While either tradition could have contributed this powerful animal to the repertory
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are the most important luxury decks of hand-painted European playing cards that have
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The site of Ubirr in Arnhem Land, northern Australia, contains one of the most impressive assemblages of Aboriginal rock painting, ranging from the earliest periods to works created within living memory.
A favored camping place during the annual wet season, the rock faces at Ubirr have
The inaugural exhibition of the newly renovated Costume Institute examines the career of the legendary twentieth-century Anglo-American couturier Charles James (1906–1978).
—David Byrne „The curators…have created an intelligent and playful account of
Historical [Tibetan] armor and weapons were preserved due to the long-standing tradition of placing votive arms in monasteries and temples, where they are kept in special chapels, known as gonkhang (mgon khang), and dedicated to the service of guardian deities.
A warrior wearing armor of this type would have also carried a cane shield reinforced
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A diverse range of users have employed the data for a variety of purposes; creators
Color is not entirely eschewed in Joseon white ware. On the contrary, white ware painted with cobalt blue was highly prized, perhaps even more than undecorated white ware.
This aesthetic and philosophy may also have contributed to the lack of multihued
He would have held a reed brush in his right hand and would have unrolled the papyrus
Key details of the landscape have been revised and refined, notably the architecture
