num_pages: 260
description: Throughout the whole of history, people have searched for the meaning of their lives, leaving a rich accumulation of writings, philosophies, dramas, religions, paintings, sculptures, buildings and music. These creative expressions affirmed life for some people, somewhere, at some time.Every creation around you which is made by a human being represents someone's humanity. The chair you're sitting in, the clothes you're wearing, the building you're in, or your home, even the time of day which people created, all are representative of someone's humanity -- their human-ness. In other words, everything that human beings have created can be classified as part of the humanities.More specifically, though, the humanities usually refer to the Fine Arts, which include painting, sculpture, and music. We will be concerned here with these Fine Arts, and also with the intellectual and theological realms of literature, philosophy, and religion. As architecture is said to be the "stage-setting" for our personalities, and as architecture reflects a culture's strivings, a short history of building design concludes this book.
language: English
title: Humanity's Search for the Meaning of Life: A Brief History of History, Philosophy, Religion, Art, Music, and Architecture
titlecomplete: Humanity's Search for the Meaning of Life: A Brief History of History, Philosophy, Religion, Art, Music, and Architecture
publisher: Diemer, Smith Pub