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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 the International Society for Educational Information , Tokyo Haniwa sculpture Impor- tance of Kyushu in the spread of culture First. with stones , contained coffins and various funerary offer- ings . The custom of building ...
... courtesy of the International Society for Educational Information , Tokyo Haniwa sculpture Impor- tance of Kyushu in the spread of culture First. with stones , contained coffins and various funerary offer- ings . The custom of building ...
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... courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum 1 Zimrilim palace Posthu- mous flowering of Sumerian genius. 炒 Akkadian period . Sargon of Akkad's ( c . 2334 - c . 2279 BC ) unification of the Sumerian city - states and creation of a ...
... courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum 1 Zimrilim palace Posthu- mous flowering of Sumerian genius. 炒 Akkadian period . Sargon of Akkad's ( c . 2334 - c . 2279 BC ) unification of the Sumerian city - states and creation of a ...
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