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By Hassan Hajjaj : photography, fashion, film, design / by Hajjaj, Hassan,1961-artist.(CARDINAL)899898; Hadidian, Katia,editor.(CARDINAL)899899;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117)." Born in Larache, Morocco, in 1961, Hassan Hajjaj left Morocco for London at an early age. Heavily influence by the club, hip-hop, and reggae scenes of London as well as by his North African heritage, Hajjaj is a self-taught and thoroughly versatile artist whose work includes portraiture, installation, performance, fashion, and interior design, including furniture made from recycled utilitarian objects from North Africa, such as upturned Coca-Cola crates as stools and aluminum cans turned into lamps. Turning to photography in the late 80s, Hajjaj is a master portraitist, taking studio portraits of friends, musicians, and artists, as well as strangers from the streets of Marrakech, often wearing clothes designed by the artist. These colorful and engaging portraits combine the visual vocabulary of contemporary fashion photography and pop art, as well as the studio photography of African artist Malick Sidibe, in an intelligent commentary on the influences of tradition in the interpretations of high and low branding and the effects of global capitalism"-- http://www.taymourgrahnegallery.com/artists/hassan-hajjaj"Edited by Katia Hadidian, with essays by Martin Barnes (Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London); Dr Linda Komaroff (Curator of Islamic Art and the Department Head, Art of the Middle East at LACMA); Jessie Wender (Photo Editor at The New Yorker) and Mitra M. Abbaspour (Associate Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York). Now in his mid-career, the acclaimed artist-photographer Hassan Hajjaj has had many lives that inform the work he creates today. This timely publication explores how his upbringing in Morocco and London, his experiences in fashion and interior design, and his adventures in the music industry influence the vibrant colours, joyful spirit, and visual rhythm of his highly sought-after images"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Hajjaj, Hassan, 1961-; Fashion photography.; Photography, Artistic.; Portrait photography.; Fashion; Hijab (Islamic clothing); Muslims in popular culture.; Muslim men; Muslim women; Video art.; Musicians in art.; Veils;
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Caravans of gold, fragments in time : art, culture, and exchange across medieval Saharan Africa / by Berzock, Kathleen Bickford,editor,curator,contributor.(CARDINAL)688235; Abani, Chris,contributor.(CARDINAL)753265; Austen, Ralph A.,contributor.(CARDINAL)753745; Babalola, Adidemi Babatunde,contributor.; Becker, Cynthia J.,1965-contributor.(CARDINAL)305541; Ben-Arieh, Galya,contributor.; Cissé, Mamadou,1967-contributor.(CARDINAL)856283; Dembélé, Mamadi,contributor.(CARDINAL)856287; Ettahiri, Ahmed,contributor.; Fili, Abdallah,contributor.(CARDINAL)856285; Gronenborn, Detlef,contributor.(CARDINAL)856282; Guérin, Sarah M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)856281; Khiara, Youssef,contributor.; Launay, Robert,1949-contributor.(CARDINAL)856288; Messier, Ronald A.,contributor.(CARDINAL)856286; Nixon, Sam,1977-contributor.(CARDINAL)856284; Nobili, Mauro,contributor.(CARDINAL)856279; Pastorelli, Gianluca,contributor.; Silverman, Raymond Aaron,contributor.(CARDINAL)192361; Usman, Yousuf Abdallah,contributor.; Walton, Marc Sebastian,1973-contributor.(CARDINAL)856280; Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.),host institution.(CARDINAL)856278; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art,issuing body, organizer,host institution.(CARDINAL)273294; National Museum of African Art (U.S.),host institution.(CARDINAL)177349; Princeton University Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)817932;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-309)."Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time draws on the latest archaeological discoveries and art historical research to construct a compelling look at medieval trans-Saharan exchange and its legacy. Contributors from diverse disciplines present case studies that form a rich portrayal of a distant time. Topics include descriptions of key medieval cities around the Sahara; networks of exchange that contributed to the circulation of gold, copper, and ivory and their associated art forms; and medieval glass bead production in West Africa's forest region. Featuring a wealth of color images, this fascinating book demonstrates how the rootedness of place, culture, and tradition is closely tied to the circulation of people, objects, and ideas. These "fragments in time" offer irrefutable evidence of the key role that Africa played in medieval history and promote a new understanding of the past and the present"--
