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The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism.
He was fascinated by the Japanese-print flatness bequeathed by the Impressionists; in Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls (1915), he managed to cheat scale so much that the boat looks like a bathtub toy against the swirl of rocks and spume.
The Washington Post gives this story the boldest headline on its front but leads instead with word that the philanthropist Paul Mellon, who died ten days ago, has bequeathed to the National Gallery $75 million in cash and more than 100 pictures--including van Goghs, Seurats, and Manets--worth many times that much.
One of Crete’s most influential religious institutions, Toploú Monastery (Moní Toploú), is found here on a windswept hilltop, surrounded by large swathes of fertile land bequeathed to it by grateful believers.
It was built specifically to house the private art collection of Sophia de Bruyn, who then bequeathed it to the city in 1890.