is Diane’s dream She dreams of innocence/ renewal She actually hates Camilla
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What was Buddha's name?
Siddhartha Gautama
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Happy Accident of the Swing Jean-Honore Fragonard 1767 Rococo London
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Hallmarks of Art Nouveau
- Flowing curved lines - Intricate - Floral patterns - Muted colours - Stained glass
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Martin Scorsese - style and films
Born 1942- Meticulous plots, realism No good or bad characters - all are in the middle Key Movies Wolf of Wall Street Goodfellas Raging Bull Departed Taxi Driver Gangs of New York New York Stories
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Morning in a Pine Forest Ivan Shishkin/Konstantin Savitsky 1889 Moscow
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When was the Russo-Japanese War
1904-1905
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Five French Mother sauces
Bechamel Veloute Espagnol Hollandaise Tomato
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Evidence of Irish visiting the new world early
St Brendan of Ireland may have come in 6th century. Some petroglyphs in West Virginia.
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Name four pilgrims
Summoner, The cook, the Miller, The Knight, the Monk
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Frank Ghery Barcelona
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The Bath Mary Cassatt 1893
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The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger 1533 National Gallery, London Meant to celebrate the two men but also remind viewers of the mortality and imporance of religion (Cross and Skull)
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Capital of Austria
Vienna
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The Ninth Wave Ivan Aivazovsky 1850 St Petersburg, Russia
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Name of the treaty dividing up South America
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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Pride and Prejudice vs Jane Eyre Approach / Characters
PP-funny, intelligent, beautiful characters, romcom archetype JE- dramatic, plain characters,
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Who was the first leader of the free Czechoslovakia?
Vaclav Havel
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Et in Arcadia Ego Nicolas Poissin 1639 Baroque Louvre
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Significance of the title “To Kill a Mockingbird”
End of innocence- Scout, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson
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Paris Street; Rainy Day Gustave Caillebotte 1877 Impressionist/Modern Chicago
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Core of existentialism
Existence precedes essence
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Capital of Morocco
Rabat
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Akira Kurosawa
1910-1999 Seven Samurai Rashomon
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Who were the main characters of Don Quixote?
Don Quixote Sancho Panza Rocinante Dapple Dulcinea del Toboso
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Who directed Chinatown?
Román Polanski
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Hallmarks of film noir
Fallen/falling middle class hero Femme fatale Has to be a crime Entrapment Often Los Angeles American Dream failed Nihilistic/ unhappy ending
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Invasion of Poland
September, 1939
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When was the Franco Prussian war?
1870-1871
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Slang term for ending something
86’ed
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Main characters from To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout, Jem, Atticus Finch Boo Radley, Tom Robinson
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Three Woody Allen Films I've seen
Manhattan Annie Hall Husbands and Wives
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How old are the archaeological ruins in Pennsylvania?
16,000-19,000 years
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Paycho therapist wo held Brian Wilson hostage
Eugene Landy - 1975 and then again in the 80's
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Founder of Europe
King Charlemagne 7??-814
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Who wrote “new kid in town”?
JD Souther
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When did Joan of Arc live?
1412-1431 (19 years)
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrews Thomas Gainsborough 1750 National Gallery in London British, not American
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Main characters from Sense and Sensibility
Elinor Dashwood Marianne Dashwood Edward Ferrars John Willoughby
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai 1831 View of Mount Fuji in the background. Woodblock.
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Arrival Explained
Everything’s circular- time, language, the plot, Louise’s daughter’s name Hannah.
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Manhattan
2 Oz rye 3/4 Oz vermouth Dash of bitters
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Bechamel Sauce
Roux 2 cups milk Nutmeg
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The Foxes Franz Marc 1913 Expressionism, Cubism Dusseldorf
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Marx
1818-1883
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One hundred years of solitude - author, year
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1967
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When did Henry the 8th live?
1491-1547
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Count of Monte Cristo author
Alexandre Dumas 1844
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Current theory on when people crossed the land bridge in the Bering Straight
13,500 years ago
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Kathryn Bigelow films
1951- Hurt Locker Detroit Zero Dark Thirty Point Break
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Sense and Sensibility
Head and heart Neither on its own is perfect Balance is the key
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When did slavery take place in the USA?
1619 - 1863
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Tower of Babel Peter Bruegel the Elder 1563 Two versions - the (Great) Tower of Babel and the (Little) Tower of Babel
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Lady with an Ermin Leonardo da Vinci 1489 Krakow, Poland
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Hollandaise Sauce
4 egg yolks 1 tbsp lemon juice 1/2 cup butter Cayenne
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Fall of Constantinople
1453 Ottoman’s overtook the Byzantines Sultan Mehmet II
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Japan, black and white 1950 - theme of human witness is unreliable
Rashomon
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Predestination Movie Premise
Ethan Hawke's character is a time travelling agent much like Timecop. He actually turns out to be all the main characters in the movie since he was originally a baby who grew into a woman who conceives a baby with herself, she becomes an agent herself, gets disfigured to the point that she has reconstructive surgery and turns into Ethan Hawke.
