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Chapter 3.1: Converging Cultures

Throughout history, economic needs, material desires, and political ambitions have brought people from different cultures and communities into contact, sometimes across great distances. Whether clashes or cooperative endeavors, these convergences have brought about the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

In the visual arts, they have led to creative juxtapositions, hybrid styles, innovative forms, and the reinterpretation of traditional signs and symbols.

Watch the video, Converging Cultures (27 minutes). To see more art with this theme scroll down to the Sections topic, located under the video, and click on any of the links.

Image of a sketch with aquatint showing two women in a boat with a child feeding 5 white ducks and one black one on green water.
Figure 1. Mary Cassatt shows Japanese influence in Feeding the Ducks. Drypoint, aquatint in color and softground etching on paper, 1895. Image source: Terra Foundation for American Art via Artstor. Used with permission, for education use only.

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