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<bb>>Westernb>bb>> world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As the eastern and <bb>>westernb>bb>> churches spread their influence, the line between "East" and "West" can be described as moving, but generally followed a cultural divide that was defined by the existence of the Byzantine empire and the fluctuating power and influence of the church in Rome.
<bb>>Westernb>bb>> society is often considered as tracing its cultural origins to both Greek thought and Christian religion, thus following an evolution that began in ancient Greece, continued through the Roman Empire and, with the coming of Christianity (which has its origins in the Middle East), spread throughout Europe.
In this prophecy, the West is definited based on religion, as the countries of <bb>>westernb>bb>> and central Europe historically influenced by two forms of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Christianity, namely Catholicism and Protestantism, together with the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world (2243 words)



Images - The <bb>>Westernb>bb>>: An Overview

And in the process, the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> myth engulfed American popular culture--from clothes (denim jackets, jeans, and cowboy boots) to children's toys (cap guns, rubber-tipped arrows, and tom toms).
Robert Warshow in his influential essay "Movie Chronicle: The Westerner" described the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> as "an art form for connoisseurs, where the spectator derives his pleasure from the appreciation of minor variations within the working out of a pre-established order" (Warshow, pg.
This closeness to the West made the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> myths tangible and all the more powerful.

http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus/western.htm (893 words)



<bb>>Westernb>bb>>: Furniture at Canadian Content

International Calling Code 0 Currency Moroccan Dirham (MAD Language(s) Hassaniya Arabic & Moroccan Arabic Overview Culture Travelling Fact Sheet Overview of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Sahara Map of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Sahara click to enlarge Travel Advisories for <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Sahara Facts
<bb>>Westernb>bb>> style fresco painted furniture designed by Kathy Donegan.
<bb>>Westernb>bb>> and rustic furniture and furnishings for your cabin, home or office.

http://www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Furniture/Western (1464 words)



Encyclopedia: Alternative culture

Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class <bb>>Westernb>bb>> values.
From the above article it would appear that the concept of an alternative culture was nothing more than a collection of clichÃ©s that were propagated by the media until they became accepted as the truth, similar in many ways to what happened with the counter culture of the 1960s.
Alternative culture is a catch-all phrase used predominately by the media and the marketing industry to refer to a variety of separate sub-culturesâ (which are either loosely related or near-totally unrelated) â and are perceived by the general public as being outside or on the edge of so-called accepted mainstream culture.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Alternative-culture (2368 words)



Japanese Art and <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Influence

On this site I like to show objects of Japanese Art and Craft that were made with influence of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> culture.
In Art History most attention has been given to the big influence of Japanese Art on the development of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Art and Craft in the second half of the nineteenth century.The fashion of Japonism and the influence on Impressionism and Art Nouveau is described in many Art History books and shown in many Exhibitions.
Look also for essay's on Nanban and Meiji Art by Tanya Grassley

http://www.euronet.nl/users/artnv/Japart.index.html (2368 words)



Encyclopedia: Underground culture

Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class <bb>>Westernb>bb>> values.
Underground Alternative culture is a catch-all phrase used predominately by the media and the marketing industry to refer to a variety of separate sub-cultures â€“ (which are either loosely related or near-totally unrelated) â€“ and are perceived by the general public as being outside or on the edge of so...
The French underground culture which inspired Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg in America in the 1940s was steeped in socialist thinking before the cold war began, but this wasn't the monolithic socialism of the totalitarian Soviet state, but rather the free-thinking and expressive socialism of artists and dreamers attempting to re-think society.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Underground-culture (2240 words)



8.2.r_zhang

What Chow tries to show in Part 2 is that Chinese culture, which has been aggrandized by the powerful cinematic apparatus, does not merely appeal to the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> gaze, but more important, it also challenges, questions, and displaces the gaze.
In this sense, far from being the art of exotic seduction, contemporary Chinese films are self-staged in the world market as a new form of cultural resistance against the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> hegemonic power in the age of cultural diaspora.
Chow's discussion of primitive passions, reinforced by her frequent references to postcolonial theory, provides a new perspective upon twentieth-century Chinese culture which, in Chow's opinion, is "caught between the forces of 'first world' imperialism and 'third world' nationalism" (23), and which demands reconsideration of the paradoxical relation between China and the West.

