Humanities

This is a book for Introduction to Humanities, and it covers prehistoric era to the Christendom.

An exploration of the creative spirit as manifest in the arts and humanities. This textbook examines historical shifts and artistic output in eastern and western culture beginning with the Protestant Reformation and ending in the 21st century.

This Humanities 122 textbook introduces the interdisciplinary study of ideas that have defined cultures from the Medieval Era to the Enlightenment. We will study painting, sculpture, architecture,music, and poetry. Our goal is to encourage students to look critically at the arts and ideas of cultures in the past and to learn to write about what they see and feel. We hope students will think about and answer these questions: How do these art forms make me feel? Why were they created? How does understanding these works of art help me to be part of the human conversation going on around me? How can internalizing works of art from the human past help me to express my creative self?

An OER resource for Hum1: Modern Humanities: Arts & Ideas

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From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.