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  2. Fyodor Tolstoy (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Russian: Фёдор Петро́вич Толстой; 21 February 1783 – 25 April 1873) was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His works – wax-reliefs, watercolours, medallions, and silhouettes – are distinguished by a cool ...

  3. What Is Art? - Wikipedia

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    Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists [2] as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art [3] as reason for writing the book. In his words, "it is difficult to say what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone such sacrifices as ...

  4. List of Vietnamese artists - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of artists who were born in the Vietnam or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.. Artists are listed by field of study and then by family name in alphabetical order (review Vietnamese naming customs as the family name will display in the first name field, with exceptions including people of the diaspora), and they may be listed more than once on the list if ...

  5. Leo Tolstoy - Wikipedia

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    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy [note 1] (/ ˈ t oʊ l s t ɔɪ, ˈ t ɒ l-/; [1] Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, [note 2] IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ⓘ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), [2] usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer ...

  6. Hòn non bộ - Wikipedia

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    Hòn non bộ (chữ Nôm: 𡉕𡽫部) is the Vietnamese art of making miniature landscapes, imitating the scenery of the islands, mountains and surrounding environment as found in nature. It is a particular local development of the Chinese art of penzai , as was bonsai in Japan .

  7. Vietnamese art - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in Vietnam or by Vietnamese artists. Vietnamese art has a long and rich history, the earliest examples of which date back as far as the Stone Age around 8,000 BCE .

  8. Việt Lê - Wikipedia

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    Việt Lê (born 1976) [1] [2] is a Vietnamese-born American artist, writer, and curator. Lê is an associate professor [3] at the California College of the Arts.. He has been published in positions: Asia critique; [4] Crab Orchard Review; [5] American Quarterly; [6] Amerasia Journal; [7] Art Journal; and the anthologies Writing from the Perfume River; [8] Strange Cargo; [9] The Spaces Between ...

  9. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Việt Nam; chữ Hán: 院寶藏美術越南) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from a range of historical periods. [1] It is the country's primary art museum, the second being the smaller Ho Chi Minh City Museum of ...