Of course, additions to the list (or thoughts on this intentionally eclectic list) are welcome via the comments. (sentencing.typepad.com)
Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, had a more eclectic list of British traditions which she felt still informed the way that artists approached their work: small rooms, rain, cloudy skies, colonialism, civil rights, the Reformation and iconoclasm — a culture of the word not the image. (lundhumphries.com)
Here are a bunch more eclectic lists... starting with the critics from The New York Times: (awardscircuit.com)