Customs and Traditions: Customs and traditions in a culture are the rules of behavior.

These rules teach us what is right or wrong. Just like customs and traditions in a society describe the behavioral expectations of the people in a culture, the customs and traditions of an art gallery describe the behavioral expectations of the paintings. For example, a custom of Korea is the respect for elders. Because all koreans are taught to respect their elders from a young age, if there was a kid who disrespected his/her parents, that would be considered rude, or odd. Young citizens arent expected, or supposed to disrespect elders. Similarly, paintings have expectations too. Every single painting in the art gallery is expected to tell a story. The paintings arent supposed to be just randomly drawn doodles, they are expected to be carefully thought out and every single one is assumed to have a deeper meaning. If one of the paintings in the art gallery was a scribble drawn by a 7-year old without any incentive, that would be considered odd, or out of place. Arts and Entertainment: Arts and entertainment in a culture entertain and please the citizens.They also teach us about a societys culture. Just like the arts and entertainment in a society please the citizens and teach about thei r culture, it pleases paintings and teach about their culture when paintings are featured in media. There are many types of arts and entertainment for humans: literature, music, art, etc. By examining these artifacts, we learn about cultures. Equivalently, paintings would be extremely pleased if they were featured in media, such as a magazine. However, not only does this please the paintings, but it also teaches us about them. If a painting was to be featured in a magazine, there would be an included caption that told us all about the painting, or the culture of the painting. Religion: Religion in a culture helps people answer basic questions about the meaning and purpose of life, such as why am I here? or what is the purpose of my life?. Just like religion helps people answer these questions, the artist of a painting helps answer them. Most human religions have a god. The followers of the religion worship the god and believe that he/she/it has all the answers. Likewise, the paintings of an art gallery worship their artist. Just as there may be differences in the gods that the citizens of a society worship, the artists of the paintings in the art gallery may differ. However, the artists are the only ones who can accurately answer the same basic questions about the paintings existences. Language: Language is the cornerstone of culture. Without it, people wouldnt be able to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and knowledge. There is no culture without language because language is what holds a culture together. Just like language is the communication tool for humans, mood, color, and lines are the communication tools for paintings. Every person has their own thoughts and perspective. In order to share their opinions, they use language to communicate with others. In the same way, the mood, color, and lines of a painting shows how they feel. For example, if the painting was a red tone and had sharp, bold lines, the painting is most likely trying to portray anger. Also, the painting wouldnt exist without mood, color, and lines. Economic Systems: Economic systems in a culture are how people use limited resources. Three questions try to be answered when creating an economic system: What goods should we produce? How should we produce them? Who should get the things we make? Just like a society has to go through these questions when

creating an economic system, paintings have to go through the same questions. While the products that humans produce may be food, electronics, clothes, etc., paintings produce morals, lessons, or stories. They also have to choose what the moral/lesson/story will be, how they will portray it, and who it will be targeted for. Just as a society may have many different companies that produce different goods, many paintings portray different morals/lessons/stories. Government: Government in a culture provides the common needs, such as keeping order within a society and protecting the society from outside threats. Just like the government in a society keeps order and protects the citizens, the walls of an art gallery keep order and protect the paintings. The government keeps order by making sure laws arent broken. Similarly, the walls make sure people dont enter the gallery during closed hours. Also, they protect the paintings by being a barrier from the outside world. The walls make sure the paintings arent stolen or destroyed, but instead well preserved. Social Organizations: Social organizations in a culture are meant to help the people work together to meet their basic needs. They do this by dividing the citizens into smaller units. Just like the social organization in a society organizes the cultures members into smaller groups, the social organization in an art gallery organizes the cultures members into smaller groups. In most human cultures, people are organized into smaller units called families. They do this to create a more organized society. And just like the whole culture has rules, individual families also have rules that exist only for their family. They do this to create a more organized society. Correspondingly, the paintings in an art gallery are usually organized by artist or time period. This way, the paintings arent all jumbled up, but instead are organized. Just like families have their own rules, these sections have their own rules too. For example, if the paintings were organized into the time period of the Renaissance, the paintings are expected to be church-related.