Word: painterly
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...friend took him inside the okushoin, an area of one of the main buildings that had been the head priest's residence for centuries but was now virtually abandoned. Inside the dark building, every room was filled with seemingly forgotten artistic treasures, including the flowers by legendary 18th century painter Jakuchu Ito, which cover every wall of the room that was once the priest's private study. It was unlike anything Takubo had ever laid eyes upon. Unlike much of Japanese art, in which seasonal coherence and the balanced composition of complete landscapes are recurring priorities, these intensely detailed close...
DIED. NUHA AL-RADI, 63, Iraqi ceramist and painter best known for her book Baghdad Diaries, a vivid, witty account of the daily life of Iraqis during the first Gulf War and its aftermath; of pneumonia linked to treatment for leukemia; in Beirut. She was wryly resigned to Saddam Hussein's violent regime, but also critical of the U.S. for bombing her native city and killing civilians. Fearing persecution, she chose to live in exile in Beirut after her book was published...
...years; when his contract expires in September 2006; in Los Angeles. Although he is credited with transforming the company into a media powerhouse, fellow Disney directors stripped him of his chairmanship in March, when the share price and investor confidence slumped. DIED. NUHA AL-RADI, 63, Iraqi ceramist and painter best known for her 1998 book Baghdad Diaries, a vivid, witty account of life in that city during the first Gulf War; of pneumonia linked to treatment for leukemia; in Beirut. Critical of the U.S. bombing of Baghdad but wryly resigned to Saddam Hussein's regime, she chose to live...
...entrance. One of them waved a pistol, terrifying visitors, then pointed it at the head of an unarmed female guard and barked in Norwegian, "Lie down!" Meanwhile an accomplice dashed through the ground-floor galleries until he came upon Munch's Madonna from 1893-94. The apotheosis of the painter's many femmes fatales, sexually inviting, weirdly commanding and more than a little poisonous, it's probably his next best known image...
Meanwhile, smaller museums can barely afford enough guards, relying instead on elderly docents. Just last month A Winter Landscape by the Dutch painter Esaias van de Velde was stolen from the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany. The thief testified at trial that, after finding only two guards for three floors, he simply slipped the painting, valued at $240,000, under his shirt and went out the door. He told the court, "It's probably more difficult to steal a T shirt...