(1) Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets.(2) The taste of his subjects tended towards the antiquarian rather than the purely decorative, and their collecting interest widened to embrace traditional crafts, archaeology, and oriental art.(3) Had a brief listen to the two other tracks Jake had given me: oriental pieces which I recognised from somewhere and which are beautiful.(4) Besides western art and literature, many volumes dealt with the oriental world: its history, religion, writings, sculpture, painting, ceramics.(5) Subsequent years saw the character of Sofia change from an oriental outpost to a European city, a trend that continues.(6) The most spectacular consisted of a ├ö├ç├┐large round cup in oriental onyx, mount and ornaments in fine chased, enamelled gold.(7) The most important addition to the cultural life of Dublin Castle in recent times has been the relocation there of the Chester Beatty library, with its world famous collection of oriental art and manuscripts.(8) The green lion symbolizes an emerald or an oriental sapphire and means stature and robust person, wealth, cool and courageous, stable and sincere, unconditional love.(9) Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions.(10) Fenellosa, on the other hand, continually said that there were also outstanding arts in the oriental tradition.(11) The works involve extremely simple figures, outlined by elegant and light curves, typical of oriental art.(12) Older people in the north Cotswolds have been taking part in a pilot project to assess the best way of bringing them the health benefits of T'ai Chi - the oriental art of meditation and movement.(13) To stir-fry is not much different from the French sauter but it is done in a wok, not a sautÔö£┬« pan, and using a frying medium such as peanut oil, which is characteristic of oriental cookery, rather than butter or olive oil.(14) Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording.(15) Many of these can be found during the second week in November with a celebration of Asian Art in London when Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold a number of sales of oriental fine art and antiques.(16) Through other parents at her son Louis's school where they then lived on the outskirts of London, Clara started learning about the oriental art of Chi Kung.
