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- noun Plural form of
arabesque .
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Examples
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A very rare pair of 12th-13th-century carved wooden doors decorated with traditional calligraphy and a complex pattern of geometric forms and arabesques is expected to fetch £ 700,000 - £ 900,000.
Buying Islamic, Indian Art Margaret Studer 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Kley's glaze paintings vaguely recalls arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--when she really presents us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, and identity for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Kley's glaze paintings vaguely recalls arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--when she really presents us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, and identity for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Kley's glaze paintings vaguely recalls arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--when she really presents us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, and identity for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty.
G. Roger Denson: Women Artists Sweep Best of 2010 NYC Arts (SLIDESHOW) G. Roger Denson 2010
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