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Art objects, Medieval; Civilization, Medieval; Material culture; Material culture; Material culture;
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al-Andalus : the art of Islamic Spain / by Dodds, Jerrilynn Denise.(CARDINAL)191902; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)147619; Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife (Granada, Spain)(CARDINAL)336614;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.Islamic Spain, the first four centuries : an introduction / Oleg Grabar -- The Great Mosque of Córdoba / Jerrilynn D. Dodds -- Madīnat al-Zahrā : the triumph of the Islamic state / Antonio Vallejo Triano -- Luxury arts of the Caliphal period / Renata Holod -- Arts of the Taifa kingdoms / Cynthia Robinson -- The fortifications of al-Andalus / Juan Zozaya -- The Almoravids and Almohads : an introduction / Manuel Casamar Pérez -- The architectural heritage of Islamic Spain in North Africa / Christian Ewert -- The ceramics of al-Andalus / Guillermo Rosselló-Bordoy -- Almoravid and Almohad textiles / Cristina Partearroyo -- The arts of the book / Sabiha Khemir -- The Alhambra : an introduction / Darío Cabanelas Rodríguez -- The palaces of the Alhambra / James Dickie (Yaqub Zaki) -- The city plan of the Alhambra / Jesús Bermúdez López.The gardens of the Alhambra and the concept of the garden in Islamic Spain / D. Fairchild Ruggles -- The legacy of Islam in Spain / Juan Vernet."The exhibition was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, under the joint patronage of the Junta de Andalucía, the Ministerio de Cultura and the Ayuntamiento de Granada"--Title page verso.In 711 an army of Arabs and Berbers from North Africa, united by their faith in Islam, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. In less than a decade the Muslims brought most of the peninsula under their domination; they called the Iberian lands they controlled al-Andalus. Although the borders of al-Andalus shifted over the centuries, the Muslims remained a powerful force on the peninsula for almost eight hundred years, until 1492, when they were expelled by Ferdinand and Isabella. This volume, which accompanies a major exhibition presented at the Alhambra in Granada and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is devoted to the little-known artistic legacy of Islamic Spain.. Thus, the volume addresses a general as well as a specialized audience and serves both as an introduction to the visual world of a nearly vanished culture and as a point of departure for future scholarly study.A goal of this book, the first publication in over forty years to study the art and architecture of al-Andalus in depth, is to reveal the value of these arts as part of an autonomous culture and also as a presence with deep significance for both Europe and the Islamic world. Toward this end, twenty-four international scholars have contributed a wide-ranging series of essays and catalogue entries in which the art, architecture, and cultural climate of al-Andalus are approached from a broad variety of perspectives. A significant achievement of this volume, in fact, is that it brings together American and European scholars, two groups that until now have worked largely in isolation from each other.An entire section of essays is devoted to the Alhambra of Granada, the crowning architectural achievement of the Nasrids. Every entry is illustrated in color. Notes, literature, an extensive bibliography, a chronology, a glossary, architectural plans, maps showing the extent of al-Andalus at various stages in its history, and an index are provided.From 711 to 1492 al-Andalus was the occidental frontier of Islam. Floating on the western edge of the Mediterranean, cut off from the European continent by jagged mountains, it was geographically isolated from both North Africa and Europe, from Islamic as well as Christian lands. Physical remoteness gave