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1 The Humanities: An Introduction to the Adventure The Arts

2 The Pictorial Arts Medium used? Lines and Shapes? Color and Light? Patterns? Does it create a meaningful whole? meaningful whole?

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

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

5 Sculpture Dimensionality: full-round, relief, linear Texture

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

7 Architecture Systems of structure: post-and-lintel, cantilever, arch, vault

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

9 Music Genres: symphony, mass, concerto, opera, oratorio Melody: musical ideas, themes, motifs

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

11 Dance Ballet, modern dance, folk dance Compositional elements: line, form and repetition

12 Theater Genres: tragedy, comedy Elements: plot, characters, thought, visual elements

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

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

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

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

17 Film Narrative, documentary, absolute

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


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