CONTEMPORARY CHINESE MUSIC – Tan Dun: when the music as an integral part of spiritual life

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Tan Dun (born 1957, Changsha, Hunan), is a Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor, most widely known for his music…

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE NOVELS – Summer of Betrayal, by Hong Ying

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Hong Ying is easily one of China’s best-known authors internationally. She was born in Chongqing on September day of 1962,…

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POETRY – An Qi, Ba Ling and Chen Guiliang

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PARTING BEFORE DAYBREAK – First the day, then daybreak, and finally the time for parting. Local time in Beijing is…

WHEN FLUXES THE RAGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS – Priyanka Waghela: from the bottom of my heart

8 years ago

PRIYANKA WAGHELA 1/3 – Priyanka Waghela is a writer and visual artist. She has exhibited her paintings in many prestigious…

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN POETRY – Tanya Mendonsa, The Daughters of the Lie

8 years ago

Exhibitions of her paintings have been many, but as a poet, she is new to the Indian literary scene. Originally…

DOGGY MEMOIR – The Book of Joshua, by Tanya Mendonsa

8 years ago

This book is like having the best of good times with old friends, except that in this case, many of…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / THE HAGUE – Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Regarded as Vermeer's masterpiece, this canvas is often referred to as the Mona Lisa of the North or the Dutch…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIGI – Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda

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Lisa was born in Florence on June 15 1479. She was named Lisa, like a wife of her paternal grandfather.…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / CHICAGO – George Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

8 years ago

The painting has precise geometric rules, but the most important is symmetry with respect to the central axis, determined by…