Word: 12th
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...official restorer for Kansas City's William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, James Roth was the first to notice something strange about one of the old Chinese murals on loan to the gallery. All were well-preserved examples of 12th century Chinese wall painting, brilliant scenes of ancient deities in jewels and flowing robes; in one, Roth saw a curious crack running across the surface, and down inside the fissure he spotted a trace of bright blue paint peeping through. Then the murals went back to their owner and Roth forgot about...
Last week, for the first time, the Nelson gallery proudly showed off the results of Restorer Roth's patient work. By removing the 12th century mural (which he carefully reassembled on a new panel), Roth had uncovered a magnificent loth century Tang painting of Kuan-yin, the Goddess of Mercy, done in brilliant vermilion, orange, green and blue. Some 800 years ago, temple priests in North China had evidently tired of the goddess on their wall, ordered her plastered over with a layer of mud and rice husks, then commissioned artists to paint another scene on top. Experts could...
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Three hits in the 12th inning with two out produced two runs and a 5 to 3 exhibition victory for the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday...
Vitzthum and Andresen are the Crimson's outstanding performers in cross-country. Last Saturday at the Middlebury Class A Championship, Vitzthum finished 12th in a field of 43 with Andresen in 16th position...