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/text-only/issue.198/8.2.r_zhang (2240 words)



Culture of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twentieth-century Chinese art was heavily influenced by the New Culture Movement, which adopted <bb>>Westernb>bb>> techniques, introduced oil painting and employed socialist realism.
Chinese architecture, examples of which can be found over 2,000 years ago, has long been a landmark of Chinese culture.
When the Cultural Revolution began, all forms of traditional Chinese culture were suppressed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_culture (2240 words)



The Contemporary Museum - Level Two

This portion of the exhibition includes objects that present a timeline of surfing, from its initial development in Polynesia to the early twentieth century, when it was introduced into <bb>>Westernb>bb>> culture.
Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing was organized by the Laguna Art Museum (LAM).
Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing explores the history of surfing through art, artifacts, and adjunct objects and ephemera that examine surfings mystique and widespread cultural influence.

http://www.tcmhi.org/ex_mhwinter03.htm (526 words)



"High" culture

My generation was educated by a rich range of popular culture, from European art films to virtuoso cutting-edge rock albums.
Both high culture and low culture are minority cultures.
The resulting split between high culture and low culture indicates the sophistication of modernity, not its corruption or disintegration.

http://www.jahsonic.com/High.html (1169 words)



Counterculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As criticism of the established social order became more widespread among the newly emergent youth class, new theories about culture and personal identity began to spread, and traditional non-<bb>>Westernb>bb>> ideas – particularly with regard to religion, social organization and spiritual enlightenment – were also embraced.
In casual practice, the term came to prominence in the general press as it was used to refer to the youth rebellion that swept North America and <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Europe in the 1960s and early 1970s.
During the period in question, new cultural forms that were perceived as opposed to the old emerged, including the pop music of the Beatles, which rapidly evolved to shape and reflect the youth culture's emphasis on change and experimentation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture (1760 words)



Culture of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twentieth-century Chinese art was heavily influenced by the New Culture Movement, which adopted <bb>>Westernb>bb>> techniques, introduced oil painting and employed socialist realism.
Though regional differences provide a sense of diversity, commonalities in language and religion connect a culture distinguished by such universally significant contributions as Confucianism.
With the rise of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> economic and military power beginning in the mid-19th century, however, non-Chinese systems of social and political organization gained adherents in China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_culture (2321 words)



CCH - <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Civilization Art History Index

Early maps, such as this one depicting recent discoveries in the <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Hemisphere, brought the disciplines of mathematics, navigation, geography, and artistry together into the science of cartography.
Babylonian glazed molded brick lion decorating the Processional Avenue north of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon; from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 <bb>>Bb>bb>>.C.).
Illuminated manuscripts are the hand-copied and illustrated books of the middle ages, meticulously crafted in monastery scriptoriums before the invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century.

http://www.classicalhomeschooling.org/arthistory.html (769 words)



Dreamers of Paradise

Some of the passion in Sandall’s writing comes from a local issue: his horror at the betrayal of the Australian Aboriginal people by practitioners of romantic primitivism, the intellectuals who rewrote Aboriginal history, enforced bilingual instruction, encouraged a cultural apartheid of “self-determination” and prioritized the preservation of traditional culture over the skills of modern life.
But the author wants to paint on a wider canvas and he uses the glorification of the primitive as a means to attack a whole host of guilt ridden and politically correct left wing ideas, including those prevailing in North America and <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Europe.
Sandall focuses on the worst aspects of cultural relativism, in particular its non-relativist use of sentimentalized assessments of primitive cultures as a stick with which to beat civilization.

http://www.culturecult.com/culturecult/tallis.htm (769 words)



Consulate General of Denmark in New York

In <bb>>westernb>bb>> Denmark, a notable Jutish clergyman, Steen Steensen Blicher (17821848) made his mark with his tragic tales.
When, in the eighteenth century, strict Pietism spread from northern Germany to Denmark, it was on the tempestuous <bb>>westernb>bb>> coast of Jutland and on the meagre heathlands that it gained its most lasting allegiance and still lives on there in the Home Mission movement.
In 1814 Norway, which had been in personal union with Denmark, was separated from the dual monarchy and entered a union with Sweden under the Swedish King.

http://www.denmark.org/culture/in_dk_literature_kierk.html (6307 words)



