Artifacts refer to items created by human beings to express their cultural background. They serve a number of factors including:
1. Showing the evolution of community and its culture through the years
2. Showing the creativity of community members in creating them.
3. A way of passing wisdom through the generations

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3 years ago

What symbolic meaning is conveyed through the stained glass in gothic cathedrals and byzantine art's opulent use of gold leaf an

tankabanditka [31]

Generally,the vitrage,or stained glass technique was used to convey an idea of other worldliness. When a person would enter the cathedral,the light would shine through the windows and illuminate the interior,causing a colourful ambient that would leave the person feeling as though they had entered another world;the world of God. The principle in the Byzantine age was the same,except it was more so to signify the god like attributes of the rulers themselves.

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3 years ago

Which of the following is an important theme from ethnomusicology? Group of answer choices You need only listen to understand

Kay [80]

Answer:

You need to know the context of a people's music.

Explanation:

One of the things that the 20th-century Anthropology brought was the concept of otherness, or to be specific, the idea that the context which a certain civilization is based on it's important and must be considered. In this case where a piece of music is the study case, then the Anthropologist (or the specialist who is studying it) should look at the people who created that song, analyzing their beliefs, social skills, cultural elements and points of view and, then, propose an understanding about that music.

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2 years ago