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The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure

This introduction to the humanities explores various art forms such as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, theater, literature, poetry, and film. It delves into the mediums, elements, composition principles, genres, and other aspects that make each art form unique. Additionally, it encourages personal reflection on the individual's response to different works of art.

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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 • Types: fiction and non-fiction • Fiction Genres: narrative fiction, drama and poetry • Non-fiction Genres: biography and essay • Narrative 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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