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Starting small is best way to build a collection ; The no-nonsense title of Truro's Lander Art Gallery's latest in a long line of stunning exhibitions just about sums it up. Brought together by curator Cath Wallace, the aptly named Small is Beautiful collection of colourful paintings brings together a variety of "small" artworks.
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The no-nonsense title of Truro's Lander Art Gallery's latest in a
long line of stunning exhibitions just about sums it up. Brought
together by curator Cath Wallace, the aptly named Small is Beautiful
collection of colourful paintings brings together a variety of
"small" artworks.
All are no bigger than A3 in size - the size of a tabloid
newspaper.
With a price tag of a reasonable pounds300 or less attached to
all of the creations, the paintings in oils and watercolours are,
the gallery argues, accessible to most.
So, as well as being able to take something rather beautiful home
to admire, a ...
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The death of Polycrates. (poem)
Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review
; ...opposite. He writhed like a snake nailed to a post. Some of his Greeks no doubt watched and some, lighting fires, rejoiced. Polycrates could see from where he hung the city he had ruled the strong walls of the harbor the great aqueduct the goddess' temple...
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Cliche's: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...general Mardonius) and the Thebians (led by general Polycrates) in 471 B.C. Mardonius was supposed to have hidden...treasure under his tent, but when he was defeated, Polycrates couldn't find it. When he consulted the Oracle at...
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THEN AND NOW Journey With Herodotus
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...additions), which was built during the rule of the tyrant Polycrates. One can visit the twin underground tunnels of Eupalinos (one right above the other), ordered by Polycrates so enemies could not cut off the water supply to the ancient...
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The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature
; ...section, that would be Theophilus, Athenagoras, the Epistle of Vienne and Lyons, Irenaeus, Hegesippus, the Sibyllines, Polycrates, Victor of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, the Muratorian Fragment, Apollonius of Ephesus, Tertullian, Perpetua and Felicitas...
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Will it be Pope Arinze I or Pengo II?
Magazine article from: New African
; ...Resurrection, observed Easter on the Sunday following the day of Passover." But when the Quarterdecimans under the leadership of Polycrates (the bishop of Ephesus) refused to obey Victor, he dealt with them harshly by excommunicating them, although he later...
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THE BEST OF EUROPE
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...red carpet treatment this week, with film showings, talks and music, including performances from his operas Der Ring des Polycrates and Das Wunder der Heliane. Venues across Brno, Czech Republic (information on 00 42 054 232 1285) to 11 May BRUSSELS...
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The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; ...though not one of the Twelve), who served as high priest for a short time. Chapter 2 inspects external evidence from Polycrates and Papias, while chapter 3 turns to internal evidence, commending an understanding of the beloved disciple not as ideal...
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The Chinese government has announced that March 28 will henceforth be celebrated as Serf Liberation Day in Tibet, commemorating the day in 1959 when China took full control of Tibet, sweeping away the evils of the old clerico-feudal order and bringing all the blessings of Communism and Mao Tsetung Thought to the long-suffering Tibetan peasantry.(The Week)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...Turkish rule around 1790, looks back wistfully to a predecessor in the golden age of 500 B.C.: "He served--but served Polycrates--/ A tyrant; but our masters then / Were still, at least, our countrymen ..." Tibetans have lived for half a century...
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The Cardiff Team.
Magazine article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction
; ...replaces them with a structure in which the characters relate happily, guiltlessly, and selflessly. Marc tells Cyril, "Polycrates burnt the gymnasiums of Samos because he knew that every friendship forged in them were two revolutionaries. Our real families...
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MAKING ENDS MEET
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...once is speed, a tactic probably first adopted by the Greek engineer Eupalinus. Some 2,500 years ago, the Greek tyrant Polycrates engaged the services of Eupalinus to construct a 3400-foot tunnel through Mt. Castro on the island of Samos. The tunnel...
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