The Arts Key Terms

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Chapter 25

• The ArtsKey Terms

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• art The creative use of the human imagination to
  interpret, express, and enjoy life.
• entoptic phenomenaBright, pulsating geometric
  forms that are generated by the central nervous
  system and seen in states of trance. 

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• iconic imagesHallucinations of people, animals,
  and monsters, seen in the deepest stage of
  trance.
• mythA sacred narrative explaining how the world
  came to be in its present form.

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• legendsStories told as true, set in the
  postcreation world.
• epicsLong oral narratives, sometimes in poetry
  or rhythmic prose, recounting the glorious events
  in the life of a real or legendary person.

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• taleA creative narrative recognized as fiction
  for entertainment.
• motifA story situation in a folktale.

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• ethnomusicologyThe study of a societys music in
  terms of its cultural setting.
• tonalityIn music, scale systems and their
  modifications.