What is Eurocentism and connections between art
What is Eurocentism and connections between art 98yVw
Eurocentrism is a way of thinking in that Europe is placed at the center of the world in every sense, not only geographically on the map, and more importance is attached to the culture or values of Europe than to other nations. Eurocentrism, which gained momentum after phenomena such as the reformation, renaissance, and industrial revolution, gained meaning with the beginning of colonialism. Nevertheless, Eurocentrism is based on the belief that non-Europeans are barbaric and primitive in civilization and the superiority of Europe. According to Eurocentrism, this superiority can manifest in any field: geographical, cultural, social, political, economic, health, or artistic. According to the art of Greece section from the book " The Art through the Ages " by Helen Gardner, we can make some inferences about Eurocentrism. In this text, I will examine how Eurocentrism can leave a mark on art by making use of geography and culture.
To begin with, Eurocentric thinking can be seen as natural and ordinary for those of European descent, but for other nations it is a degrading and vulgar thought. Although we do not see clearly derogatory statements in the text we are reading, the reader is made to feel this approach at some points. Firstly, we can observe that Europe, and especially the Greeks, are trying to show their superiority by using geographical factors, and are belittling other nations for this purpose. For example, the text used the fact that Egypt only consists of deserts and alluvial plains when referring to the very diverse geography and climate of Europe.
Eurocentrism
is a way of thinking in that Europe
is placed
at the center of the world in every sense, not
only
geographically
on the map, and more importance
is attached
to the culture or values of Europe than to other nations.
Eurocentrism
, which gained momentum after phenomena such as the reformation, renaissance, and industrial revolution, gained meaning with the beginning of colonialism.
Nevertheless
,
Eurocentrism
is based
on the belief that non-Europeans are barbaric and primitive in civilization and the superiority of Europe. According to
Eurocentrism
, this superiority can manifest in any field: geographical, cultural, social, political, economic, health, or artistic. According to the art of Greece section from the book
"
The Art through the Ages
"
by Helen Gardner, we can
make
some
inferences about
Eurocentrism
. In this text, I will examine how
Eurocentrism
can
leave
a mark on art by making
use
of geography and culture.
To
begin
with, Eurocentric thinking can be
seen
as natural and ordinary for those of European descent,
but
for other nations it is a degrading and vulgar
thought
. Although we do not
see
clearly
derogatory statements in the text we are reading, the reader
is made
to feel this approach at
some
points.
Firstly
, we can observe that Europe, and
especially
the Greeks, are trying to
show
their superiority by using geographical factors, and are belittling other nations for this purpose.
For example
, the text
used
the fact that Egypt
only
consists of deserts and alluvial plains when referring to the
very
diverse geography and climate of Europe.
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