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4 days ago · As we reflect on the historical tapestry of Spain, the era of the Moors in Spain emerges as a remarkable period that has left indelible marks on Spanish culture, science, and art. From the early 8th century until the late 15th century, Muslim rule in Spain cultivated an environment where multiple cultures coexisted, interacted, and thrived.
3 days ago · Sappho worked within a well-developed tradition of poetry from Lesbos, which had evolved its own poetic diction, metres, and conventions. Prior to Sappho and her contemporary Alcaeus, Lesbos was associated with poetry and music through the mythical Orpheus and Arion, and through the seventh-century BC poet Terpander. The Aeolic metrical tradition in which she composed her poetry was distinct ...
5 days ago · However, the UK cultural sector has since struggled to make the case for the value it creates and as a result for investment from government and philanthropic sources, with cultural policy veering between the excellence agenda and the intrinsic value of culture in its own right, to a focus on the social benefit of culture, through to the pre ...
4 days ago · In 2008, she co-edited the volume ”Spain Is (Still) Different: Tourism and Discourse in Spanish Identity.” That book “…is now considered a foundational work on the cultural impact of tourism in Spain,” wrote the late Dr. Anne M. Pasero, a language professor at Marquette who nominated Afinoguénova in 2022 for the Haggerty Faculty Award.
5 days ago · [citation needed] The indigenous art of Australia often looks like abstract modern art, but it has deep roots in local culture. The art of Oceania is the last great tradition of art to be appreciated by the world at large. Despite being one of the longest continuous traditions of art in the world, dating back at least fifty millennia, it ...
5 days ago · In what research did you use it? The Getty commissioned a catalog of all their glass production. In that specific case, we selected 24 glass jars. I am talking about the ones you usually find in museum collections: they generally have very bright colors, with a blue background and zigzag decorations, usually yellow, turquoise, or white.
2 days ago · The most significant detail added to the myth found in, e.g., Sappho, Aesop and Ovid was the central role of Prometheus in the creation of the human race. According to these sources, Prometheus fashioned humans out of clay.
