From Velazquez in the seventeenth century, through Goya straddling the eighteenth and nineteenth, to Picasso in the twentieth, Spain has the proudest of traditions in art.

BBC: Spain profile

In stressing perception and representation, he broke with two powerful traditions in previous art history.

ECONOMIST: Look and learn

Largely a nation of immigrants and their descendants, we are eclectic assimilators, drawing upon cherished long-held world-wide traditions and inspirational references evidenced in art, architecture, literature, music, theater, diet, and science.

FORBES: In Reflection, With Resolve, Rediscovering American Exceptionalism

Kichwa people are Ecuadorian skilled artisans and producers of textiles that have kept alive the handicraft traditions of the mindalas, an ancient indigenous elite specialized in the art of trade.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES