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This book covers the life of the Italian neo-classical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822), some of his works and the lives of two of his contemporaries: John Gibson RA (1790-1866), known as the 'British Canova', and the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Both Gibson and Thorvaldsen lived and worked in Rome under the influence and in the shadow of Canova. All three sculptors helped and guided each other. Gibson was under considera...

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In drawing upon the work of Jacques Derrida, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger and aligning it with a new trend in interdisciplinary phenomenology, Ian Andrews provides a unique look at the role of chance in art and its philosophical implications. His account of how the composer John Cage and other avant-garde creatives such as Marcel Duchamp, Tristan Tzara, Sol LeWitt and Ed Ruscha used chance in their work to question the structures of exp...

Discover the history and architectural treasures of this Dorset coastal town of Poole in this fascinating exploration of 50 of its buildings and landmarks from across the centuries.

Compiled by the authors of two previous books about the town, both long-term residents of Poole who have witnessed many of the changes for themselves, this volume will evoke feelings of nostalgia in all who know and love this area of Dorset.

A history of Poole

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WAS IST, WENN ER'S NICHT ÜBERLEBT? ER IST FÜR MICH VON SEHR GROSSEM WERT. Vor Eine neue Hoffnung beauftragt Darth Vader Boba Fett damit, ihm eine kleine Schatulle zu beschaffen, deren Inhalt das Schicksal der gesamten Galaxis verändern könnte. Aber Vader traut niemandem und der Inhalt der Schatulle ist zu wichtig, um den Kopfgeldjäger danach weiterleben zu lassen ...

Poole in old photographs

A description of the city and the daily life of the citizens immediately before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, is intended for student and general readers.

Cittàvecchio - the Old City. An Age of Reason, so the Lords of the City say, from behind their elegant masks. Superstition has no place in modern Cittàvecchio, we have moved beyond our dark past. But in the flooded streets and narrow, fogbound alleyways of the old Imperial capital, a past both feared and secretly yearned for may not have given up its grip entirely - as dissent against the Duke spreads through the populace and bloody murders st...

This ALA Notable Book tells the story of Eva, who lives in an Inuit village in northern Canada. In the winter, people search along the bottom of the seabed beneath a thick shelf of ice for mussels to eat. Eva usually helps her mother, but for the first time, she's going to go by herself. She soon gathers a pan full of mussels. But then, her candle goes out, and the tide threatens to return. Full-color illustrations.