Humanities are the academic disciplines that study human culture, using analytical, speculative,

or critical methods, and employing a historical nature of research rather than the empirical nature
used in the natural sciences. These fields also include ancient and modern languages, philosophy,
literature, religion and theology, and the visual and performing arts like music, dance, and
theatre. Social sciences are also often referred to as humanities, and these fields include history,
anthropology, area or regional studies, communication studies, cultural studies, linguistics, and
law. In many fields in the humanities, the experimental method is irrelevant and unusable in their
research, and they instead pursue the comparative method and comparative research.
ART
The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form
such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or
emotional power.
FUNCTIONS OF ART
Some art has a direct and physical function. For example, some groups early in human history
decorated and designed their weapons and tools artistically. Because the artwork is imposed
directly onto a physical object with a specific function, these pieces of art have physical
functions. Another form of artwork with a physical function is the architecture and design of
buildings and other structures.
Social functions are some of the most common functions of art. These types of artwork are
intended to convey some sort of message, often of a religious or political nature. Satire is another
common form of socially functional art.
Personal functions are difficult to characterize. Because art can mean different things to different
people based on their personal life history and experiences, these personal functions vary greatly.
Two different people may receive vastly different personal functions from the same piece of
artwork.
ATTRIBUTES OF ART
Recognised at a fair as a minor genre painter, Jean Simon Chardin was admitted to the French
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1728. He then committed himself to earning this
new title, with these two large decorative paintings, designed to be overdoors. He chose a
subject, knowing that it would be decrypted thanks to numerous details. To call to mind the
sciences, he represented a globe, a telescope, a microscope, a square, geographic maps and some
books. The arts are represented by a marble bust, a bas-relief, a mallet, a palette and brushes and
rolls of paper. But he does not confine himself to these symbols; he accompanies them with
appropriate objects to create an atmosphere of wealth and exoticism, hinting at distant travels. It
was at this time that he officially became the great painter of subjects and still lifes that he would
remain.

These two canvases spread as a frieze across the entire width in a space comprising two parallel
styles, separated by a stone balustrade. Bundles of oblique lines the brushes, the rolls of maps
and the telescope create a dynamic in this well-structured composition.