World Cultures Lesson 2

As the students learn more about African design, they will continue to understand how artmakers all over the world, across time and culture, use the same alphabet of art elements and principles to express ideas visually.
Understand and appreciate the use of art elements and principles used by artmakers across time and cultures (AH, AC, Std.
Leader explains about our upcoming ceremony and ritual where we will use our crowns, and tells children that next week, we will be making something else to use for that special day as we continue our exploration of African culture.

http://www.artpartnersprogram.com/current/World_Cultures/Lesson_2_Crowns.htm (3296 words)



THE CULTURE OF BRITISH PSYCHOANALYSIS

<bb>>Westernb>bb>> medicine is equally amenable to being thought of in this way; so is psychoanalysis.
'A large component of culture is below the level of conscious awareness; and that 'Cultural patterns structure both thought and perception' ( ibid.
A feature of the broader psychoanalytic culture is its pluralism.

http://www.human-nature.com/culture/paper5h.html (3296 words)



Barbelith Underground > Temple > Welcome to the counter culture

The decision to not spend your saturday evening as a passive spectator of celebrity big brother, or whatever, and engage with some form of empowering magical practice instead could well be considered "counter cultural", in that it's behaviour that runs counter to a lot of the lifestyle messages we receive within mainstream <bb>>westernb>bb>> culture.
By and large, we're not really encouraged to do this sort of thing by the consumerist culture we belong to.
The solitary figure who operates outside of mainstream culture, is aloof from it, alone in a dark tower with his impenetrable books on the nightside of eden, concerning himself with astral mysteries that would be incomprehensible to the man in the chip shop.

http://www.barbelith.com/topic/20170 (4529 words)



ArtWorld CHINA TEMPORAL: PREHISTORIC

In fact, the culture was wide-spread in the eastern coastal region of China from Shandong to Zhejiang, and later spread to the central and <bb>>westernb>bb>> areas that had been bases for the Yangshao culture.
For this reason, it was sometimes referred to as the Painted Pottery Culture,distinguishing it from the Black Pottery Culture of Longshan.
Chinese authorities believe such cultures were matriarchal: that women held the higher status and that lineage passed down the female line, not the male line as in most later societies.

http://artworld.uea.ac.uk/teaching_modules/china/temporal/prehistoric/welcome.html (4529 words)



Icons of the Matrix

Breasts and necklaces are a distinctive theme in megalithic art of northern Africa and <bb>>westernb>bb>> Europe.
This sign appears on female urns of the Calchaquí culture in Argentina, at Cunaní in northern Brazil, and as far north as Chihuahua (where three vertical lines were painted below the eyes on the woman-pot described above).
I call them “matrix cultures” because for many people “matriarchy” implies a mirror image of patriarchy’s relations of domination and subordination.(1) The social sense of “matrix” connotes other meanings: a life-support network within the maternal kindreds, which are cooperative and communal, and circles of exchange that reach beyond it.

http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/icons.html (9291 words)



Postmodern links, articles, resources, and ideas :: jordoncooper.com

PoMoXian - website of David Blakeslee - A place to explore and reflect on the phenomenon of Christianity in a postmodern culture.
Emerging Church/Emerging Culture Resources - Approximately 1500 resources compiled by Earl Creps to help leaders enhance their relevance in a rapidly emerging culture.
Epiccentre - The epicentre network is a group based in the Battersea/Clapham area of London which seeks to explore Christian spirituality in the context of the modern <bb>>westernb>bb>> world.

http://www.jordoncooper.com/postmodern/resources.html (571 words)



Chinese Prehistory -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China

Tian Changwu stated that around 4000 BC, Yangshao Culture began to exhibit the sign of clan communes which would progress to 'patria potestas' clan from 'matria potestas' clan by 3500 BC approx.
Tian Changwu stated that Longshan Culture was validated to have built on top of both Da-wen-kou Culture of Shandong Prov and Yangshao Culture (around 3000 BC approx) and that Longshan Culture could be sub-classified into: east Henan Prov, west Henan Prov, south Shanxi Prov, and south of Wei-shui River in Shenxi Prov.
Back in 1987, at Xishuipo of Puyang, Henan Prov, archaeologists excavated a 4500 BC Yangshao Culture tomb that contained a dragon [crocodile] and a tiger that were made of white mussel shells together with a 1.84 meter tall man who stepped on the triangular astrological Dipper.

