patriarchal
(adjective)
Relating to a system run by males rather than females.
Examples of patriarchal in the following topics:
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The Influence of Feminism
- Feminist and intersectional sentiments in art have always existed in opposition to the white, patriarchal foundations and current realities of western art markets and art history.
- In line with the development of western civilization, art in the west has been built upon white, patriarchal and capitalist values, and while there have always existed women artists, they have largely been omitted from history.
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Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire
- After the death of the last Iconoclast emperor Theophilos, his young son Michael III, with his mother the regent Theodora and Patriarch Methodios, summoned the Synod of Constantinople in 843 to bring peace to the Church.
- The Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), constructed from 537 until 1453.
- After the end of iconoclasm, a new mosaic was dedicated in the Hagia Sophia under the Patriarch Photius and the Macedonian emperors Michael III and Basil I.
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Wiligelmo and Other Forms of Architecture
- Wiligelmo also carved portraits of prophets and patriarchs, and most of all the Biblical Stories, at the site.
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Leadership
- Like most leadership structures around the world, traditional African communities were often patriarchal in power structure.
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Fang and Kota
- The Kota are traditionally a patriarchal society, however some of the sub-groups such as the Mahongwe have over time adopted a matrilineal system of lineage (Mahongwe means, "from your father").
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Painting in the Middle Byzantine Empire
- The image was given as a gift to the Grand Duke of Kiev in 1131 by the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople and is an important and protective icon of the Russian cities of Vladimir and Moscow and the country of Russia itself.