Humanities - Art in Context

Purpose:
This page serves as an educational foundation, giving users a broad understanding of art history and the humanities. It will cover important artistic movements and techniques necessary to appreciate and fully understand the advanced artistic concepts explored in later sections.

Content Structure:

• What is Art?: A high-level overview of art as a concept, from classical to contemporary.

• Key Art Movements: Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, and Modernism, focusing on how each movement advanced techniques related to light, depth, and perception.

• How to Appreciate Artistic Techniques: Introduce concepts like sfumato, chiaroscuro, depth perception, and layering, which are explored in more detail in later sections.

• Pre-requisite Knowledge: Explain how having a grounding in art theory enhances understanding of these advanced artistic discoveries.