Discuss the Ewe’s sacred worldview
What will be an ideal response?
• Religion has an "all-pervasive influence on the intimate life of the family and community."
• All things in nature and "artificial protuberances are worshipped as divine or the abode of divinities [Locke citing Fiawo]."
• "Ancestral spirits are an important force in the lives of the Ewe people [Locke citing Nukunya]."
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Painting in seventeenth-century England
A. reflected the fluctuation of the local art market. B. was controlled by the courtly but restrained taste of the aristocracy. C. responded to the demands of middle-class patrons for a civic-minded art. D. had religious themes as the dominant subject.
By orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using _______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).