Importing/Exporting Art and the Issue of Culture + Cultural identity: The Etrusc
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Question
Importing/Exporting Art and the Issue of Culture + Cultural identity:
The Etruscans were an interesting people. We don’t really know where they came from or who they were. Their culture was a mix of the other peoples’ around them, with an Etruscan flair added. They imported Greek art (pottery, sculptures, anything portable) and imitated Greek art (creating wall paintings in a Greek style), although some art works may have been done by Greek artists “imported” to Etruria. There are some people who see this as a cultural “mishmash” that is neither very inventive nor original. Others see it as incredibly inventive and creative—they see the Etruscans as looking around and using what they felt was interesting, not only adopting it but adapting it in intelligent ways, perhaps in a way comparable to the musical practice of “sampling” that is so common in the US (and elsewhere) today. What do you think of the use of other peoples’ cultural practices or cultural heritage? If one were to borrow and adapt, is that “impure” cultural practices? Or is it innovative? Can you think of examples in your own experiences where this happened? Do you see this as positive or negative, or both? How and why?
Explanation / Answer
Adaptive cultures are never be said impure cultures. It must be innovative cultures and thats why only its got adapted in the society. Biggest examples are the third world countries who are continously adopting western cultures to bring the modernisation in the society. They have felt that modern cultures and modern thinkings are the way to move further in the society and to innovate something.