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The city of Suzhou is 110 km west of Shanghai and more than 1,100 km from Beijing. It boasts of being able to keep important pieces of imperial history through the many classical gardens that are found in the area. The Humble Administrator’s Garden located in Suzhou stands apart from the rest not only because … Read more
Large pieces of artwork are difficult to create. They can take years to make and properly assemble a meaning within. One of these large works My World and Yours (1954), by Irving Norman is an oil on canvas which represents a utopian view on the creation of the human race. It was made soon after … Read more
The Power of Choice In the novel The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama, the author tells a story about a Chinese teenager, Stephen, who moves to a small village named Tarumi to recover from Tuberculosis. While there, he meets the housekeeper, Matsu, who cares for Stephen while he is at the beach house. Matsu also … Read more
Jardins du Luxembourg, Garden of Luxembourg, is a garden built in 1612, by Queen Marie de’ Medici. After her husband, King Henry IV, was murdered, she decided to move out of the Louvre and buy the park owned by the duke of Luxembourg. She then moved to what is now the Jardins du Luxembourg. She … Read more
