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beautiful hand calligraphed interfaith, Chinese-Jewish Ketubah. Perfect for wedding or anniversary present

Pines (c) Ran Xu

(C) Ran Xu

Beautifu hand calligraphy, interfaith ketubah, perfect for wedding gift or anniversary. From No-Scribbles Studio

Let's Not Forget- June 4th, 1989 TianAnMen, BJ. We take a break from our usual love of the arts to note that art at its best is an expression of the human spirit. And this image speaks volumes about that. Today is the 25th Anniversary of TianAnMen Massacre. Let history not be forgotten. 

HONG KONG – Xu Jianguo: Metropolis Reimagined, an S|2 selling exhibition at the Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, will soon be unveiled. The exhibition...

New Works by Jian Guo Xu curated by XuArtspace- Exhibition at Sotheby's HK June 17-30th

What's happening in Shanghai, China. Previous book was The Great Gatsby.

Beyond Contemporary: Fifty-Year Artist Vision of Jian Guo Xu Exhibition at the National Museum of China (in Beijing). October 2013. Xuartspace curated exhibition. US Ambassador to China opened the exhibition. www.xuartspace.com

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The beauty of simple things distilled in through the lens. The richness of black and white palette on film is still unmatched by digital prints.

1630 Map of China by Blaeu

Illustrations from Cook's voyage to the South Seas 1768-1771

BORBONE "Portrait of Gabrielle de Bourbon" Painting. The portrait depicts Gabrielle de la Bourbon (1460-1516). Gabrielle de Bourbon, the daughter of Louis I, Count of Montpensier (1405-1486) and direct descendant of Saint Louis (1214-1270) is of great interest to today's historians due to the unusually vast amount of archival material available on her life; who she was, what she did and what she aspired to achieve. She was considered a "…fine type of cultured Frenchwoman in austere Renaissance days, before the Italian wars had introduced into French chateaux Italian luxury and freedom." She was in the center of the French political arena and raised as a descendant of King Stain Louis, she was well cultured and aware of her responsibilities as nobility. She was a generous patron and was particularly interested in literature, and "…was even the author of treatises, the solemn tenor of which is betokened by such titles as le Chasteua de Sainct Esprit, I'Instruction de Jeunes Filles, and la Viateur."

Rare photo of a female samarui. Turn of the century photograph, probably albumen

French engravings- 1723. The exotic Indians- portrayed as the noble savage to the corruption of civilization. One of the central themes of enlightenment period.