al-Andalus a privileged place in medieval myths but also separated it from the communities of the east and the west, so that it received only sporadic attention from both worlds. Although a small group of scholars pursued the serious study of the arts of Islamic Spain, these arts have for the most part been viewed as brilliant and exotic vestiges of a lost culture, as objects and monuments that left no mark on European tradition.Most of the art and architecture that remains from Islamic Spain was produced for palatine settings and aristocratic patrons; representing, as these works do, almost eight centuries of history, they issue from diverse rules and traditions. The lavishly illustrated essays and catalogue entries present the full spectrum of the art of al-Andalus: intricately carved ivories, metalwork, and ceramics, luxurious textiles, jewelry, arms, marble capitals, stucco panels, and tiles, as well as major monuments of religious and secular architecture such as the Great Mosque of Cordoba, the palace city of Madinat al-Zahra', and the Alhambra.The texts unfold chronologically to trace the brilliant architecture and courtly arts of the Umayyad caliphate, the refined and original accomplishments of the succeeding Taifa kingdoms, the more rigorous contributions of the Almoravids and Almohads who followed, and, finally, the opulent palaces and objects created for the Nasrids of Granada, the last Muslim dynasty in Spain. The essays are broad and synthetic in nature, creating cultural and artistic contexts for the objects that are discussed in detail in the 136 catalogue entries. Some authors interpret the relationship between patrons and works of art; others illuminate the architectural surroundings in which the objects existed as well as the meanings inherent in the pieces themselves. Still others trace developments within specific mediums, integrating recent technological and historical studies that view the function and meaning of crafts in their social and cultural contexts.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Art, Medieval; Art; Islamic art;
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William Morris's flowers / by Bain, Rowan,author.(CARDINAL)816688; Morris, William,1834-1896.Works.Selections.; Victoria and Albert Museum.(CARDINAL)143050;
Includes bibliographical references (page 142)."A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around 600 such designs are attributed to Morris, of which the vast majority are based on natural forms, including trees, plants and flowers. This beautifully designed, accessibly priced gift book offers a wealth of designs by Morris in which flowers are the principal motif, bringing together not only completed patterns but also working drawings in pen and watercolour, and examples of his pearwood, floral-pattern printing blocks. It also explores examples of the sources that inspired Morris's flower-based designs: his own gardens at the Red House in Kent, Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire and elsewhere; 16th- and 17th-century herbals; illuminated medieval manuscripts; late medieval and Renaissance tapestries; and a range of decorated objects, particularly from the Islamic world, that Morris studied at the South Kensington Museum (now the V & A). Authored by Rowan Bain, curator at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, north London, and lavishly illustrated with almost 100 colour illustrations, this exquisite book will both inform and delight."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Morris, William, 1834-1896.; Flowers in art.; Design; Arts and crafts movement; Decoration and ornament; Textile fabrics;
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Handbook of ornament : a grammar of art industrial and architectural designing in all its branches for practical as well as theoretical use / by Meyer, Franz Sales,1849-1927.(CARDINAL)178839;
