An artistic team weighed the value of a regular image versus one with a more organic feel, said Opsomer.

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Mounir Letaief, a 52-year-old painter from Tunis, says the views of those who value freedom of expression, artistic or otherwise, must also be taken into account as the country attempts to rebuild itself.

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The main criteria for including an element in the inventory were authenticity, representativeness, artistic value, vitality, rootedness in tradition.

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And, besides having sentimental or artistic value, gold jewellery is also important as one of the few liquid assets that Indian women hold in their own right.

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None of these motivations for inflating the price of Van Gogh and the Impressionists until they threatened to burst have had much to do with enduring artistic value.

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Though this film by Paz Encina is said to be the first produced in Paraguay in decades, it has an artistic refinement and an emotional power that allow it to transcend all novelty value and vault to the front lines of world cinema.

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