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  • noun Plural form of arabesque.

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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