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The author guides readers through these historic quarrels

Roman Syria and the Near East offers a broad overview of this major cultural crossroads

Stanford Anderson is head of the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"In this lavish and learned book

In Focus: Paul Strand exclude to January 8Anne M. Lyden Paul Strand (18901976) helped define twentieth century American photography. Strand's photographs explore the abstract and dynamic qualities found in the natural world, search for humanity in portraits of people and places, and document the experience of life itself. Highlighting the development of the photographer's aesthetic from his early encounters with Cubism to his humanistic depictions of people throughout the world, this book