The effect of such an embarrassment of artistic riches within the covers of one book is lively, interesting, continually varied (of course), and presents some problems.

These included the homes of the Muslim nobility from all over India, and contained innumerable cultural, artistic, literary and monetary riches.

The country's artistic riches are not just vulgar excess, as in certain American cultural centers thrown up with much local boosterism but a lamentable lack of actual art.

They have had extraordinary success over the last four years in winning corporate support for restoring the city's artistic riches.

Flint said, "I have surrounded Rayna with the beauti-ful and the good of human culture--its artistic riches and scientific wisdom."

Artists such as Arnolfo di Cambio, Pietro Cavallini, and Simone Martini created works for the Angevin kings of Naples, contributing to the kingdom's wealth of artistic riches.

Mr Ephremidis, when we consider Classical Greece and its artistic riches, we are all Greek.

A READER OF IMAGES Simon Schama is not at all embarrassed by the artistic riches in his lavishly illustrated book, "The Embarrassment of Riches."

I do not think a museum should continue to grow ad infinitum; on the other hand, I believe we should put on periodic exhibitions as a way of gradually familiarising the public with the full range of our artistic riches.

It is a commanding medley, a brazen array of artistic riches that tends to make visitors halt in their tracks.