http://www.uglychinese.org/prehistory.htm (571 words)



Reflexivity, social transformation, and counter culture

Last year I made a fairly simple case for the appearance of a logic of autonomy in this counter culture as explicitly prioritised against the sorts of instrumental rationality (in terms of political organisation and economic interests) that the "social movement" literature tends to ascribe to these settings.
(6) This was Berger, Berger and Kellner's interpretation of the counter culture: "The implicit anthropology in all of this is quite clear: Underneath the constraining structures of individuality and rationality lies the healing reality of our 'natural' being, an ens realissimum, which is the object of a quasi-soteriological quest." (1974: 182).
Such counter cultures have their own local rationalities, and are not exhausted by the instrumental rationalities of organisation or commodification that may develop within them (Cox 1996).

http://www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/toolsforchange/afpp/afpp3.html (7629 words)



Russian Culture, Traditions, Holidays, Family and Daily Life

I'm writing to express my admiration with the information on Russian culture you posted on your website www.womenrussia.com.
and school in his area and the person responsible for "culture sector" would organize collective visit to the theatre.
Such practice is normal for <bb>>westernb>bb>> world but is a complete alien for Russian officials.

http://www.womenrussia.com/russians.htm (7429 words)



SFCC Library Guide: Social Problems

The section on Tribal and Indigenous Art is under construction.
This site is also linked to our home page under ART on the SFCC Library Internet Sources page.
Art and Culture is also linked from the SFCC Internet Sources page.

http://www.library.sfcc.spokane.cc.wa.us/guides/nwart.stm (7429 words)



Local Cultures Santa Fe, New Mexico

Underlying the art and the very culture of the Pueblo Indians is a deeply personal and religious connection to the earth.
They sense they're losing their land, their voice and ultimately their culture to the highest bidder.
Their abandoned cities of cliff dwellings, pit houses, underground ceremonial kivas and petroglyphs etched in rocks are silent testament to the richness and resourcefulness of their culture.

http://www.insiders.com/santafe/main-cultures2.htm (2010 words)



Aboriginal Studies - Art & Culture

The Association aims to promote and preserve the indigenous art and culture of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> Arnhem Land.
Arrernte Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre (aboriginalart.com.au, Australia)
[The Trust was established in 1985 to preserve, maintain and promote the living culture of the indigenous people of south-east Australia, a living culture spanning more than 40,000 years.

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/Art.html (2010 words)



Encyclopedia: Culture of Poland

Poland's eastern frontiers marked the boundary of the influences of <bb>>Westernb>bb>> architecture on the continent.
The national culture developed at the crossroads of the Latinate and Byzantine worlds, in continual dialogue with the many ethnic groups in Poland.
Young Poland (Polish Młoda Polska) is a modernist period in Polish art, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Culture-of-Poland (5402 words)



Unit3-web.htm

Some of the bands have developed tribal schools to teach the culture and history of the Ojibwa.
It is important that students learn more about the cultural conflicts between the first people of Wisconsin and European Americans in order to develop greater sensitivity to people from different cultures as well as an awareness of national policies designed to extinguish certain cultures.
Other routes include: traveling along the Fox and Rock Rivers from Illinois to Wisconsin and beyond watching for the landmarks of Lake Geneva and Winnebago; traveling along the Mississippi River along the <bb>>westernb>bb>> boundary of the state; and traveling on Lake Michigan and ports on the eastern border of Wisconsin.

http://www.socialstudies.esmartweb.com/HTMLwihistoryunits/Unit3-web.htm (10485 words)



Celtic Impressions - The Celts

The La Tene culture evolved during the fifth century BC in part of the Hallstatt area, when Rome was an infant republic and Athens was beating off the Persians and making her own bid for empire.
Many groups of Irish raided and settled the <bb>>westernb>bb>> seaboard of Roman Britain (where Christianity had been established by the fourth century); some of these returned to their native country resulting in the evangelisation of the Irish kingdoms.
La Tene style art made something of a comeback, largely due to the vigour and influence of newlyChristian Ireland.

http://www.celticimpressions.com/celts.asp (2060 words)

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