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abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


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The paintings of carved saints on the third floor set up an especially lively dialogue, contrasting Christian imagery with Islamic semiabstraction, European with Middle Eastern, opulence and love of nature with colorless deprivation and martyrdom.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2013




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