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Humanities

And The Arts

Arts



What are the Humanities?

• The humanities are

those academic

disciplines that study

the expressions ofhuman beings that

explore and reveal

what it means to be

human.




• The humanities is a

way of thinking about

and responding to the

world.• The humanities are

about human beings,

their culture and their

intellectualachievements.




• Art probes into thepurpose and meaningof life.

• Art makes us thinkabstractly in ways wedon’t normally think.

• Art helps us to reflect

and keep themeaning of life on theedge of our minds.




• Humanities seeks the clarity of wisdom gained through

a disciplined engagement –

(Art, religion, music, dance, drama)




• Through the

Humanities, we learn

about ourselves and

we learn about

others.

Who are you?

How did you get here?



Humanities.



Humanities

•Human psyche

•Human nature

•Human condition

•Human behavior

•Human struggle



•Human

psyche• –is where your power is. The

power of why you do what you

do. In your psyche lies the

potential to overcome odds, and

obstacles big and small. The

conscious “you” would never

allow you to take on such a feat.

Human psyche is the force

inside of a human that says

“mind over mat ter .” “If you think

you can you will. If you think

you can’t you won’t.”



•Human nature -

- the natural inclination of the

human. The ultimate tendency of

a human. The basic makeup of a

human. “I was born this way.”

Human nature is the set ofpsychological characteristics,

including ways of thinking and

acting, that all normal human

beings have in common.



Humanbehavior •- Human behavior is the

collection of behaviorsexhibited by human beings

and influenced by culture,

attitudes, emotions, values.



Human

condition

Why am I this way?

Human condition is

the disconnectbetween what we are

and what we can be.



Why am I this

way?



Why is she this way?

What is she thinking?



Human struggle.

To make strenuous or violentefforts in the face of difficulties or

opposition. To proceed with

difficulty or with great effort.

The struggle for survival.

The struggle to find the meaning ofexistence.

The struggle to have questions

answered.

The human struggle for rights…



Humanities.The Humanities are about

humans.

The Humanities are about what

humans produced and why theyproduced it.



We communicate our struggles to

others through ART.



As part of this course, we will learn toobserve. Observation by the intellect.

(Observation begins with th e senses: what wesee, hear, taste, sm ell, touch--w ith what makes

us feel alive. )



Intellect = the capacity for rational or

intelligent thought -- especially when highly

developed. Intellect is built by involving oneself

in the arts as a viewer and/or participant.

The more a person involves themselves in the

arts, the more intellectual a person becomes.



The more a

person

involves

themselves

in the arts,the more

intellectual a

person

becomes.

Left Brain Right Brain

Words

(verbal)

Images (non-

verbal)

Logical Intuitive

Black &

White Color

Numbers Rhythm

Sequence Imagination Analysis Daydreaming

Lists Dimension

Critical

Thinking

Creative

Thinking



The Left BrainThe left brain is associated with verbal, logical, and analytical

thinking. It excels in naming and categorizing things, symbolic

abstraction, speech, reading, writing, arithmetic. The left brain is

very linear: it places things in sequential order -- first things firstand then second things second, etc. If you reflect back upon our

own educational training, we have been traditionally taught to

master the 3 R's: reading, writing and arithmetic -- the domain

and strength of the left brain.



Why are the Humanities Important?

• Humanities are the key to

understanding the

diversity and richness of

all cultures.

The humanities aresocially useful for critical

and imaginative thinking

about the issues that

confront us as citizensand as human beings.



Why are the Humanities Important?

The humanities allow people to accomplish

certain mental feats by helping them gain

empathy and a better sense of what other

people's truths have been.

•By visiting a Holocaust museum Americans can better

understand the pain and suffering Jews endured during

World War II.

•By watching the movie “Roots” people can betterunderstand the history and suffering of African American

people.



People

What are people?

People are a collective group of human

beings.



People

• An ethnic group ofpeople or ethnicity is apopulation of humanbeings whose membersidentify with each other,either on the basis ofancestry, or by commoncultural, linguistic,religious, or territorial

traits.• Ethnicity is used in

contrast to race.



People

• A race of people refers to

a classification of physical

and genetic traits

perceived as common tocertain groups.

• The most widely used

human racial categories

are based on visible traits(skin color, facial features

and hair texture



People

Nationality is a relationship between aperson and their state of origin, culture,

association, affiliation and/or loyalty.



People

• So then what isculture?

– The totality of sociallytransmitted behaviorpatterns, arts, beliefs,institutions, and all otherproducts of human workand thought.

– The expression of apopulation or communitythrough their patterns,traits, beliefs and

products.(Edwardianculture; Japaneseculture; the culture of

poverty.)



What is Art?

• Art is a product made

with the intention of

stimulating the human

senses, the humanmind and spirit. The

driving force for art is

human creativity.



What is Art?

• Artist is a termapplied to a personwho engages in an

activity deemed to bean art. An artist alsomay be definedunofficially, as, "aperson whoexpressesthemselves through amedium".



What is Art?

• An artwork is normallyassessed in quality by theamount of stimulation it brings

about.

• Who does the art impact?• How many people can relate to the

art?

• How much can the art beappreciated? Why?

• How much influence does the art haveon the past? On human condition?Psyche? Behavior? Nature? Struggle?

• Most artworks that are widelyconsidered to be "masterpieces"possess these attributes.



What is Art?

• Architecture• Visual arts

• Applied art

• Crafts

• Dance

• Decorative art

• Design

• Drawing

• Film

• Language

• Literature

• Music

• Opera

• Painting• Photography

• Poetry

• Sculpture

• Theatre & Performing arts

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What is Art?

• Art terms toremember: – Folk Art

– Applied Art

– Fine Art

– Craft

– Abstract

– Subjective (Realistic)

– 3 dimensional

– 2 dimensional

– Genre



Elements of Creativity

• There is an elemental basis for the

composition/product of any human

creativity.

The elements is the basic recipe. Just

like a cake, there are basic ingredients

needed to make a creative product.




• The Elements of Music• Melody

• Harmony

• Rhythm• Dynamics




• The Elements of Theater• Actor

• Audience

• Text (Script)• Costume

• Scenery

• Sound

• Props




• The Elements of Drama• Plot

• Theme

• Character• Dialogue

• Scenery




• The Elements of Dance• Centering

• Gravity

• Balance• Posture

• Gesture

• Rhythm

• Movement in Space

• Breathing




• The Elements of Film • Story

• Direction

• Camera Work• Editing




• The Elements of

Fashion • Line

• Shape

• Fabric

• Texture



Principles of Art are Universal

Emphasis

Balance

Harmony

Variety

Movement

Rhythm

Proportion

Unity



Elements of Art

(basic ingredients to makea basic work of art)

Principles of art takes



Principles of art takes

creativity to a higher detailed

level.

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