Attributing value to humans and human life in the world of art. Culture-based education approach

Abstract

The purpose of the analysis provided in the paper (using a transdisciplinary approach) is to present art as a phenomenon stemming from spiritual culture, as an instrument for developing human values and a category for interpreting human existence in different societies and cultures. The study was to answer the question about the experience of life, its meaning and values, conveyed to us and proposed by the art of various societies and different cultures. The context of cultural determinants on the one hand allows to match the examined problem with deliberations of experts in specific epochs, on the other – to provide interpretations of author’s own analyses. In terms of theory and methodology, culture-based education approach was adopted, characteristic for the current trend of combining the analysis of art and its cultural contexts, which gives a better understanding of humans and values prevailing in the human life. To sum up, there is no single criterion for assessing an individual and its human life, there are many, just like there are many ways of recognizing an individual and its behavior.