Humanities Final

By Adrian Sanchez2287
  • 420 BCE

    Identity Through the Humanities

  • Period: 420 BCE to

    BCE Aristophanes’ The Frogs

    Discipline: Theater A comedic play exploring cultural identity and artistic legacy through a journey to the underworld.
  • Period: 380 BCE to

    BCE Plato Allegory of the Cave

    Discipline: Philosophy A metaphor about how perception shape's identity and understanding.
  • Period: 44 BCE to

    BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar

    Discipline: History A political turning point that reshaped Roman identity and leadership.
  • Period: 1030 to

    1030 The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

    Discipline: Literature
    The first novel in world literature, exploring emotional and courtly identity.
  • Period: 1305 to

    Giotto’s The Lamentation

    Discipline: Art History
    A fresco emphasizing human emotion and individual identity.
  • Period: 1495 to

    Andrea Solari’s The Virgin of the Green Cushion

    Discipline: Art History
    A lesser-known Renaissance work highlighting maternal and spiritual identity through tender realism.
  • Period: to

    Shakespeare’s Othello

    Discipline: Theater / Literature
    A tragedy exploring racial identity, jealousy, and societal perception.
  • Period: to

    Rousseau Discourse on Inequality

    Discipline: Philosophy
    A critique of how society shapes or distorts human identity.
  • Period: to

    Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor

    Discipline: History
    A defining moment of political identity and national transformation.
  • Period: to

    Mary Brunton Discipline

    Discipline: Literature
    A lesser-known Scottish novel tracing the inner moral development and self-identity of a young woman.
  • Period: to

    Thoreau Civil Disobedience

    Discipline: Philosophy
    A statement on moral identity and resisting unjust authority.
  • Period: to

    Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

    Discipline: Art History
    An introspective painting revealing the artist’s fractured psychological identity.
  • Period: to

    Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

    Discipline: Music
    A revolutionary composition that redefined musical identity and modernism.
  • Period: to

    F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

    Discipline: Literature
    A novel exploring reinvention and the illusion of identity in the American Dream.
  • Period: to

    Walter Gropius Bauhaus Dessau Building

    Discipline: Architecture
    A modernist structure that reshaped architectural identity through simplicity and function.
  • Period: to

    Vivian Maier Chicago Street Portraits

    Discipline: Photography
    A previously unknown nanny’s candid portraits revealing everyday identity in mid-century America.
  • Period: to

    Akira Kurosawa Seven Samurai

    Discipline: Film History
    A film exploring group identity, honor, and sacrifice.
  • Period: to

    Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Discipline: Literature
    A memoir of racial identity, trauma, and personal resilience.
  • Period: to

    Prince Purple Rain

    Discipline: Music
    A genre-blending album expressing artistic self-identity and emotional vulnerability.
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    Julie Dash Daughters of the Dust

    Discipline: Film History
    A visually poetic film about African American cultural identity in the Gullah community.