SAMPLE Humanities

Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Humanities

1

A. What are the Humanities?

1

Chapter 2: Overview of the Arts

2

A. Modes of Expression and Reflection

2 7

B. Elements of Paintings

C. Sculpture

16 18 19 21 22 26 28

D. Architecture

E.Music F. Dance

G. Literature

H. Poetry

Chapter 2: Review Questions

Chapter 3: Prehistoric Era (290,000–5,000 BCE)

30

A. Paleolithic Era Art (40,000–10,000 BCE) B. Mesolithic Era Art (12,000–10,000 BCE) C. Neolithic Era (10,000–4,500 BCE)

30 32 32 33

Chapter 3: Review Questions

Chapter 4: The Ancient World (5000 BCE–500 CE)

34

A. Civilizations of Mesopotamia B. The Assyrians (1500–612 BCE) C. The Ancient Persians (550–331 BCE)

34 35 36 37 42 45 47 49 50 52 53 54 59 59 64 47

D. Ancient Egypt (4300–30 BCE)

E. Asia: India, Myanmar, and China (5000 BCE–1000 CE)

Chapter 4: Review Questions

Chapter 5: The Classical Age

A. Ancient Greece: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic (2700–30 BCE)

B. Ancient Greece (2700–750 BCE)

C. The Minoan Civilization (2700–1500 BCE) D. The Mycenaeans Civilizations (1600–1100 BCE) E. Ancient Greek Amphora Pottery (700 BCE–33 CE)

F. Classical Greece G. Hellenistic Greece

H. Ancient Rome: Kingdom, Republic, and Empire (753 BCE–476 CE)

Chapter 5: Review Questions