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Chapter 1. The Humanities- A Shining Beacon Questions and Answers
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Chapter 1. The Humanities- A ShiningBeacon
Aesthetic - answer An experience in the arts of life, such as watching a sunset, that we
value for no reason beyond itself
Beauty - answer pleasing arrangement of parts that affects us aesthetically
Discipline - answer In the humanities, a given art form- literature, visual art, music,
drama, dance, and cinema- as well as a field of academic study
Humanism - answer A movement begun in the early Renaissance that extolled and
studied the creative and intellectual legacies of classical Greece and Rome, leading to
the conviction that only through such study could one become fully human; a term that
is now expanded to include the study of contributions from all cultures
Humanities - answer Once limited to "the best products of the best minds," narrowly
defined as classical Greek of Roman, but later expanded to include Western European
achievements, and more recently, the creative expressions of men and women around
the world
Renaissance Man - answer A label often applied to Leonardo da Vinci, indicating his
display of genius in many areas from art to science; now used as high praise for anyone
who has earned a reputation for high achievement in several fields
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