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The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure

The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure. The Arts. The Pictorial Arts. Medium used? Lines and Shapes? Color and Light? Patterns? Does it create a meaningful whole?. Two-Dimensional Art. Media: paintings, drawings, prints and photography

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The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure

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  1. The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure The Arts

  2. The Pictorial Arts • Medium used? • Lines and Shapes? • Color and Light? • Patterns? • Does it create a meaningful whole?

  3. Two-Dimensional Art • Media: paintings, drawings, prints and photography • Composition elements and principles: line, form, color, repetition and balance

  4. Sculpture • Full Round or Relief? • Material? • Texture? • Movement? • Relation of sculpture to site?

  5. Sculpture • Dimensionality: full-round, relief, linear • Texture

  6. Architecture • Function of building? • Materials used for construction? • Design? • Relation between interior and exterior? • Any other arts used?

  7. Architecture • Systems of structure: post-and-lintel, cantilever, arch, vault

  8. Music • Melody and Rhythm? • Instruments or voices? • Where? For What Purpose? • Form of composition?

  9. Music • Genres: symphony, mass, concerto, opera, oratorio • Melody: musical ideas, themes, motifs

  10. Dance • Popular? Ballet? Modern? • Relation between dance and music? • Mimetic? • Movements compose a whole?

  11. Dance • Ballet, modern dance, folk dance • Compositional elements: line, form and repetition

  12. Theater • Genres: tragedy, comedy • Elements: plot, characters, thought, visual elements

  13. Theater • Play staged through set, lighting, costumes? • Director and actors interpret script?

  14. Opera • How is it staged? • Relation between words and music? • Director’s interpretation of script? • Instruments and voices used? • How singers interpret musical score and dramatic script? • How is dance incorporated to script?

  15. Literature • Genres: fiction, poetry, biography, essay • Elements: point of view, character, plot, theme and language

  16. Poetry • Form of poem? • Patterns of sound? (meter, rhythm) • Metaphors? Symbols?

  17. Film • Narrative, documentary, absolute

  18. Personal Response • What is my response to work of art? • How is response shaped by work itself and my life experience?

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