Sir Francis Bacon and John Milton, though formidably adept at humanistic techniques, diverged in their major work from the central current of humanism, Bacon toward natural science and Milton toward theology.
The reform-mindedness of such humanists as Petrarch, Boccaccio, Erasmus, and Rabelais was balanced on the religious side by reformers such as John Calvin and Philipp Melanchthon, who employed humanistic techniques in their own cause.
It might be argued, for example, that the revolutionary social science of Machiavelli and Juan Luis Vives (1492 1540) was due in large measure to their application of humanistic techniques to fields that lay outside the normal purview of humanism.
In the midst of staggering suffering, Frankl invented "meaning therapy," a humanistic therapy technique that helps individuals make the kinds of decisions that will create significance in their lives.
Humanistic themes and techniques were woven deeply into the development of Italian Renaissance art; conversely, the general theme of "art" was prominent in humanistic discourse.
It was conceived by Tourne [ 55] and uses humanistic and cognitive techniques such as: developing a therapeutic alliance based on the participant's perspective, normalizing antenatal somatic symptoms, developing alternative explanations for their sensations and experience, and connecting somatic symptoms to emotion.
PBL tutors are required to acquire a mixture of direct and non-directive facilitation techniques built on humanistic attitudes of education that support significant, meaningful and experiential learning [ 26, 27].
The 20th century has seen the move away from humanistic naturalism to experimentation with new materials and techniques and new and complex imagery.
Using various techniques, he combined realistic experiences and humanistic concepts in idealizing compositions the figures and scenes of which are harmoniously integrated into a spacious landscape.
This collaboratively authored and visually compelling volume explores methodologies and techniques unfamiliar to traditional modes of humanistic inquiry including geospatial analysis, data mining, corpus linguistics, visualization, and simulation to show their relevance for contemporary culture.
This course introduces undergraduate students to the theory and methods of the geospatial humanities, understood broadly as the application of GIS techniques and other quantitative methods in the humanistic study of social and cultural patterns in past and present settings.
