On Reflection: Moments, Flight and Nothing New attempts to grapple with the complexities of our present moment. Personal and imagined stories appear as fragments of everyday scenes forming a narrative of self-discovery. Vignettes accompanied by photography explore life's contradictions, trauma, and the ways in which we navigate the fluidity of cities. The poems move back and forth in time and across Europe, highlighting a range of experiences and perspectives of our modern society as a series of snapshots. In each, we catch a glimpse of ourselves, demonstrating how such moments and characters influence our journeys. Written from the consciousness of a British Ghanaian, the collection is a love letter to the lived and shared experience of those struggling and learning about the various intersections of their identity. Through the voice of Akos and other characters, Wiredu reaches to understand the significance of history, its effect on an evolving African diaspora in Europe, and finds hope in the present as she proposes an optimistic dialogue about the future.

Maritime prints, drawings and watercolours a re discussed, and a historical survey of the development of marine art is given, by a former Head of Painting at the Nat ional Maritime Museum in Greenwich. '

Since 2011, photographer Marie-Jeanne van Hoevell tot Westerflier has been working on a series of portraits in which a century-old white blouse plays a leading role. Over 75 people of all ages and both sexes have accepted her invitation to pose for a photo shoot with the antique garment. This book presents the results of her project, preceded by an account of the photographer's work and career. It contains white blouse portraits not only of Dutch celebrities like Jenny Arean, Jort Kelder, Alexandra Radius, Toer van Schayk and Daan Schuurmans, but also of lesser-known people and some children. Text in English and Dutch.

Die asthetische Bedeutung der "Kraft" mit ihren semantischen Nachbarn "Intensitat" und "Energie" wird seit einigen Jahren verstarkt in der Literaturwissenschaft untersucht und findet innerhalb der philosophischen AEsthetik zunehmend Beachtung. Eine historische und interdisziplinare Auseinandersetzung mit diesen zentralen Begriffen kunstlerischer Produktion und Wirkung steht aber noch aus. Der vorliegende Band erkundet dieses kaum vermessene und reich profilierte Gelande. Die Beitrage gehen von der Annahme aus, dass die Beziehungen zwischen asthetischen und naturphilosophischen Wissensfeldern, zwischen kunstlerischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Modellierungen im Zeichen der Kraft enger sind, als bisher vermutet wurde.

The bridge was a popular feature in painting throughout the period from 1700 to 1920, but why did so many artists choose to portray the structures? This study traces the history of the bridge in painting and printmaking through a range of works, including William Etty's "The Bridge of Sighs", Claude Monet's "The Railway Bridge", Wassily Kandinsky's "Composition IV" and C.R.W. Nevinson's "Looking Through Brooklyn Bridge", revealing its complex role as both symbol and metaphor, and as a place of vantage, meeting and separation.

McBride (history, Illinois State U.) has collected nine contributions that focus generally on how manifestations of popular culture in Ireland during the 19th and 20th centuries affected the development of the historical consciousness of Irish nationalists. The essays explore topics such as the Manc