HUMANITIES I Art‚ The Individual and Society A Term Paper 13 October 2011 I. INTRODUCTION Art has been around for thousands of years. In fact‚ different types of craft can be traced back to prehistoric times when Neanderthal men started painting on the walls of the cave. Throughout the centuries‚ art has evolved to several forms among which are sculpting‚ painting‚ and even poetry. Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way
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Art is an extremely private experience‚ yet‚ it is meant to be shared with the public. Society‚ as a whole‚ examines the art produced and has the right to approve‚ disapprove‚ acknowledge‚ ignore‚ praise and abuse it. The public or society has not remained constant over the years. In the time of the Renaissance‚ for example‚ only a select few were "society." They commissioned art‚ were patrons of the arts and their artists. Today‚ almost anyone can share in the experience of art. They can attempt
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IMPORTANCE of ART EDUCATION Have you ever thought why we send children to school? Why is education necessary? Firstly‚ schools provide children with cultural values that vary in every culture and that are necessary to become a good citizen. Also‚ schools upskill children and prepare them for a job related to their areas of interest. Finally‚ perhaps the most important function of schools is to teach children how to be better human beings. One of the important parts of education is art including music
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A Black Poet Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902 (Arnold Rampersad 11). When Hughes was a child his mother and father separated. Most of his young childhood was spent with his grandmother. She raised him to know his self-worth and the importance of know where he came from. He had a lonely childhood. His grandmother encouraged him to read all sorts of literature. At the age of 13 he wrote his first poem in honor of graduation in Lincoln‚ Illinois where he attended elementary
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VALUE OF ART IN SOCIETY Art is a very powerful means of expressing one ’s self‚ and it can be viewed either very positively or very negatively. Art has a way of bringing people together by portraying an idea that everyone can relate to. It has the ability to have a big impact on society‚ but it ’s just a matter of getting people appreciate the value of it. (Lawrence 1). Suzanne Lacy created a chart of artist ’s roles to show you the different steps an artist can take from being private or
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In order to fully understand the benefits of going to a liberal arts institution‚ we need to have a good understanding of what a liberal arts education actually entails. First‚ a liberal arts education will often require students to develop the skills needed to be able to provide in-depth examination and critical distillation of material. A liberal arts education is defined as being a broadly based education in which students explore many different fields of study in order to gain a better working
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Dead Poet’s Society is a powerful film that explores how a group of teenage boys deal with traditional and disciplinary schooling. The film was directed by Peter Weir and is set at the conservative and aristocratic Preparatory Academy in Vermont in 1959. Dead Poet’s Society investigates how authority and control can be damaging to young people. This is demonstrated by the traditionalist nature of the school‚ its rules and teaching style as well as Neil’s over controlling father. In contrast‚ Mr.
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the view of the principle to integrate the arts‚ as they felt appropriate (Russell-Bowie‚ 2012). After a large amount of scrutiny the arts strand was included during the second phase of the curriculum (Russell-Bowie‚ 2012; ACARA‚ 2013). Aland (1999) highlights the fact that what is assessed in the classroom is what the teacher‚ the school and the community‚ value. Within present and future classrooms it is a teacher’s responsibility to integrate the five arts subjects into the already busy curriculum
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Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are: 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem Young artists
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Performance Making Content Connections Through Arts Integration Willona M. Sloan Dwindling school resources‚ as well as pressure to meet the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act‚ have led many schools to narrow the curriculum‚ leaving behind arts instruction. But‚ through carefully designed integrated curricula‚ educators can still provide students with arts education. In the United States‚ some schools and districts have had to let go of visual art‚ music‚ dance‚ and drama instructors due to
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