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Characters from Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet Jane Bennet Mr Darcy Mr Wickham
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Ayn Rand - philosphy
Objectivism
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Creation of Adam Michelangelo 1512 Sistine Chapel
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Las Damas Romanas Juan Luna 1882 Important work form a Filipino Painter
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Black strert artist, NYC
Jean Michel Basquiat 1960-1988
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What was the turning point in William Faulkner's career?
Rejection from his editor Horace Liveright, who said "tell a story and tell it well" Faulkner's writing changed 180 degrees after this- all his books were brilliant.
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Age of Innocence Joshua Reynolds 1785
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The Son of Man Rene Magritte 1964 Surrealism Private Collection Self Portrait.
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Which Warsaw Pact countries did NOt invade Czechoslovakia in 68?
Romania Albania
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Metrópolis Year and director
1927 Fritz Lang
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Spanish Dictator / Reign
Francisco Franco 1939-1975
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What is the new high rise in downtown TO?
Frank Gehry Mirvish + Gehry
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Main character from HG2G?
Arthur Dent
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When did Phoenicia in the Levant fall?
572 BC the Assyrians took over. Last two city states fell in 300BCE, Carthage fell in 146BCE
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Sunday Afternoon on the island of Grand Jatte Georges Seurat 1886 Art Institute of Chicago Neo Impressionist On the Seine, at the edge of Paris
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The Avenue in the Rain Childe Hassam 1917 American Impressionism White House - painted just prior to USA joining WWI
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Girls from Little Women
Jo March Beth March Meg March Amy March Marmee
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Santiago Calatrava NYC
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Stanley Kubrick
1928-1999 The Shining Clockwork Orange 2001 Full Metal Jacket Dr. Strangelove Eyes Wide Shut
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What is special about Nocturnal Animals?
3 storylines Metaphor is revenge Amy Adams
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View of Toledo El Greco 1596 Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Nightwatch Rembrandt Van Rijn 1642 Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam
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Three Art Nouveau Artists
Mucha Klimt Toulouse Lautrec
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In the Franco Prussian war, where did the Prussians get inspiration from?
American Civil War
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Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet 1872 Paris
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The Treachery of Images Rene Magritte 1929 LA Museum of Art
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Surf spot in Portugal
Nazare
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A question
Eine Frage
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Christopher Nolan
The Prestige Memento Tenet Inception Interstellar Dunkirk The Dark Knight Rises Following
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Red pill / blue pill
Red is learning new unsettling truth Blue = contented ignorance
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Atheism vs Agnosticism
Atheists say i know there’s no god Agnostics say i can’t prove whetheror not there’s a god. I don’t know.
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Kuleshov Effect
The meaning of image A is determined by its juxtaposition to image B, C, or D.
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Name of the doctor who looked after Van Gogh. Alao subject of one painting.
Dr. Gachet
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Peacable Kingdom Edward Hicks 1834 Location: Various - 62 versions
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The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Eyck 1434 Early Renaissance
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Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh 1889 MOMA Painting from the asylum in Saint Remy de Provence
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Olmstead
Architect
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Liberty Leading the People Eugene Delacroix 1830 July Revolution of 1830 - NOT the French Revolution
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Calatrava Rio
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La Belle Epoque
Paris 1870-1914 Prosperity, creativity Franco Prussian War \>\>\> World War I
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When was Tsar Nicholas assassinated?
1918
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The Night Cafe Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Yale University Art Gallery
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What made Henry the 8th famous?
Wanted his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled but the pope denied him. So he split the Church of England off from Roman Catholocism.
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Shutter Island Explained
Scorsese - DiCaprio- Guy who believes he's a US Marshall investigating a disappearance in a criminally insane island penitentiary, finds out that he's a delusional convict himself
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Modern film noir movies
Blade Runner Mimento Taxi Driver Gone girl
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Carles I in Three Positions Anthony Van Dyck Baroque 1635
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When did the Inca Empire start?
1438
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The Sleeping Gypsy Henri Rousseau 1897 MOMA Example of Naive Art - seems almost childish Rousseau never travelled out of France, but depicted scenese in exotic locales. Received very little recognition during his life for his work- it came after.
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Theme of Sound and Fury
Time is circular - like Arrival Some characters hate time Dilsey and Benjy are free of it Dilsey is spiritual Benjy doesn’t understand time.
