The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure

The Arts

The Pictorial Arts

Medium used? Lines and Shapes? Color and Light? Patterns? Does it create a meaningful whole?

Two-Dimensional Art
Media: paintings, drawings, prints and photography Composition elements and principles: line, form, color, repetition and balance

Sculpture
Full Round or Relief? Material? Texture? Movement? Relation of sculpture to site?

Architecture
Function of building? Materials used for construction? Design? Relation between interior and exterior? Any other arts used?

Music
Melody and Rhythm? Instruments or voices? Where? For What Purpose? Form of composition?

Dance
Popular? Ballet? Modern? Relation between dance and music? Mimetic? Movements compose a whole?

Theater
Play staged through set, lighting, costumes? Director and actors interpret script?

Opera
How is it staged? Relation between words and music? Directors interpretation of script? Instruments and voices used? How singers interpret musical score and dramatic script? How is dance incorporated to script?

Literature
Genres: fiction, poetry, biography, essay Elements: point of view, character, plot, theme and language

Poetry
Form of poem? Patterns of sound? (meter, rhythm) Metaphors? Symbols?

Film
Narrative, documentary, absolute

Personal Response
What is my response to work of art? How is response shaped by work itself and my life experience?