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A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [ 1] Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [ 2][ 3] A country often has a single state, with various administrative divisions. A state may be a unitary state or a some type of federal union; in the latter type ...
Political repression is the act of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing the citizenry's ability to take part in the political life of a society, thereby reducing their standing among their fellow citizens. [ 1][ 2] Repression tactics target the citizenry ...
Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess. [ 1][ 2] Such social value includes respect, honor, assumed competence, and deference. [ 3] On one hand, social scientists view status as a "reward" for group members who treat others well and take initiative. [ 4] This is one explanation for its apparent ...
Government Art Collection. The Government Art Collection (GAC) is the collection of artworks owned by the UK government and administered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The GAC's artworks are used to decorate major government buildings in the UK and around the world, and to promote British art, culture and history.
Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Columbian art refers to the visual arts of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, North, Central, and South Americas from at least 13,000 BCE to the European conquests starting in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The pre-Columbian era continued for a time after these in many places, or had a transitional phase ...
Home grown. American sculpture of the mid- to late 19th century was often classical and often romantic, but it showed a special bent for a dramatic, narrative, almost journalistic realism (especially appropriate for nationalistic themes) as witnessed by the frontier life depicted by Frederic Remington.
Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre [ 1] with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and physically accessible to the public; it is installed in public space in both outdoor and indoor settings.
Renaissance art. Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [ 1]) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. [ 2]