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The social, political, and economic history of each country is part of
The introductory slides with analysis of contemporary issues.  Art and
culture are presented as well.

Most of the sites/cities included are UNESCO sites. 

Presentations are in PowerPoint format--each approximately 80 slides.
Use of art slides, maps, updated statistics, and the author’s photography are included, as well as scanned art from art books, museum holdings, and internet sites.   Sociological themes include:

      Art reflects Society
      Art and Social-Political Change
      Patronage & Art
      Cultural Ideology in Art & Architecture
      Cultural Diversity (Customs and Lifestyles)
      Urban Lifestyles and Social Change
      Impact of macro-economic issues on Institutions of Art (i.e. Museums)

Countries represented are world-wide including the Central and South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama.  Other countries include:
The Baltic countries, Western Europe, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, N. Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Emirates, etc.

BALTIC:
    *    Hermitage, St. Petersburg: Patronage, Politics & Art (Lectures explores three distinct stylistic periods that reflect social history.  European/the Avant Garde/and Soviet Social Realism)
    *    Danish Design: Form vs. Function 
    *    Norway: Land and Its People
    *    Germany and the Weimar Culture
     *   Scandinavia: Cultural Diversity (Norway, Denmark, Sweden)

SOUTH AMERICA:

  • Argentina: History, Politics, and Economy
  • Argentina: Art and Cultural Diversity
  • Chile: Land and Its People
  • Santiago: A Social Transformation
  • Brazil: Land and Its People
  • Brazil: Music, Art and Culture (Beyond The Samba)
  • Tango: A Social History

CENTRAL AMERICA:

  • Indigenous Populations (San Blas Islanders)
  • West Caribbean and The Panama Canal
  • Cost Rica: Land and Its People
  • Mexico: A Cultural History & Land of the Mayas
  • Mexican Muralists: Mexican & Universal

MEDITERRANEAN (East and West):

  • Rome: Ancient Sites and Baroque Churches
  • Florence: Birthplace of  the Renaissance
  • Sicily: Greco-Roman Sites
  • Venice: Art and Politics
  • Naples & Pompeii
  • Southern Italy: Greco-Roman Sites
  • French Riviera: (Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso)
  • Greece: Ancient History & Culture
  • Ancient Greece: Social Life, Culture & Art
  • Ancient Greece: Agrigento, Athens, Delos, Olympia, Ephesus
  • Spain: A Cultural History (Velásquez, Goya,  & Picasso)
  • Barcelona: Art and Architecture (Modernisme)

East/South MEDITERRANEAN:
    *  Istanbul: A Culture of Three Cities
    *  Libya: Ancient Sites of Lepcis Magna, Sabratha & Cyrene
    * Lebanon & Syria: Ancient Sites of Baalbeck and Palmyra

CARIBBEAN (EAST AND WEST):

  • History of the Caribbean
  • Art, Music, & Culture of the Caribbean
  • W. Caribbean & Panama Canal
  • Panama Canal (Land Divided/Continent United)
  • Costa Rica: Land and its Peoples
  • Mexico: Land of the Maya

New York/New England:

  • Boston & The Colonization of New England
  • New York: Art & Culture Diversity
  • New York & London: Neo-Classical Architecture

GENERIC LECTURES:
Skyscrapers: US, Europe and Asia (Who’s the Tallest!)
Classic Architecture and Cities around the World (Greco-Roman Traditions
                 Of Modern Cities)

MID-EAST:
  United Emirates: Dubai & Social Change (Architecture; Migrant Workers)
  Islam: Traditions and Social Change (Diversity of Muslims; Customs and
             Lifestyles; Challenges of post-9/11 and integrating democratic values)
  Egypt: Land and Its People
 

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