Essential Questions for Honor Humanities:

• What are the attributes of great art and literature?

• How do use humans use art and literature to add meaning to their lives and explain their existence in the universe?

• How does the artist relate to larger changes in society?

• Why do I value what I value?

• How do we attribute meaning and value to art?

• What criteria do we use to evaluate art, and how do we attribute meaning and value to art? 

• Is one interpretation as good as the next?

• How do form, content and context express and influence meaning?