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