Ahmed Alsoudani, another Iraqi, showed strangely beautiful paintings that on close inspection revealed twisted and grotesque bodies mutilated by war.

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Sadly Dilbaryan, who often swapped his beautiful paintings for bottles of vodka, was not around to experience the growing appreciation of his beautiful work.

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The sympathetic, sometimes beautiful paintings in this show are its memorial.

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Rather, his haunting, beautiful paintings are reflections (which explains the frequent appearance of mirrors), a piecing together of recollections of a specific place or thing at different times.

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And the East Wing room features a giant dancing Beauty and the Beast in the center of the room, which also has beautiful paintings adorning each of the walls.

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The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture.

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If one accumulated wealth by legitimate means, was one entitled to "squander" it on beautiful, useless rarities like tulips, or indeed paintings and gems?

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"The collaboration is about having people come in to see beautiful works of art and objects from jewelry to paintings, in particular for the spring seasons kicking off the spring sales next week with our impressionist and modern evening sale and day sale on the 8th and 9th, " says Ms. Kim.

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To our disbelief a beautiful Ethiopian Orthodox church was looted - the inner sanctuary descrated, stained-glass windows broken, holy paintings ripped up, crosses - even those in the graveyards - looted.

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Take Prato, a beautiful town in Tuscany that grew rich on foreign trade in textiles during the Middle Ages and has the churches and paintings to show for it.

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