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On October 21, 1997, the newly founded Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC, and the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State signed a historic agreement establishing a collaborative exhibition program between the Vatican Museums and the Cultural Center. This exquisitely designed catalog documents the inaugural exhibit, The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary, while reflecting a subject of timeless appeal to all Christians. Two essays and thirty-eight catalogue entries, written by the curators at the Vatican Museums, are complemented by rich illustrations. Together they initiate a dialogue on the subject of faith while tracing the history of the depiction of Mary from the earliest years of Christianity to the present. It is especially appropriate that the Cultural Center's inaugural exhibition be dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. The affinity between Pope John Paul II and the Mother of God is indelible and his filial devotion to Our Lady so clearly professed that an exhibition celebrating the opening of the Cultural Center could only have had the Mother of God as its theme.

One of the most acclaimed designers of his generation, Renzo Piano established his international reputation through his collaboration with Richard Rogers and Peter Rice on the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop has since completed projects as diverse as the gallery for the De Menil Collection in the USA and the Columbus International Exposition in Italy. This series of four volumes covers his entire body of work to date. Now available for the first time in paperback, Volume 4 in this outstanding series examines projects from 1989 to 2000, ranging from urban works such as the Postdamer Platz masterplan in Berlin and high-rise towers in Rotterdam and Sydney, to the Beyeler Foundation and the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia, which exemplifies Piano's sensitivity to site and local tradition, combining traditional materials and techniques with the latest technology. 'An immaculate offering ... on a decade of diverse work.

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center - The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center was designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano with the concept of celebrating the vernacular Kanak culture of New Caledonia. The centre is composed of 10 units, all of different sizes and different functions, but with the consistent form of vertically positioned shell-like structures which resemble the traditional huts of a Caledonian Village.

East Hawaii Cultural Center - The East Hawaii Cultural Center is a Hilo, Hawaii-based cultural center that has regular art exhibits and holds workshops and classes. Administered by the East Hawaii Cultural Council, an umbrella group of local arts organizations, the Center is housed in a former police station facing Kalakaua Park.

Daybreak Star Cultural Center - The Daybreak Star Cultural Center is a Native American cultural center in Seattle, Washington, described by its parent organization United Indians of All Tribes as "an urban base for Native Americans in the Seattle area." Located on 20 acres (81,000 m²) in Seattle's Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood, the center owes its existence to Bernie Whitebear and other Native Americans, who staged a generally successful self-styled "invasion" and occupation of the land in 1970 after most of ...

Jean-Marie Leclair - Jean-Marie Leclair (Lyon May 10, 1697 - Paris October 22, 1764) was a Baroque violinist and composer. His younger brother, also called Jean-Marie, was also a musician.

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