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... courtesy of the National Palace Museum , Taipei , Taiwan , R.O.C. brushwork , for expression , not representation , was his aim . The cumulative effect of his masterpiece is obtained not by its fidelity to visible forms but by a ...
... courtesy of the National Palace Museum , Taipei , Taiwan , R.O.C. brushwork , for expression , not representation , was his aim . The cumulative effect of his masterpiece is obtained not by its fidelity to visible forms but by a ...
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... courtesy of ( top left , centre left ) the Smithsonian Institution , Freer Gallery of Art , Washington , D.C. , ( right ) Tokyo National Museum ; photograph , ( bottom ) Hirai - Shostal Plate 19 : By courtesy of ( centre left and centre ...
... courtesy of ( top left , centre left ) the Smithsonian Institution , Freer Gallery of Art , Washington , D.C. , ( right ) Tokyo National Museum ; photograph , ( bottom ) Hirai - Shostal Plate 19 : By courtesy of ( centre left and centre ...
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... courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum Zimrilim palace Posthu- mous flowering of Sumerian genius Assyrian palaces. Akkadian period . Sargon of Akkad's ( c . 2334 - c . 2279 BC ) unification of the Sumerian city - states and ...
... courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum Zimrilim palace Posthu- mous flowering of Sumerian genius Assyrian palaces. Akkadian period . Sargon of Akkad's ( c . 2334 - c . 2279 BC ) unification of the Sumerian city - states and ...
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