Humanities Today

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This paper explains that the academic discipline known as humanities is the study of how man interprets the world around him. The author points out that the key point for distinguishing humanities from other modes of human inquiry is the fact that humanities are based on historical and expressive interpretation rather than theory and logic. The paper relates that the study of humanities changes in each generation with the quest for the purpose and meaning of human life. The author underscores that one of the more controversial ways that the arts have been affected by modern humanities is the showcasing of human bodies as art, such as an art exhibition now touring the United States in which some displays have cadavers doing various normal human activities.

Table of Contents:
Art
Music
Architecture
Philosophy
Literature

From the Paper:

"Frank Lloyd Wright is one the foremost fathers of modern American architecture. He believed that past methods for architecture were relied too heavily. Wright made it a point to reject the 19th century European architecture that people were used to. His style was attributed to the blocks he played with as a child and from modern Japanese architecture. Since the world was going through a new industrial period, Wright felt is was necessary to include materials that emphasized the world around him. He began to use materials such as steel and glass in his architecture."

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