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Theme: Introduction to the Humanities: The “big questions” of humanity, definitions of culture, the definition of artifacts, reasons for creating artifacts I this theme I learned that humanities involve exploring and the studying humankind, how humans live and encounter and deal with life and document their experiences of life and the aspects of life around them.
We study humanities understand other people better and understand other culture so that we can be better connected and be able to relate to others in a better way. Through humanities, we can find answers to the "big questions” of life. We can find wisdom by asking these questions to solve the meaning of life, the reason for our existences, the nature of God if God exists among other …show more content…

Theme: Fundamentals of Human Culture: Universal or enduring ideas and themes, the impact of culture on artifacts, the role of personal values in understanding artifacts, creator intent, and subjective interpretation In this Module, I learned that artifacts are created as an outlet for ideas and feelings experienced by the artists as an individual or a widespread feeling common to a society and time where the artifact was created in. In universal ideas, the feeling and ideas may transcend the culture of the artifact maker and be relatable to other culture in other parts of the world. These ideas may express love, freedom, environment, and others. Artwork can also be studied using enduring ideas which are big ideas which express the centered on human experience over a long period of time, these may include beauty, conflict, fantasy, work among others. Artifacts are also subject to change as culture changes. As these changes occur the society views and attitude change leading to a change in how artists express ideas. For example, 3D printing technology may change how sculptures are created in the future. Studying artifacts from different eras of a society may give us an idea of how a culture has changed over …show more content…

we study artifacts from early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece among other early civilization. The artifacts studied include theater, music, and philosophy. These disciplines were born during that period. other periods are the Middle Ages which are generally 500–1500 which saw the rise of Christianity, The Renaissance, 1400-1700. This also beaming rebirth. artists in this era include the da Vinci and Michelangelo. other periods include Enlightenment and Romanticism which are the period that saw different ideas, the Enlightenment saw the promotion of principles of science, order, balance, and reasoning among other while romanticism promoted the principles of intuition, freedom, and emotions. In the modern world, this is the current period. in this period artifacts are created in reality. there are forms or expressing oneself including media like film, radio, and internet. Development in technology has also enabled the humankind to live in a world where culture is more global and

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The Renaissance One of the main ideas that characterized Renaissance art and literature was one which was interest and appreciation for the classical period. The classical period was a time of Ancient Greece and Rome. It was the pinnacle of human achievement. I can see one main idea in the classical period because in a letter written by Niccolo Machiavelli, he read classical books that made him happy. He goes home imagining him entering ancient courts of ancient men while he was reading the classical books.

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In “Are ethnographies ‘just so” stories?” by E. Paul Durrenberger, in this article he makes an argument about the form of culture being an artifact, and even science is a form of culture. He first points out the development of how culture came to term of being an artifact. Durrenberger says, “If we want to learn about a culture, we study its artifacts, especially the ones that say something about social relations and the culture itself” (60). This is significant because we can’t just have someone make up a story if they never studied or seen with their own two eyes to prove of what is real or not. The second point that he made is that science is a form of culture.

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As a result, it has helped many areas experience lower rates of poverty and higher living standards. Interaction with people from other cultures and traditions is made possible by globalization, which promotes cultural interchange. In addition to enhancing societies, this cross-cultural exchange of ideas, music, art, and values fosters tolerance and understanding. Technological Advancement: Globalization has expedited the global dissemination of information and technology. Rapid breakthroughs in science, technology, and communication can be attributed to its ability to ease the diffusion of inventions and knowledge.

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To preserve and study a creative endeavor gives the museum value of the study, and education to the people. Each time has a unique story to be told by the creativity of the art. It gives the people something to always analyze and think

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In “Starving for Wisdom” by Nicholas Kristof the author explains the importance of humanities in enriching people and finances. Humanities are learning about “human culture” by the study of literature, history, art and music” (Humanities). In summary this essay explains the benefits of having three modes of persuasion; ethos, pathos, logos and displays the impact and importance of the humanities. Decisions based on the humanities can have negative effects on the population.

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Modern Age (1914 to 1945) Description Of Time Period (Background): The Modern Age began with the Age of Enlightenment and ended with the Baroque period. After World War I, many people lost optimism and felt very uncertain with the future.

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From the fifteenth century to the seventeenth centuries society experienced a shift from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. During this time Europe underwent many significant changes that were often expressed through the historical art. Passionate and experienced artists used their skills to create masterpieces that would highlighted these changes and led to the success of their careers. During this shift Medieval point of views began to fade away and a new Era full of new perspectives began to form. The Renaissance was known by many as the rebirth of the humanist culture.

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The human race has gone through many extravagant eras and ages. From the space age to the Victorian era, humans have seen civilizations fall and revolutions ensue. Possibly the most well known era was the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an advanced age fueled by an infatuation for art and literature. People began to focus on the concept of individualism, and portrayed that in their art.

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Not only did Enlightenment change the way individuals thought, but it changed the way artwork was produced. Neoclassicism resulted from this new era of intellect and challenged artists to include these new themes and styles into their artworks. Some of the most famous artists during this time period included; Joseph Wright Derby, Jaques-Louis David, and Angelica Kauffman (Kleiner 771). Before the Enlightenment period, the primary artistic style was Rocco. The Rococo art style included aristocratic idealism, elaborate ornamentation, dramatic

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“Symbolic Explosion” happened about 50,000 years ago and was to depict the various forms of human art, cultural presentations, standard rituals and probably, the power assimilated within. Symbol became universally accepted by kingdoms, countries and societies as a natural and effective expression for whatever the symbol may represent. Symbolism has been given various interpretations by laureates, be it to adorn or to showcase religion or to represent a society or tell a story. It may be more powerful than a religion or money or land or violence. Its presence is as pictures or images, yet, is capable of narrating an entire story revolving around the subject that it represents.

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One way for us to understand the past is by looking at the arts that was produced during that era. We can see how that contributes to that civilization current state. It gives us clue on how they lead their life, how certain event happened and how that shape the people that lived during that era. By looking at two arts from Mesopotamia, classical Greece, and Rome, we can see how those people led their life through their arts. 1.

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