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Centre Pompidou-Metz
On track to open its doors in 2009, the Centre Pompidou-Metz is certain to bring artistic vitality and renewal to the region it serves. This thoroughly illustrated volume documents in drawings, photographs, plans, and informative essays the progress of the project to date. The book covers every stage of the project's evolution, as well as its ambitious design by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, geared to serve a young and sophisticated audience. Texts by the president of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the director of its new outpost and the mayor of Metz reveal that the Centre Pompidou-Metz will be a cultural center in its own right, one that promises to bring new artistic life to the area and provide valuable educational opportunities. AUTHOR: PHILIP JODIDIO has published more than fifty books on architecture, including Architecture: Art, Architecture: Sculpture, Architecture: Nature and Under the Eaves of Architecture (all by Prestel). He lives in Switzerland. LAURENT LE BON is the director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz. He has organized numerous exhibitions, such as Dada (2005), and published articles and books on art. He lives in Paris and Metz, France. 109 illustrations
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Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was a bold and brutal adventurer who was the first European to find an all-sea route to India. Along the way, he made contact with local people in South Africa, Mozambique, and the Indian kingdom of Calicut. Though revered in his time for helping Portugal become a powerful force on the world stage, da Gama is also remembered as a controversial figure for his forceful and cruel behavior in Africa and India. This warts-and-all biography identifies da Gama’s achievements while also offering an unsparing examination of the darker aspects of his life and legacy.
