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Mesoamerican Marvels: Art and Architecture of the Aztec and Mayan Civilizations 

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In addition to their political acumen and technological innovations, both civilizations contributed significantly to the artistic and architectural record. Meanwhile, painted murals often illustrated regal and mythological narratives via similarly stylized imagery and hieroglyphics, the pictographic language of the Mayan people.

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Sentence Delivered in Norval Morrisseau Fraud Case

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“The purpose of the creation of these fake paintings was to gain an economic benefit, but in the course of creating and selling these fakes, the legacy of Norval Morrisseau has been irrevocably damaged,” she said in the proceeding, shared with media and other observers. We will restore his legacy.

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Choosing an Appraiser—Essential Questions to Ask: Part I

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You just moved across the country and your favorite painting arrived with a gash through the canvas. Residential Contents appraisers routinely handle all the furniture, rugs and decorative items that are normally encountered in a home. Within residential contents appraisers and fine art appraisers, there are some overlaps.

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Exploring Brazilian Modernism: A Fusion of Tradition and Innovation

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As the 20th century dawned in Brazil, so too did a new modern art that would not only redefine the country’s artistic landscape, but also build cities in its own image. Brazilian Modernism brought with it a generation of artists and architects who fused European ideas from the Bauhaus and Modernism to create something indelibly Brazilian.

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Walter Gropius: the Visionary Master of Modernism

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The founder of this artistic hive mind? Wassily Kandinsky – Milieu jaune (Painted in Paris in March 1934). Gropius was invited to head up this new, radical-sounding institution where painting, sculpture, architecture and design all lived together under one roof, working towards a utopian ideology.