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...powerful Xianbei federation, who came to dominate what is now Inner Mongolia, are exuberant golden hat ornaments?smug-looking antelope or reindeer, with heart-shaped leaves festooning their antlers. From 4th century Datong, in Shanxi province, comes a bronze cup decorated with vines and with the early-Christian motif of a boy carrying a lamb. The cup looks Roman, but is likely an expertly cast copy of an import...
...combination of the fantastic and realistic here goes a long way to tie the firmly-grounded first act to the more surreal second. Perhaps, the one piece of decoration that falls flat is the series of framed silhouettes of horses surrounding a door. While horses are certainly a motif in the play, their role in the play’s message is not prominent enough to merit such a central placement of the prop in the set. As a result, the decoration’s presence tends to confuse audiences mulling the play’s symbolism rather than...
...people are expected to live in Shanghai's seven new satellite towns, each designed in the style of a different Western nation. Zhou Jin, an executive currently residing in Shanghai, will soon move into a $67,000 apartment in Anting, where a Volkswagen factory reinforces the German motif. "Life in such an exotic atmosphere will be fun," says Zhou...
Fittingly, mirrors are a frequent motif in the production, as is symmetry. Images recur, often happening twice simultaneously, giving the effect of parallax. This device serves both to represent the situation’s independence of time, or to simulate the internal repetition in the characters’ minds of the painful events that transpire...
...Since its arrival in July 2003, bearing the Operation Helpem Fren motif, ramsi has restored hope to a country that was ruled by the gun and on the verge of collapse. Led by Australia and staffed by nine South Pacific nations, the intervention force came with a big stick and plenty of boots on the ground: more than 2,000 men and women were deployed in that first wave to restore peace. Around 3,800 people have been arrested, including militia leaders, suspected murderers and extortionists. Dozens of allegedly crooked politicians, police and public servants are about to face judges...