Alessio Cocchi is a fashion photographer based in Milan, Italy, who is best known for his work with famous fashion houses & magazines such as Gucci, Ferragamo & " Vogue." This volume presents his palindromic photographs--portraits of people & still lives which are mirrored down a central axis in a visual analogue to a palindrome. ...

Controversial coming-of-age drama from director Todd Solondz. After attending her cousin's funeral, 13-year-old Aviva (played by eight different actors over the course of the story) determines to have as many children as possible, outraging her conservative parents Joyce (Ellen Barkin) & Steve (Richard Masur). Getting pregnant in one random encouter, Aviva is forced into having an abortion that leaves her sterile. Running away from home, she finds herself in the company of a strange, fanatically anti-abortion religious group planning to murder a doctor. ...

This text explores key motifs of style in the design of Palladian villas in early Georgian Engl&, such as Marble Hill & Stourhead, & in 18th-century America. The book incorporates the decorative arts, & developments of consumer products of the period. ...

Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age
- the Humanist era of Michelangelo & Raphael, Titian & Veronese
- & examines each of the villas, churches & palaces in turn.

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In her small upstate New York town, Molly Howe is admired for her beauty, poise, & character, until one day a secret is exposed & she is cruelly ostracized. She escapes to Berkeley, where she finds solace in a young art student named John Wheelwright. They embark on an intense, all-consuming affair, until the day Molly disappears-again. ...

Andrea Palladio's ' Villa Rotonda' in Vicenza became the most famous building of its kind; it influenced many later designs & remains an important source of inspiration for architects. Part of the " Basic Architecture" series, this title gives an introduction to the work of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). ...

In her small upstate New York town, Molly Howe is admired for her beauty, poise, & character, until one day a secret is exposed & she is cruelly ostracized. She escapes to Berkeley, where she finds solace in a young art student named John Wheelwright. They embark on an intense, all-consuming affair, until the day Molly disappears-again. ...