I do not know why books get bought enthusiastically only to be read decades later. Which is why I recently made a vow not to buy any new books before I have not read all the ones which are left untouched on my bookshelf. When I look at all those neatly stacked volumes, I notice [...]
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1. Vorwort In diesem Literaturbericht über Jacopo Bellinis berühmte Skizzenbücher werden Thesen verschiedener Kunsthistoriker aufgegriffen, welche sich mit Fragestellungen zur Materialität, Datierung, Reihenfolge, – und Stilistik der Skizzen, auseinandersetzen. Hauptsächlich wird Albert J. Elen erwähnt, der unter anderem, eine These über Bellinis Gebrauch von Papier und Pergament geschrieben hat. Ein weiterer Forscher ist der russische [...]
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Amitav Ghosh’s, The Shadow Lines revolves around two families. One lives in Calcutta and the other in London. Also, both of them know each other, as the older generation experienced the events in London during World War II. The unnamed autodiegetic narrator is also the son of the Indian family. Since the narrator switches from [...]
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