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What else did Mila Kundera write?
Book of laughter and forgetting
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End of WW2
September 1945
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What town in the South of France did Van Gogh move to in February 1888?
Arles
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What was the primary philosophy of Bauhaus design?
Functional and aesthetic
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Taj Mahal completed
1653
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Moon Premise
Sam is a lone worker on a lunar mining station. He realizes that he's been lied to by his employer, as he's being replaced periodically by clones and time on earth has moved on 15 years.
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Pride and Prejudice vs Jane Eyre themes
PP- status / wealth JE- status / wealth AND gender/feminism
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Bacchus and Ariadne Titian 1520 Renaissance National Gallery, London
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What was East Prussia?
Part of Germany (east of Poland) that remained German until Treaty of Versaille when it became part of Russia. and Lithuania
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen 1813
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Compare Little Women to Pride and Prejudice
Both have strong protagonists P&P is more about women not being bound by class Little Women is about women not being bound by gender roles
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A Cotton Office in New Orleans Edgar Degas 1873 Impressionism Pau, France
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What ended in France as a result of the Franco Prussian war?
Imperial Rule (ie Napoleon III)
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Appreciation of imperfection
Wabi sabi
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What inspired psychedelic artwork of the 60's?
Art Nouveau
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Moby Dick - author and year published
Herman Melville 1851
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Albert Camus - most famous book
The Stranger
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Jane Austen - life
1787-1817
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Star of 12 Angry Men
Henry Fonda
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What’s interesting about Bunker Hill?
One of the first battles of the revolutionary war. Lost by Americans but inspired the to win the greater war.
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Nihilism
“Nothing” Nothing to believe in No good no bad No heaven no hell
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May 3, 1808 Francisco Goya 1814 Prado, Madrid Commemorates Spanish resistance to Napoleon's occupation of Spain
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When was the Berlin wall up?
1961-1989
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Blond from Mulholland Drive
Naomi Watts
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What region of Spain is Bilboa in?
Basque
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Composition VIII Wassily Kandinsky 1923 Abstract Guggenheim, NYC
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How old are the sunken ancient ruins off of Sweden?
9,000-11,000 years old
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The Laughing Cavalier Frans Hals 1624 Baroque, Dutch Golden Age London
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Which Sense and Sensibility character do you identify with?
Edward Ferrars- soft spoken, conversation \> money
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Movie about Van Gogh, actor and director
At Eyernity’s Gate Willem Dafoe Julian Schnabel
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The School of Athens Raphael 1509 Vatican Clear indication of a key theme of the renaissance - throw back to ancient Athens
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How are Sound and the Fury AND Rashomon comparable?
Both have different narrators giving their depiction of the truth.
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The Ladies Waldegrave Joshua Reynolds 1780 Rococo Scotland
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Zahar Hadid Glasgow
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Haiku Structure
three lines Syllables = 575
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What was the dust bowl?
1935-1938 Kansas, Arkansas, Co, Tx, NM
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Nude Descending A Staircase Marcel Duchamp 1912 Cubism
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Artisan Bread
3 1/4 cups flour 2 tsp yeast 1 1/2 cup warm water 2 tsp coarse salt 475 for 20-25min
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Las Meninas Diego Velazquez 1656 Baroque Prado, Madrid
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Five types of brain waves, starting from lowest
Delta (Sleep) Theta (Subconscious) - imaginative, meditating Alpha (imagination, creative, higher quality thoughts, fewer) Beta (reactionary, quick thinking, more frequent, lower quality thoughts) High Level Beta (agitated, not learning, not trusting, disconnected from reality) Gamma - Actively processing information
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Amistad
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Early Martin Scorsese Film, about vigilantism
"Taxi Driver" Set the tone for the gritty movies that Scorsese would produce for the rest of his life Robert De Niro Jodie Foster
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Russian Revolution
1917-1923
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Star of To Kill A Mockingbird
Gregory Peck
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Birth of Venus Sandro Boticelli 1480
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Book about modern layers of society, jealosy
Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
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Factors leading to Russian Revolution (3)
1) Defeat from Japan 2) Weak leadership 3) Industrial revolution 4) Economic pressure - finances dumped on the people
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Garden of Earthly Delights Hieronymous Bosch 1503
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Classic Ingmar Bergman Black and White, 1947
Seventh Seal- Antonius Block, and Squire Jons
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Thus spake Zarathustra elements
Nihilism is turning men into The Last Man- safety, comfort, decadence Ubermensch is not afraid to die or turn away from safety, comfort
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Saint George and the Dragon Paulo Uccello 1470 National Gallery in London One of the most famous fables of the medieval time.
