Humanistic Tradition Conclusion

For my last blog I figured that I would conclude by talking about some of the things that I have learned throughout the course. We began by talking about the Renaissance and then kept going until we reached the Enlightenment. During this time we talked about the difference in painters, scientists, and musicians of the time. We also explored many works by many different people that explored the same thing. In one book we learned about all the different things that go into painting, and what the author actually thought about painting. In another we learned about what it would take to be a prince. Another thing that we did throughout the semester was analyze different works of art. One of the things that helped me learn the most was the critiques that we did throughout the semester. In the critiques we had to put what we learned in the class and use it to judge a cultural event that we attended. This helped me to use what I had learned in an everyday situation.

Serious Movie

This week we watched a video about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table searching for the golden chalice. This movie wasn’t actually that serious of a movie, but it was a good way to end the semester. It begins by showing King Arthur trying to find knights to join and become part of the Knights of the Round Table. Once he has found them God comes to them and tells them to go on a quest for the golden chalice. The movie then follows them as they go to complete the quest. It doesn’t actually end well since King Arthur doesn’t get to retrieve the chalice since he is arrested by the cops. This movie deals with humanities since it is a way of expressing culture. This movie was obviously meant to be a comedy and it wasn’t actually that bad of one in the end. I thought that I would talk about this since I haven’t really discussed film that much before. Film is in a way like a play except you can use special effects and you don’t have to attend it live to view it. Film is probably the top way that culture is spread today since pretty much everybody watches TV.