Intro to the HumanitiesIntro to the Humanities

Lecture One

So what are the Humanities?

The HumanitiesThe Humanities

One of three main educational classifications

Natural SciencesSocial SciencesHuman Sciences (“Humanities”)

Natural SciencesNatural Sciences

ChemistryBiologyPhysiologyGeologyPhysicsArcheology

Social SciencesSocial Sciences

SociologyEconomicsPsychologyPolitical Science

HumanitiesHumanities

According to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the humanities include--

• History• Philosophy• Languages (both modern and classical)• Linguistics

HumanitiesHumanities

• Literature• Jurisprudence• Archaeology• Comparative religion• Ethics• The history, theory and

criticism of the arts

Our Story So FarOur Story So Far

Education

Natural Sciences Social Sciences Humanities

ChemistryBiologyPhysiologyGeologyPhysicsArcheology

SociologyEconomicsPsychologyPoli Sci

The Fine ArtsPhilosophyHistoryReligious Studies LiteratureLanguages

OK, so what are the Humanities?OK, so what are the Humanities?

The Humanities are the branches of learning concerned with human attributes and qualities and are regarded as having primarily a cultural character. They are concerned with expression and aesthetic value.

Those areas of study that explore humans and their relationship to the world around them.

Those academic disciplines which study people -- their ideas, their history, their literature, their artifacts, and their values.

So what are the Fine Arts?So what are the Fine Arts?

Well…….

The Fine ArtsThe Fine Arts

The Performing Arts

• The Visual Arts

Performing ArtsPerforming Arts

DanceMusicTheatrePerformance Art

Visual ArtsVisual Arts

Painting/DrawingPrintmakingSculpturePhotographyFilmArchitecture

Performing ArtsPerforming Arts

DanceDance

BalletModern DanceJazz

MusicMusic

OperaSymphonicStageFilmMusicals

TheatreTheatre

Drama/TragedyComedyMusicals

Performance ArtPerformance Art

The HappeningPoetic TerrorismStaged

Visual ArtsVisual Arts

PaintingPainting

OilWatercolorsTemperaAcrylic

DrawingDrawing

PencilCharcoalCraypa

PrintmakingPrintmaking

LithographsEtchingsPosters

SculptureSculpture

2 dimensional (bas-relief)

3 dimensionalFree standingInstallation

PhotographyPhotography

UnalteredAltered

FilmFilm

NarrativeDocumentaryAbsolute

ArchitectureArchitecture

UtilitarianAesthetic

Summing UpSumming Up

Fine Arts

Performing Arts Visual Arts

DanceMusicTheatrePerformance Art

PaintingDrawingPrintmakingSculpturePhotographyFilmArchitecture

Humanities