Humanities
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Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to
Bust of Homer, the most famous Greek poet
The philosopher Plato depicted in a Roman copy of a work by Silanion for the Academia in Athens (c. 370 BC)
A trial at a criminal court, the Old Bailey in London
William Shakespeare authored some of the most acclaimed works in English literature.
Liberal arts education
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Liberal arts education is a traditional academic course in Western higher education, which traditionally covers the natural and formal sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Liberal arts tak
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…and music theory. Undergraduate music majors generally take courses in all of these areas, while graduate students focus on a particular path. In the liberal arts tradition, musicology is also used to broaden the skills of non-musicians by teaching them skills such as concentration and listening. Theatre (or…
Philosophia et septem artes liberales, "philosophy and the seven liberal arts". From the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century).
Allegory of the seven liberal arts, The Phoebus Foundation
Page, with illustration of Music, from Marriage of Mercury and Philology
Thompson Library at Vassar College in New York