Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, law, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also regarded as social sciences include technology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and linguistics. Scholars working in the humanities are sometimes describe
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Color by Victoria FinlayThe Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. ClairMauve by Simon GarfieldInteraction of Color by Josef AlbersBlue by Michel Pastoureau
The History of Colors
50 books — 32 voters

Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. WheelockChomsky For Beginners by David CogswellText Structure by Nelly TinchevaThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonGoing Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg
Linguistics
9 books — 4 voters

History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
370 books — 136 voters


Ludwig Feuerbach
La religion est le rêve de l'esprit humain ...more
Ludwig Feuerbach

When abandon the arts, you become a machine. You become part of the capitalist machinery for production. That's why, many times, when you're a worker, you're forced to put aside your artistic inclinations. ...more
Atty. Luke Espiritu

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Art Lovers To reciprocate the appreciation of different artists and discuss their lives and works.
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