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The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage (Spanish: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, MinCAP) is the Ministry of the State of Chile in charge of the design, formulation and implementation of cultural policies, plans and programs.
In her 1970 book Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art, Hanna Deinhard gives one approach: "The point of departure of the sociology of art is the question: How is it possible that works of art, which always originate as products of human activity within a particular time and society and for a particular time, society, or function -- even though they are not necessarily produced as ...
Cultural property includes the physical, or "tangible" cultural heritage, such as artworks. These are generally split into two groups of movable and immovable heritage. Immovable heritage includes buildings (which themselves may include installed art such as organs, stained glass windows, and frescos), large industrial installations, residential projects, or other historic places and monum
In 1946, the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of the Fine Arts) was created as a government agency to promote the arts and was initially housed at the Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, the Museo del Libro and other places. It is now at the Palacio. [2] In this theatre, Maria Callas debuted in the opera Norma in 1950. [5]
The Cultural Properties of Costa Rica (Patrimonio Cultural de Costa Rica) refer to those tangible and intangible cultural properties that by decree has been awarded the distinction of being part of the cultural heritage of Costa Rica.
Suspected extension of the historical Lenca people. Since pre-European times the Lencas occupied various areas of what is now known as Honduras and El Salvador.The Salvadoran archaeological site of Quelepa (which was inhabited from the pre-classic period to the beginning of the early post-classic period) is considered a site that was inhabited and ruled by the Lencas.
What Is Art? (Russian: Что такое искусство?Chto takoye iskusstvo?) is a book by Leo Tolstoy.It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English in 1898 due to difficulties with the Russian censors.
The Cultural Properties of Mozambique are protected and promoted in accordance with Law 10/88 of 1988 concerning tangible and intangible properties relating to the cultural heritage of Mozambique (bens materiais e imateriais do património cultural moçambicano).