Many ceremonies that mark national celebrations and religious rituals incorporate the practice and calligraphy has itself proved influential on modern art, architecture and design.

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Located in the key Connaught Place business district, the hotel is revered for its blend of Victorian, Colonial and Art Deco design touches, modern conveniences and impeccable service.

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As the founder and longtime head of the Museum of Modern Art's pioneering Department of Architecture and Design, Johnson had introduced Modernism to America as the International Style in the now landmark 1932 exhibition done in collaboration with the historian Henry Russell Hitchcock.

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The art of modern web design began somewhere around the turn of the century and many designers and developers are still playing catch up.

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An obvious answer to the museum's crisis of purpose was to expand outwards from its renowned collection of modern painting and sculpture into ever more areas of art, liberally defined, including architecture and commercial design.

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