CPAR LESS 1

• Humanities


  Latin word "humanus". Branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to express itself
• Subjects often covered in Humanities courses

  • Literature
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Film
  • Dance
  • Theatre
• Visual arts or spatial arts


  • Perceive with our eyes
  • Occupy space
• Visual arts


  Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Photography
• Auditory or temporal arts


  • Art forms that can be heard
  • Expressed in time
• Auditory arts


  Music and Literature
• Performing arts


  • Can be both seen and heard
  • Unfold both space and time
• Combined arts


  Theater, Dance and Film
• Few examples of how one can actually engage in a pursuit of Humanities
• Humanities


  Latin word "humanus". Branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to express itself
• Subjects often covered in Humanities courses

  • Literature
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Film
  • Dance
  • Theatre
• Visual arts or spatial arts


  • Perceive with our eyes
  • Occupy space
• Visual arts


  Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Photography
• Auditory or temporal arts


  • Art forms that can be heard
  • Expressed in time
• Auditory arts


  Music and Literature
• Performing arts


  • Can be both seen and heard
  • Unfold both space and time
• Combined arts


  Theater, Dance and Film
• WHY STUDY THE HUMANITIES?
• ACTIVITY 1 50 points
• AESTHETIC VALUE

  The concept of "aesthetic value" refers to the value which causes an object to be a "work of art". This is a quality which appeals to our sense of beauty.
• INTELLECTUAL VALUE

  An artwork stimulates thought. It enriches our mental life by making us realize fundamental truths about ourselves, about other human beings, and about the world around us.
• SUGGESTIVENESS

  This is a quality associated with the emotional power of art. Great works of art move us deeply and stir our feelings and imagination, giving and evoking visions above and beyond the plain of ordinary life and experience.
• SPIRITUAL VALUE

  Art elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which make us a better person. The capacity to inspire is part of the spiritual value of art.

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• PERMANENCE

  A great work of art endures. It can be viewed again and again as each encounter gives fresh delight and new insights and opens new worlds of meaning and experience. Its appeal is lasting
• UNIVERSALITY

  Great art is timeless and timely. It is forever relevant and appeals to one and all, anytime, anywhere because it deals with elemental feelings, fundamental truths, and universal conditions.
• STYLE

  Great artworks are marked as much by their memorable substances as well as by their distinctive style.
• FORM

  It is the organization, arrangement, or framework of an artwork; the manner or style of constructing, arranging, ang coordinating the parts of a composition for 23 a pleasing or effective result.
• VISUAL OF ARTAS

  Aesthetic Value

  Intellectual Value

  Suggestiveness

  Spiritual Value

  Permanence

  Universality

  Style

  Form