“Man is the measure of all things.” - Protagoras

Humanities

Latin word “humanus” which mean human who is REFINED, CULTURED, and WORTHY of the DIGNITY of man.

“Though they had eyes to see, they saw to no avail; they had ears, but understood not; but like the shape in dreams, throughout the length of days, without purpose they wrought all things is confusion.” - Aeschylus

“generation that has lost touch of its senses.”

“What is more important now is to recover our senses. We must learn to see more, to hear more, to feel more

the aim of all commentary on art should be to make works of art- and by analogy, our own experience- more, rather than less, real to us… the function of criticism should be to show, how it is what it is, rather than to show what it means.” – Susan Sontag

Importance of Studying Humanities

Gives us broad knowledge of our history and cultural traditions

Helps us acquire values and wisdom

Helps us develop reflective and critical thinking

What is Art?

 art should have properties of representation, expression, and formality.

What this means is that in order to be considered art, the artwork must represent something else, must be an expression of an artist, and must be presented in a formal context.

Duchamp’s Urinal

Andy Warhol’s Campbell soup can

Damien Hirst’s dead animals

‘Mother and Child, Divided

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What is Art?

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