The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure

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The Humanities An Introduction to the Adventure

• The Arts

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The Pictorial Arts

• Medium used?
• Compositional elements line, form, color,
  value, texture, and repetition
• Compositional principles balance, contrast,
  repetition, unity, and variety

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Two-Dimensional Art

• Media paintings, drawings, prints and
  photography

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Three-Dimensional ArtsSculpture

• Full Round or Relief?
• Material?
• Movement?
• Relation of sculpture
• to site?

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Three-Dimensional ArtsArchitecture

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

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Three-Dimensional ArtsArchitecture

• Systems of structure post-and-lintel,
  cantilever, arch, and vault

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Photography and Film

• Historic development tied together
• Photography changed the visual arts
• Film narrative, documentary, absolute

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Music, Theatre, Dance, and Literature
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Music

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

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Music

• Genres symphony, mass, concerto, opera,
  oratorio
• Melody musical ideas, themes, motifs

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Dance

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

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Dance

• Ballet, modern dance, folk dance
• Compositional elements line, form and repetition

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Theater

• Genres tragedy, comedy
• Elements plot, characters, thought, visual
  elements

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Theater

• Play staged through set,
• lighting, costumes
• Director and actors
• interpret script

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Opera

• How is it staged?
• Relation between words and music?
• Directors interpretation of script?
• Instruments and voices used?
• How singers interpret musical
• score and dramatic script?
• How is dance incorporated
• to script?

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Literature

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

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Poetry

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

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Personal Response

• What is my response to this work of art?
• How is my response shaped by the work itself and
  my life experience?