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As we learned in Week 1, there is a difference between being educated and simply trained. The purpose of education is not only to determine what someone can do, but also what kind of person they become as a result of their education. Studies in the humanities will advance the communication skills, empathy, self-awareness, judgment, and professionalism of students, and they help students with becoming skilled at the social and cultural context of working with people.
In addition, studying the humanities can help students in the following ways:
Literature can introduce students to life situations with which they may not be familiar.
Drama can teach oral communication.
- Philosophy can teach skills of analysis and argument.
- Art, literature, drama. and music are expressions of human creativity, and taking part in some form of artistic activity, either as reader or viewer, is part of what makes us human.
- For this assignment, choose a work of art that made an impression on you during this course. Then, address the following:
- Include an image of or link to the work.
Identify the artist, the title, date completed, and the medium.
Explain how learning about the work will help you in your life and career. Consider the context in which the work was created and the meaning of the work.
- Explain how one or more specific disciplines (literature, drama, philosophy, art, music) influenced you.
- Examine the effect that you think this class could have on your career and personal life.
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Work of Art: The Starry Night
‘Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Title: The Starry Night
Date Completed: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas’
Context and Meaning of the Starry Night
‘The Starry Night, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, represents the artist's deep
concern about his emotional and psychological state during his stay at the State asylum in SaintRémy-de-Provence’ (HALLAÇ, 2023). The painting conveys the view from the east as the artist
stands at his window facing the village and twinkling stars just before sunrise. The artist's use of
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vibrant colors, expressive brushstrokes, and swirling patterns represents his emotional state and
inner turmoil, making the painting an alluring venture into nature, spirituality, and what it is to
be human. Although, in the artist's own words, the painting was a failure, Starry Night has gone
on to become one of the most famous and easily recognized We...
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