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Hum C100: Introduction to the Humanities
A survey of Western Civilization from its roots in prehistory to its current influence throughout the world, this course considers the religious, intellectual, socio-political, philosophical, and cultural values that have influenced the arts of the West.
- Author
- K.M. Volmer
- Publisher
- Coastline College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
Contents· 35 sections
- 01: Welcome to the Humanities
- 1.01: Course Description and SLOs
- 1.1.01: Course Description
- 1.1.02: Student Learning Outcomes
- 1.02: Guiding Questions
- 1.2.01: What are the humanities
- 1.2.02: Why study the humanities
- 02: Ancient Worlds
- 2.01: Introduction
- 2.02: Early Civilizations
- 2.2.01: Venus of Willendorf
- 2.03: Ancient Mesopotamia
- 2.04: Ancient Egypt
- 2.05: North Africas Mediterranean and Trans-Saharan Connections
- 2.06: The Persian Empire
- 2.07: The Hebrews
- 2.08: Ancient China
- 2.09: Korea Japan and Southeast Asia
- 2.10: Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
- 2.11: Early Cultures and Civilizations in the Americas
- 03: The Ancient Greek World and Roman Empire
- 3.01: Early Mediterranean Peoples
- 3.02: Ancient Greece
- 3.03: The Hellenistic Era
- 3.04: Winged Victory of Samothrace
- 3.05: The Roman Republic
- 3.5.01: The Parthenon Rebuilt (Athens)
- 3.06: The Age of Augustus
- 04: Religion and Culture- From the Byzantine to the Gothic
- 4.01: Sainte-Chappelle (Paris)
- 05: Renaissance Humanism and the Arts
- 5.01: David (Michelangelo)
- 06: Encounter and Confrontation through the Enlightenment
- 07: Revolution and Romanticism
- 08: Modernisms