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Most current theory on who came across Bering Straight first...
People came down the Pacific Coast 14-19K years ago, before the land bridge people
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What does it mean to say that someone is a Jason Compson?
Lying, manipulative, greedy, racist - the worst of human nature.
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Where does the title for Sense amd Sensibility come from?
``` Sense = Elinor - good sense, practical Sensibility = Marianne (more passionate, optimistic ```
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Film effect of changing the meaning of image A by placing it next to B, C, or D.
Kuleshov Effect.
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What group of people first established Carthage and when?
Phoenecians 814BC
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What is the bar in Canterbury Tales?
Tabard Inn
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Boulevard Monmarte on a Winter Morning Camille Pissarro 1897
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Who directed Lawrence of Arabia?
David Lean
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Ruler of Russia before revolution
Tsar Nicholas II
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Breezing Up Winslow Homer 1837 National Gallery of Art, Washington American Realism
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William Faulkner
1897-1962 The Sound and the Fury
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Five major rivers of Europe
Danube (Germany - Black Sea) Rheine (Switzerland - Netherlands) Elbe (Czech - Germany - Hamburg) Volga (St Petersburg to Caspian) Loir (All in France)
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Why is Roman Polanski controversial?
Wife (Sharon Tate) murdered by Manson followers Accused of having sex with a 13 year old at Jack Nicholson’s house
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Francis Ford Coppola
1939- Godfather Apocalypse Now Lost in Translation American Graffiti
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Portrait of Madame Matisse 1905 Henri Matisse
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David Fincher
Born 1962, NYC Known for dark themes, camera angle during action Key Movies Fight Club Mank Gone Girl Zodiac Seven Social Network Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Who was Van Gogh’s controversial friend and why?
Paul Gauguin. Lived with him in Arles-speculation thar they had an affair. Some argue that Gaugin cut off Van Gogh’s ear as Gaugin was also into fencing.
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Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
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Mank
David Fincher About the guy who wrote Citizen Kane
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Cafe Terrace at Night Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Kroller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
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Whistler's Mother James Abbott McNeil Whisler 1871 Realism Museum D'Orsay First American painting purchased outside the USA.
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Girl with a pearl earring Johannes Vermeer 1665 The Haag, Netherlands Dutch Golden Age
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Calatrava Sweden
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What was the turning point in William Faulkner's writing?
Rejection from his editor Horace Liveright, who said "tell a story and tell it well" Faulkner's writing changed 180 degrees after this- all his books were brilliant.
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William Wallace Name and timing
Braveheart 1270-1305
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What font showdown got the Bauhaus in trouble with the Nazis?
Sans Serif vs Fraktur.
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Guernica Pablo Picasso 1937 Cubism, Surrealism Madrid
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When where the wars between Rome and Carthage and what where they called?
Punic Wars Mid 3rd century BC
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K Le Guin 1969
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Enlightenment
Started with Newton 1715 Mostly philosophers who said you can question monarchies, religion, etc Starting logic vs god. Interest in math Voltaire
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When was the Berlin Airlift?
1948
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Storm on the Sea of Galilee Rembrandt 1633 Dutch Golden Age Was in Boston...
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Primavera Sandro Botticelli 1477 Uffizi Gallery, Florence Symobolizes Springtime. SB Also did "Birth of Venus"
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Led reign of terror in French Revolution
Maximilian Robespierre Execution of louis 16 started reign of terror
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Departure
Abfahrt
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Difference between Scotch and Irish whiskies
Scotch use malted barley, Irish use unmalted barley.
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When was Don Quixote written?
1605-1615
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How are nihilism and technology related?
Increase in technology=decreased mystecism = decreaesed “Meaning” = increased nihilism
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JFK assassination
November 22, 1963 Dealey Plaza Dallas
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The Astronomer Johannes Vermeer 1668 Louvre Dutch Golden Age
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Which war saw Hannibal crossing the alps with elephants?
Second Punic War
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Who was king before the French Revolution?
Louis the 16th
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Feminist themes in The Bell Jar
Ok for men to womanize Women should be chaste
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Bell Jar author and year
Sylvia Plath 1963
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Novel by Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
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Shakespeare’s wife
Anne Hathaway
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Brazilian film about Rio’s ghetto
City of God
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3 notable things about City of God Incl worst gangster and narrator
SO many people getting shot with revolvers L’il Ze worst gangster Story narrated by Rocket
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How many people die in City of God
58
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NZ Prime minister
Jacinda Ardern
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Two Americans that explored the west and years
Lewis and Clark 1804-1806
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Two Americans that explored the west and years
Lewis and Clark 1804-1806

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