Humanities PT1 Flashcards
Humanities
Is the study of how humanity has expressed views of reality or a search for reality through the arts across the centuries and around the world.
Philosophy and theology
form the foundation of the humanities.
- What is it?
- How is it put together?
- How does it stimulate the senses?
These first three questions are ___ in nature
(define the term too)
cognitive
The cognitive response to a work of art involves things that are factual and objective.
” WHAT DOES IT MEAN”
This last questionn is ______ in nature.
Define
affective
The affective response to a work of art involves feelings, intuition, and emotion, and is subjective and personal
What makes us human?
Perhaps it’s the search for meaning in life.
What is art?
A sight, sound, or movement (or combination of these) intended as human expression.
or
One person’s vision of human reality, expressed in a particular medium and shared with others.
Creativity
Is the act of bringing forth new forces and forms, both in the arts and the sciences.
design
Is an arrangement of artistic elements.
Convetion
Is a set of rules or mutually accepted circumstances.
Style
Is the manner in which artists express themselves, the way in which they combine the techniques and materials of the medium of expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
is sometimes referred to as a Renaissance man because of his genius in many areas from art to science.
Renaissance man
The term is still used as high praise for anyone who achieves great things in several fields
Aesthetics
and with issues relateis a branch of philosophy that deals with issues of beautyd to works of art.
The term aesthetics was coined by who?
German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten
metaphysics
(the nature of first principles and problems of ultimate reality).
epistemology
(the nature and origin of knowledge),
ethics
(the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by the individual in relationship with others),
The ancient Greek philosophers
Plato and Aristotle saw art as
mimesis (imitation) and beauty
as the expression of a universal
quality.
What did Aridtote do with art?
divided the arts into “high art” and “low art.”
For the ancient Greeks, “art” included
all handcrafts, and the rules of symmetry, proportion, and unity applied equally to weaving, pottery, poetry, and sculpture
What did Immanuel Kant do?
revolutionized aesthetics in his Critique of Reason (1790) by viewing aesthetic appreciation as involving a judgment–subjective, but informed.
The “fine arts”─ meaning
painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theatre, dance, and in the 20th century, cinema ─ are prized for their purely aesthetic qualities.
symbol
A symbol is a thing that represents something else. A symbol is a tangible emblem of something abstract: a mundane object evoking a higher realm.
artifact
(something made by people) representing the ideas and technology of a specific time and place
Art criticism
is a detailed process of analysis to gain understanding and appreciation.
Formal art criticism
examines the artwork itself.
Contextual art criticism
examines the artwork in consideration of the events surrounding it, and perhaps the circumstances of its creation.
Critical thinking
means rational and logical analysis, looking at subjects objectively, gathering all the information, and drawing conclusions based on the evidence.
Artisanship
refers to how well the work is crafted or made.
In judging artworks, what are two particularly important criteria to consider?
Communication and artisanship
Masterfully crafted works of art employ
. universality (the artist’s ability to touch a common experience or feeling within us),
2. carefully directed structures or focal points that lead us where the artist intends us to go, and
3. freshness of approach that makes us curious to investigate further.
stereotypes
depictions of groups, often with unflattering emphasis on a few simplistic traits, without regard for significant differences among the individuals that make up that group
blasphemy
any feature of an artwork considered by religious authorities as abusive toward or contemptuous of their religion or beliefs
who was Friedrich Nietzsche ?
Nietzsche used figures from ancient Greek mythology to represent two opposing creative approaches
Who was Apollo?
As patron god of musicians and poets, Apollo carries a lyre and his symbol represents the “egg of creation”. He was also the Greek sun god, commanding his fiery chariot across the sky each day.
Was the Greek god of wine. His feasts were associated with drunken parties and orgies.
Dionysus
Both were elements in art work why?
Extremes in an Apollonian or Classical approach produce works that are too predictable,
extremes in a Dionysian or Romantic approach result in works that are too unpredictable to effectively communicate with others.
