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    The document discusses ancient Greek views on human creativity and their legacy. Early Greeks credited with great creative feats were also reserved about human creativity. Prometheus was punished by the gods for teaching humans arts and sciences, warning of the danger of disturbing the universal order. Later, Greeks saw creativity as both worshipped but also potentially disastrous, emerging an ambivalence. This ambivalence continued into the Middle Ages where it was believed only God could truly create, and the Church discouraged individuality and authorship in commissioned works meant to glorify God.

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    The document discusses ancient Greek views on human creativity and their legacy. Early Greeks credited with great creative feats were also reserved about human creativity. Prometheus was punished by the gods for teaching humans arts and sciences, warning of the danger of disturbing the universal order. Later, Greeks saw creativity as both worshipped but also potentially disastrous, emerging an ambivalence. This ambivalence continued into the Middle Ages where it was believed only God could truly create, and the Church discouraged individuality and authorship in commissioned works meant to glorify God.

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    INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1)

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    The document discusses ancient Greek views on human creativity and their legacy. Early Greeks credited with great creative feats were also reserved about human creativity. Prometheus was punished by the gods for teaching humans arts and sciences, warning of the danger of disturbing the universal order. Later, Greeks saw creativity as both worshipped but also potentially disastrous, emerging an ambivalence. This ambivalence continued into the Middle Ages where it was believed only God could truly create, and the Church discouraged individuality and authorship in commissioned works meant to glorify God.

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    THAT WAS GRE E CE , TRI UM PH THAT WAS

    LGORY 2ND GENERATION ROME


    Early Greeks, who are credited with some of the greatest
    creative feats during Antiquity, were equally reserved when it came to human
    creativity.

    Prometheus steals fire to give humankind


    and, according to some versions, also
    taught people the basic concepts of the
    arts and sciences.

    Prometheus is eternally punished by the gods for


    his disobedience. He’s fate warns of the danger
    and potential ramifications of being too ‘creative’
    and disturbing the universal order.

    In exchange, the gods were able to


    inspire people. Homer, for instance,
    attributed his poetry to the divine, and
    Plato often pointed to the Muses..

    In the end, a great ambivalence toward


    creativity emerges from ancient times:
    worshipped and dangerous, moral and
    immoral, harmonious but also possibly
    disastrous.

    This legacy was carried over to the Middle Ages when,


    at least in Western Europe, it was widely believed that
    human beings could not truly create; this ability was a
    prerogative of God only.

    The Church was often a patron of what are today


    considered to be great creative achievements in
    sculpture, painting, metalwork and architecture. The
    purpose of most of these was the glorification of God
    and any signs of individuality and authorship were
    discouraged.

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    Prometheus steals fire to give humankind and - Bing
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