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Appli e d Hum an it ie s

W hat I s A rt?

A W indow o n C ult u re

5 M od u le F iv e: I m pact o f t h e H um an it ie s / P ag e 5 .1 .2 A W indow o n C ult u re

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O bje ctiv e : A naly ze a p h oto t o u n ders ta n d h ow a rt n ece ssa ril y e m bod ie s c u lt u re .

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E very a rtif act o f o u r h um an it y e m erg es f r o m a c u lt u re a n d c a rrie s e v id en ce o f t h at

cu lt u re w ith it . W e n eed t o k n ow a b ou t t h at c u lt u re t o u n ders ta n d a n a rtif act, w hic h is

w hy w e l o ok in to t h e c o n te x t o f c re a tiv e w ork s l ik e p ain tin gs, s o n gs, a n d p oem s.

S im ilarly , e x am in ing t h ese w ork s— whic h s u bje cts t h ey p ortr a y, a n d h ow — help s u s

bette r u n ders ta n d t h e c u lt u re s t h ey c a m e f r o m .

Tak e a l o ok a t t h e im ag e a b ove. Y ou r t h ou gh ts a b ou t t h is p h oto — what’s h ap p en in g in it ,

w hat it in te n ds t o s h ow , w hy it w as w orth t a k in g— dep en d o n h ow m uch y o u k n ow a b ou t

th e c u lt u re t h at u n derlie s it . Y ou n eed o n ly a p assin g f a m ilia rit y w ith s p orts t o r e co gn iz e

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th is p ers o n a s a n N FL p la yer. B ut y o u n eed a l o t m ore s p orts k n ow le d ge t o r e co gn iz e

him a s C am N ew to n o r t o k n ow t h at h e’s t h e q u arte rb ack f o r t h e C aro lin a P an th ers .

If y o u d on ’t k n ow m uch a b ou t N ew to n , y o u m ight w on der w hat h e’s d oin g h ere . I s h e

th um pin g h is c h est? T uggin g o n t h e s tr a p s o f im ag in ary o vera lls ? A bou t t o f is t- b u m p

him se lf ? B ut if y o u d o k n ow s o m eth in g a b ou t h im , o r if y o u d id a l it tle r e se a rc h , y o u

co u ld s a fe ly a ssu m e t h at t h is g estu re is p art o f h is s ig natu re v ic to ry d an ce in w hic h h e

pre te n ds t o o p en h is s h ir t l ik e C la rk K en t d oes w hen t r a n sfo rm in g in to S u perm an . O f

co u rs e , r e co gn iz in g t h e r e fe re n ce t o S u perm an r e q u ir es f a m ilia rit y w ith a p artic ula r

cu lt u re . I f y o u k n ow n oth in g a b ou t S u perm an , A m eric an f o otb all, o r C am N ew to n ’s

p ers o n alit y, y o u m ay n ot u n ders ta n d t h e m om en t o f c e le b ra tio n t h at t h e im ag e in te n ds

to p ortr a y.

N ow t h in k a b ou t w hat t h is im ag e s a ys a b ou t t h e c u lt u re it ’s b ase d in . N ew to n ’s c h oic e t o

c o m pare h im se lf t o S u perm an r e v ea ls t h at h is c u lt u re h old s S u perm an in h ig h r e g ard .

A nd it r e v ea ls s o m eth in g a b ou t N ew to n h im se lf . H e’s a p ro u d m an w ho w on ’t h esit ate t o

r e m in d y o u a b ou t h is g re a tn ess a ft e r h e d oes s o m eth in g a m azin g. A v ie wer c a n in te rp re t

th is im ag e in m ore t h an o n e w ay; m ayb e N ew to n is a h ero , o r m ayb e h e’s a b ra g gart. I f

y o u a lr e a d y t h in k o f N ew to n a s a h ero , t h at’s p ro b ab ly w hat y o u ’l l s e e in t h is im ag e. B ut

if y o u t h in k o f h im a s b ein g f u ll o f h im se lf , h e’l l p ro b ab ly l o ok a rro gan t t o y o u h ere .

PO LL Q UES TIO N

In lig ht o f h is Sup erm an g est ure , h o w d o yo u vi ew C am N ew to n?

T he h um an e x p erie nce , in clu din g e m otio ns l ik e p rid e, c a n ’t b e p ortr a yed in t h e a b str a ct.

I t n eed s t o b e s h ow n in a n im ag e o r n arra tiv e t h at e m erg es f r o m a p artic ula r t im e a n d

cu lt u re . T hin k b ack t o “ T he C olo n el” b y C aro ly n F orc h é. W e c a n u n ders ta n d t h is p oem

b ette r if w e k n ow s o m eth in g a b ou t t h e c o n te x t— th e r e v o lu tio ns a n d c iv il w ars t h at

ra va g ed C en tr a l A m eric a in t h e l a te 2 0 th c e n tu ry . A t t h e s a m e t im e, w e c o u ld s tu dy

th ose c o n flic ts f o r y ea rs w ithou t c o m in g f a ce t o f a ce w ith t h is d esc rip tio n o f a m an w ho

brin gs o u t a s a ck o f e a rs t o r e p re se n t w ho h e is t o a v is itin g p oet. F ro m h is a ct, w e l e a rn

a b ou t t h e b ru ta lit y o f t h e c iv il w ar in E l S alv a d or. C on te x t c a n s h ed l ig ht o n w hat’s

h ap pen in g in a c re a tiv e w ork , a n d t h e w ork it se lf c a n b rin g t o l if e t h e c u lt u ra l c o n te x t in

w hic h it w as c re a te d .

H e’s ju st a n o th er p la ye r, p ho to gra p hed h ere in a t yp ic al N FL p ose .

He’s a m an w ho is to o e ag er t o c ele b ra te h is ow n g re atn ess.

H e’s a sp ir it e d p la ye r w ho is to ta lly ju st if ie d in c ele b ra tin g g re at p la ys.

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RES PO NSE B O AR D

N am e a c re ative w ork t h at yo u f e el c o nve ys th e h um an e m otio n o f p rid e.

RES PO NSE B O AR D

T hin k a b out w hat yo u’ve le arn ed a b out t h e c o nte xt o f o ne o f t h e w ork s yo u’r e f o cu si ng o n in t h is

c o urse . W hat is im porta n t t o k n o w a b out t h at c o nte xt?

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N o r e sp onse sa ved ye t.

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