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Not your grandmother's mah-jongg - A new generation falls for ancient Chinese board game.
The Boston Herald
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October 1, 1998|
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The game's the same. It's the snacks that have changed.
Instead of coffee, cake and nonpareils, it's ice water with lemon, fat-free popcorn and fresh-cut vegetables.
A healthy mah-jongg player is, after all, a happy mah-jongg player.
"It goes great with a bottle of wine," said Melissa Silk, a 39-year-old Needham mom who learned to play from a neighbor four months ago.
Despite mah-jongg's reputation as a grandma's pursuit, a growing number of young women are getting hooked on the 4,000-year-old board game. Carol Monica, owner of The Games ...
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Concepts drawn from world in transition: Holbein, Schongauer illustrate a new style.(Arts & Entertainment)(Art)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...are buying your art. In 1517, Martin Luther will forever change religion...matter, as the exhibit "From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings From...shines with great artists such as Martin Schongauer, Hans Holbein the Elder and Hans...
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Incredible Lines of Credit.('From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings From Basel and Berlin' at National Gallery of Art)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News
; ...National Gallery of Art. "From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings...includes works by artists such as Martin Schongauer, Hans Holbein the Elder and...Gothic German artists -- was Schongauer (circa 1450-91). In fact...
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600 Years on the Paper Trail
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...males. Included are works by Martin Schongauer (c. 1450-1491), Albrecht...collection. The connection between Schongauer and Durer, the first two artists in the show, is clear enough. Schongauer, a metalworker in Colmar, Alsace...
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Immortality on Paper 600 Years Captured in National Gallery Show
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...a journey through Europe and its past. They are Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Durer, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione...show. The tour begins in Germany 500 years ago. Martin Schongauer was an Alsatian goldsmith who engraved suits of armor...
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Drawings of the German Renaissance.
Magazine article from: World and I
; ...maintained a persistent hold. From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings...fifteenth century, artists such as Martin Schongauer (1450--1491) and Hans Holbein...emphasis on distinct personalities. Schongauer, the most important late Gothic...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Compton Verney digs deep to buy two old masters at auction.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...by Angels in a Window Embrasure by Martin Schongauer for pounds 900,000 at the most recent...The painting by the lesser-known Schongauer, which dates from the 1470s, is...by Angels in a Window Embrasure by Martin Schongauer
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A wonder to behold
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...but also referred to works by Martin Schongauer, whom he greatly admired...inclusion in the exhibition of Schongauer's 'Study of Peonies' c...paintings credited to the style of Martin Schongauer, Jan Provoost and the Workshop...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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The perfection of prints; British show at Art Institute displays rare, fine.(VARIETY)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...Images by Durer and his mentor Martin Schongauer are especially fine. Durer...village. The horrific monsters in Schongauer's phantasmagorical "Temptation...fiction; a mere decade later Schongauer peopled his "Christ Bearing...
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THE MASTERS OF REPRISE; At the National Gallery of Art, Geniuses and the Works They Emulated
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...provided frights and thrills. Martin Schongauer's "The Temptation of Saint...their makers, as they do today. Schongauer's grand images of Jesus were...Durer (1471- 1528). A 1480 Schongauer engraving -- of Jesus being...
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galleriesPlaying with toys and gender ; Exhibit charms with its twists on being `Handsome'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...direction. Elyashiv copied 15th-century German artist Martin Schongauer's engraving "The Foolish Virgin" as a woodcut...exploration of gesture, this time with Elyashiv charting Schongauer's. Elyashiv also presents two "Oil Dress" prints...
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