Word: jaded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Funeral ornaments dating back to the Old Silla dynasty (5th-6th century A.D.) display a barbaric splendor never before found in East Asia. Discovered amidst a stash of weapons and earthenware, a crown glitters with spangles of gold and jade that adorn its antler-like shafts. This animal symbolism, some historians believe, attests to the shamanistic beliefs of the early Koreans and suggests that they had more in common with the nomadic horsemen of the Siberian steppes than with their Chinese neighbors...
Love on the Run is not among the best, but it has its moments. Truffaut picks up Antoine, now a novelist, on the eve of his divorce from Christine (Claude Jade), whom he courted in Stolen Kisses and married in Bed and Board (1970). Antoine is already in hot pursuit of new prey. As usual, nothing in the film turns out as first expected. By the t'me it is over, Truffaut has cagily shifted the audience's perspective on all his characters. A couple who appear to be lovers turn out to be siblings. Antoine...
...dressed in, with various shades of dark gray. The women wore similar gray pants with short, colored, brocade tops. They posed an interesting contrast to the other women in the room--overseas Chinese and Americans. Some of the female guests wore brightly colored satin while other donned Chinese jade; none was in pants...
...gardens is a wonder of the world. Assembled over five centuries by 24 celestially approved emperors and more than a million laborers, the Forbidden City is not only a marvel of space, extravagance and style but also a dazzling repository of art, in gold and silver, ivory and jade. Restored and main tamed by a crew of 1,000, it makes Versailles look like a nouveau riche country mansion. In the hills northwest of the city is the Summer Palace, which was largely destroyed hi 1860 by Britain's Lord Elgin, son of the seigneur who took the marbles...
...chuang, the so-called Mao jacket, made of heavy blue or gray cotton and well stitched, is a bargain at $11; a matching Mao cap costs $1.50. Friendship Stores in each city, catering to foreigners, offer more exotic but in many cases bargains-priced goods such as embroideries, porcelain, jade jewelry, furs, silks, scroll paintings and antique furniture. The attendants seem scrupulously honest. At some of the antique stores, though, the young comrades behind the counter are apt to be woefully ignorant of the objets d'art they are selling. In Wusih, a customer reasonably well versed in Chinese...