<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/20c9c316-dbbd-4c51-8063-fcbe15d2ac7c/057E7E7E-25D8-4073-9325-010A215DA21B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://amolife.com/image/art/outstanding-sea-paintings-by-ivan-aivazovsky.html" href="http://amolife.com/image/art/outstanding-sea-paintings-by-ivan-aivazovsky.html" style="font-size: 11px;">amolife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://amolife.com/image/art/outstanding-sea-paintings-by-ivan-aivazovsky.html"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky">Ivan Aivazovsky</A> is the most interesting phenomenon of <B>19th century </B><A href="http://amolife.com/art/precious-quotes-about-art-by-oscar-wilde.html"><B>art</B></A>. 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Adasov.</DIV> In his <B>best seascapes </B>(and in a legacy of about 6000, there are some works which condescend to his artistic ability and others which merit singular artistic attention) he has <A href="http://amolife.com/inner-world/the-beneficial-use-of-meditation.html">revealed his inner self</A> through the spirit of the times, his ideals of humanism, and the love of freedom. 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