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... appear- ance of things . But only rarely is it what a Westerner would consider realistic . A painting considered realistic by the Japanese may in fact appear quite stylized and decorative to foreigners . The traditional native style of ...
... appear- ance of things . But only rarely is it what a Westerner would consider realistic . A painting considered realistic by the Japanese may in fact appear quite stylized and decorative to foreigners . The traditional native style of ...
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... appear , painted in white or cream , on the polished surfaces of the red - clay vessels . In the drawings found at al - Jazirah from the Gerzean Period of the Naqādah II culture , there appear motifs of boats , flamingos , and ostriches ...
... appear , painted in white or cream , on the polished surfaces of the red - clay vessels . In the drawings found at al - Jazirah from the Gerzean Period of the Naqādah II culture , there appear motifs of boats , flamingos , and ostriches ...
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... appear as a point source . An opportunity to determine the dimensions of the X - ray source by observing a passage of the nebula behind the Moon occurred on July 7 , 1964. Such occulta- tions of the Crab recur every nine years . The ...
... appear as a point source . An opportunity to determine the dimensions of the X - ray source by observing a passage of the nebula behind the Moon occurred on July 7 , 1964. Such occulta- tions of the Crab recur every nine years . The ...
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