Harold directs his questions to parents and educators when he asks, "If children are taught to look and understand what they see, isn't this a failure to prepare them for life in the contemporary society?" ... In this essay the author explains to us how important art is to the development of human creativity. ... The author has a very strong argument about whether schools or institutions should have art programs. ... I agree with the author that art is a valuable tool and that art programs should be in the schools. ...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The author's name is Jose Bedia. ... Bedia's works are in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Miami Art Museum. ... Now the really meaning in this piece of art is that the author's idea was to create a piece of art when the person tries to create his own future. ...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

El Greco and Michelangelo Many people criticized Michelangelo for painting the Sistine Chapel . It really tainted his image as a painter. He was criticised for the way he positioned the figures and for the way he painted them. They were very erotically displayed. The nude figures gave offence. It w...

• Word Count: 2212
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Humanities are the broad areas of human creativity and the studies essentially involved with values and generally not strictly objective or scientific standards. As I perceive it, humanity deals in all the areas of human creativity. It is the lense through which an individual perceives her or his morals, culture, views and values. Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. Humanities, as one would guess by its name, pertains to humans and does not pertain to God, Buddha, Allah or any other higher power or spir...

• Word Count: 4506
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School