syncretism
(noun)
The conveyance of more than one religion or culture, particularly in visual art.
(noun)
The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (or the attempt at such fusion).
Examples of syncretism in the following topics:
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Art of the Persian Empire
- While the religion was unique, the art of the empire was largely syncretic, combining the styles of diverse conquered and neighboring peoples.
- Cyrus is believed to have died in December 530 BCE and was interred in a tomb that further demonstrates the syncretism of Persian art.
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Frederick Taylor
- The 1920s saw the beginning of an era of competition and syncretism with opposing or complementary ideas.
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Mathura Style
- It is still a matter of debate whether the anthropomorphic representations of Buddha were essentially a result of a local evolution of Buddhist art at Mathura, or a consequence of Greek cultural influence in Gandhara through the Greco-Buddhist syncretism.
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Academic Painting and Sculpture
- In this context it is often called "academism", "academicism", "L'art pompier", and "eclecticism", and sometimes linked with "historicism" and "syncretism. "
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Greco-Buddhist Art
- It is still a matter of debate whether the anthropomorphic representations of Buddha were essentially a result of a local evolution of Buddhist art at Mathura, or a consequence of Greek cultural influence in Gandhāra through the Greco-Buddhist syncretism.
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Changes in American Indian Life
- What developed during the colonial years and since, has been a syncretic Catholicism that absorbed and reflected indigenous beliefs.
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Early Jewish Art
- Its mosaic floor depicts a syncretic image of King David as Orpheus, identified by his name in Hebrew letters.
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Efficiency
- Its peak of influence came in the 1910s; by the 1920s, it was still influential but had begun an era of competition and syncretism with opposing or complementary ideas.
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Early Christian Art
- In a move of strategic syncretism, Early Christians adapted Roman motifs and gave new meanings to what had been pagan symbols.
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Ancient Egyptian Religion
- Deities might also be linked through syncretism, creating a composite deity.