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...guide you in an exploration of the following themes: Theme 1: The status of cloth-making How is the making of kente and adinkra cloth regarded in Ghana? (What is its status?) By what criteria are the various cloths judged? How do you think those with Eurocentric views might regard cloth-making? Theme 2: Tradition and modernity Western stereotypical views of traditional...

...University in collaboration with the British Museum....Week 1 The influence of Egyptian art: Introduction - It is hard to imagine anyone with an interest in human history and human culture who has not been fascinated by ancient Egypt. Books and films on Egypt abound, ranging from painstaking science to wild fantasy, and the legacy of Egypt can be felt in fields as diverse...

...University course AA305, The Renaissance in Europe: A Cultural Enquiry. Patricia Fortini Brown uses all these terms. She also describes Venetian culture as an `aggregate'. See Fortini Brown, 1997, pp.23, 26, 37. In his six-part BBC television series Renaissance (1999), Andrew Graham-Dixon calls Venice a `city of juxtapositions' (Programme 5 - Venice). Deborah Howard...