Typical tasks Task rating for the control of:

1. Human culture, its nature, functions, types.

2. The origin of culture in the initial day: general characteristics.

3. Antiquity as a phenomenon of European and world culture.

4. Literature and art of ancient Greece.

5. Science and Law in Ancient Rome.

6. Art and literature of ancient Rome.

7. Byzantine culture, its essence and peculiarities.

8. The situation of culture and art in the day of the European Middle Ages.

9. Conceptual and artistic achievements of the Renaissance.

10. Features of the Northern Renaissance in the arts.

11. Place and Role of the Reformation in the cultural life of Western Europe.

12. Prominent figures of European culture of ancient times.

13. Prominent thinkers of the European Middle Ages.

14. Thinkers and cultural figures of the Renaissance.

15. The main periods of primitive society, their characteristic features.

16. Key areas of human culture, their general characteristics.

17. Subject and objectives of "History of foreign culture" as an academic discipline.

18. Place and role of religious beliefs, ideas, worship in the original day.

19. Religion and church in the cultural life of Western European Middle Ages.

20. The concept of culture and civilization, their commonality and divergence.

21. The role of Orthodox Christianity in the cultural development of the Byzantine Empire.

22. Cultural achievements of the Ancient East (Mesopotamia, for example).

23. Cultural achievements of the Ancient East (Egypt, for example).

24. Cultural achievements of the Ancient East (for example India).

25. Cultural achievements of the Ancient East (China for example).

26. The ideology of humanism in the culture of Europe: the origin, nature, value.

27. Art and Literature of Europe in modern times.

28. Science Education and Enlightenment.

29. Ideological basis of the Enlightenment.

30. The ideologists of the Enlightenment, their contribution to European and world culture.

31. Protestant ethic of work as a religious and cultural phenomenon.

32. Visual Arts in Western Europe, XV-XVI centuries.

33. Martin Luther as a prominent reformer and spiritual leader of the day.

34. Main directions of art in Western Europe, the seventeenth century.

35. Leading artistic styles and trends in European art of the XVIII century.

36. Visual Arts in Northern Europe XVII.

37. New genres of literary works of the XVIII century Europeans.

38. Musical and theatrical art in nineteenth century Europe.

39. Features of the spiritual life and outlook changes in nineteenth century Europe.

40. Material culture and technological discovery in Europe of the nineteenth century.

41. Science & Education the nineteenth century. And their impact on the cultural life of society.

42. Artistic trends, styles and trends in the art of the nineteenth century.

43. Famous artists of the nineteenth century in literature.

44. Prominent artists and composers of the nineteenth century.

45. The development of scientific knowledge and technologies in the world (beginning of XX-XXI century.)

46. Leading trends, styles and trends in the literature of the twentieth century.

47. Fine art of the twentieth century: the genres, styles, trends.

48. The dramatic art and drama of the twentieth century: the struggle of tradition and innovation.

49. Musical culture of the world in the twentieth century: the leading genres, trends, directions.

50. Place and role of art cinema in the cultural history of the twentieth century.

51. Mass and elite culture of modern era: the problem of interaction.

52. Prominent figures of world art in the second half of XX - beginning of XXI century (for example, literature, painting, theater, music, movies).