The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture.
Only about 90 out of more than 10, 000 Koguryo tombs discovered in China and Korea so far, have wall paintings.
UNESCO, which is nearing the completion of an effort to preserve the Buddha niches in Bamiyan and wall paintings, does not favor rebuilding the figures.
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An oil platform and the wall paintings quickly followed.
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In the sun room, for example, where Mr. Ye kept the traditional blue-gray-black wall paintings, the workers decided to save money by using plastic in the ceiling blinds instead of the wooden slats Mr. Ye had requested.
He is heralding the advent of the new religion, and the wall-paintings above him depict Old Testament scenes regarded by medieval theologians as events that prefigure Jesus' life and fate.
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The labels are informative little essays nicely placed like slanted tabletops, below sightline. (The cartoonish icons for the audio guide, however, are inexplicably placed right next to the paintings on the wall.) And the subtopics landscape and portraiture, what was painted overseas versus what was created back home in America, etc.
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Sitting in his cosy private apartment decorated with gold brocade wall coverings, fine antique furniture and paintings, he explained to me how the Knights are changing.
On one long wall is a series of enormous, predominantly white paintings by Robert Ryman and Andy Warhol and a mirror-finished copper work by Donald Judd, like a polished jewel among them.
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In the dining room I am working on, I plan to hang a single fantastic picture on one wall and smother the opposite wall with pictures a mix of Hugo Guinness paintings, the odd flea-market oil painting, a vintage poster and vintage sandpaper pictures I found in Paula Rubenstein's Manhattan shop.
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The paintings were stolen by two armed men who ripped them from the wall after threatening a member of staff with a gun.
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Engraved stones in the wall mark the burial spots of favored courtiers, enhancing the spiritual charge of Mr. Benney's paintings.
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