The elements of decorations -- Geometrical elements -- Natural forms -- The organisms of plants (the flora of ornament) -- Animal organisms (the fauna of ornament) -- Human organism -- Artificial objects -- Ornament applied to features -- Bands -- Free ornaments -- Supports -- Enclosed ornaments, or panels -- Repeating ornaments, or diapers -- Decorated objects -- Vases, etc. -- Holders -- Dippers -- Pourers -- Drinking vessels -- Metal objects -- Utensils for illumination -- Religious utensils -- Utensils of war and hunting; weapons -- Table utensils -- Various domestic utensils, etc. -- Furniture -- Seats -- Tables -- Cabinets -- Miscellaneous -- Frames, etc. -- Jewelry -- Heraldry -- Writing, printing, etc.This is an unabridged reproduction of the latest enlarged edition of the largest collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. Reproducing material from Greek and Roman, Medieval European , Islamic, Renaissance , Baroque, early 19th century origin, it presents artists, decorators, students, craftsmen, teachers with more than 3300 designs, in 300 full plates. 180 plates show such design elements as networks, Gothic tracery, geometric elements, akanthos leaves, lotus ornamentation, animal ornamentation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals, link borders, finials, crockets, gargoyles, foliations, panels, repeated ornaments, and hundreds of other design elements. 100 plates show decoration applied to such objects as Greek vases, cups, bottles, lamps, chandeliers, religious utensils, weapons, furniture, jewelry, and scores of other artifacts. 20 plates show heraldic motifs and ornamental letters. -- from back cover.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Decoration and ornament; Decorative arts;
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Toward a global Middle Ages : encountering the world through illuminated manuscripts / by Keene, Bryan C.,editor.(CARDINAL)785384; Akbari, Suzanne Conklin,contributor.(CARDINAL)785392; Babaie, Sussan,contributor.(CARDINAL)785391; Betancourt, Roland,contributor.(CARDINAL)785390; Brotton, Jerry,contributor.(CARDINAL)341943; Caskey, Jill,1964-contributor.(CARDINAL)785389; Collins, Kristen M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)785388; Conger, Morgan,contributor.; Craig, Michelle H.,contributor.; Cruse, Mark,contributor.(CARDINAL)467110; Cuno, James B.,contributor.(CARDINAL)149912; Derillo, Eyob,contributor.(CARDINAL)882395; Eisenberg, Elizabeth A.,contributor.; Edgren, J. S.(J. Sören),1942-contributor.(CARDINAL)785387; Gude, Tushara Bindu,contributor.(CARDINAL)801772; Hamann, Byron Ellsworth,1972-contributor.(CARDINAL)785386; Holcomb, Melanie,contributor.(CARDINAL)211148; Kaiqi, Hua,contributor.; Kaczenski, Alexandra,contributor.(CARDINAL)785385; Keene, Bryan C.,contributor.(CARDINAL)785384; Martin, Rheagan Eric,contributor.; Merian, Sylvie L.,contributor.(CARDINAL)785383; Mittman, Asa Simon,1976-contributor.(CARDINAL)785382; O'Neil, Megan E.(Megan Eileen),contributor.(CARDINAL)785381; Patel, Alka,contributor.(CARDINAL)785380; Patton, Pamela A.,1964-contributor.(CARDINAL)785379; West, Alex J.,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-277) and index.Director's foreword / Timothy Potts -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue / Bryan C. Keene -- Introduction: Manuscripts and Their Outlook on the World / Bryan C. Keene -- A Timeline for a Global Middle Ages: Linear Time and Modes of Remembering the Past / Morgan Conger -- Glimpsing a Global Middle Ages / Bryan C. Keene -- World Views and the Map Makers' Craft / Jerry Brotton -- Stories and Pictures from All the World: South Asian Book Arts from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Centuries / Alka Patel -- The Middle Ages, Middle America, and the Book / Byron Ellsworth Hamann -- Where Is Medieval Ethiopia? Mapping Ethiopic Studies within Medieval Studies / Suzanne Conklin Akbari -- Manuscripts and the Medieval Tropics / Alex J. West -- Case Study, Mapping Global Middle Ages / Asa Simon Mittman -- The Intermediality of "the Book": Bound, Rolled, and Folded Textual Objects / Bryan C. Keene -- Buddhist Illuminated Manuscripts in East Asia / J. Sören Edgren -- Case Study, Traveling Medicine: Medieval Ethiopian Amulet Scrolls and Practitioners' Handbooks / Eyob Derillo -- The Painter's Line on Paper and Clay: Maya Codices and Codex-Style Vessels from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Centuries / Megan E. O'Neil -- Case Study, Missionary Effects and Messianic Aspirations at the Court of Shah ʻAbbas / Sussan Babaie -- Reproducing the Resurrection: From European Prints to Armenian Manuscripts / Sylvie L. Merian -- Identity: Finding One's Place in the Medieval World / Bryan C. Keene -- Imperial Brutality: Racial Difference and the Intersectionality of the Ethiopian Eunuch / Roland Betancourt -- Case Study, Mobilizing the Collection: Teaching Beyond the (Medieval) Canon with Museum Objects / Kristen Collins and Bryan C. Keene -- Color, Culture, and the Making of Difference in the Vidal Mayor / Pamela A. Patton -- Case Study, Horses, Arrows, and Trebuchets: Picturing the Mongol Military Campaign in Eurasia / Kaiqi Hua -- Novelty and Diversity in Illustrations of Marco Polo's Description of the World / Mark Cruse -- Case Study, Visualizing Byzantine and Islamic Devotional Objects in Two Fifteenth-Century Francophone Manuscripts / Alexandra Kaczenski -- Itineraries from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Travel, Circulation, and Exchange / Bryan C. Keene -- Transplants and Transformations in a Global Middle Ages / Jill Caskey -- Case Study, Manuscripts, Faith, and Trade across the Medieval Sahara / Michelle H. Craig -- Narrative Shifts: The Life of the Buddha in Palm-Leaf Manuscripts / Tushara Bindu Gude -- Traveling off the Page: Bringing the Voyage to Life in Hebrew Poetry and Paintings / Elizabeth A. Eisenberg and Melanie Holcomb -- Case Study, Peregrinations of Parchment and Pewter: Manuscripts and Mental Pilgrimage / Rheagan Eric Martin -- Epilogue: Global History and the Art Museum / James Cuno -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index."This scholarly, edited volume addresses decorated books from around the world produced during the period of 500 to 1500"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Middle Ages.;
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History of design : decorative arts and material culture, 1400-2000 / by Kirkham, Pat,editor of compilation.(CARDINAL)518231; Weber, Susan,1954-editor of compilation.(CARDINAL)656689;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 666-673) and index." Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated, the volume covers interiors, furniture, textiles and dress, glass, graphics, metalwork, ceramics, exhibitions, product design, landscape and garden design, and theater and film design. Divided into four chronological sections, each of which is subdivided geographically, the authors elucidate the evolution of style, form, materials, and techniques, and address vital issues such as gender, race, patronage, cultural appropriation, continuity versus innovation, and high versus low culture. Leading authorities in design history and decorative arts studies present hundreds of objects in their contemporary contexts, demonstrating the overwhelming extent to which the applied arts have enriched customs, ceremony, and daily life worldwide over the past six hundred years. This ambitious, landmark publication is essential reading, contributing a definitive classic to the existing scholarship on design, decorative arts, and material culture, while also introducing these subjects to new readers in a comprehensive, erudite book with widespread appeal"--
Subjects: Decorative arts;
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Kings of the Grail : tracing the historic journey of the cup of Christ from Jerusalem to modern-day Spain / by Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita.(CARDINAL)703044; Ortega del Río, José Miguel.(CARDINAL)595565;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index."The explosive new book that reveals the true location of the Holy Grail--hidden in plain sight for centuries Recently discovered parchments in the Egyptian University of Al-Azhar have finally made it possible to identify the location where the Holy Grail has been kept for the last 1,000 years. This groundbreaking find led Margarita Torres Sevilla and Jose Miguel Ortega del Río on a three-year investigation as they traced the Grail's journey across the globe, with detective-like skill, and discovered its final resting place in the Basilica of San Isidoro in Leon, Spain. Finally, the dramatic story of the search for and discovery of the Holy Grail is told. Employing meticulous new historical and scientific research, the authors present the definitive history of the cup of Christ, cracking the mystery about one of the world's most sought-after treasures, the Holy Grail--the origin and object of both Arthurian myth and Christian legend and one of the most enduring stories of Christian literature and art. Compelling and thought-provoking, Kings of the Grail is a journey back through time that follows this ancient symbol back to its origins and forward to its place in our modern world"--
Subjects: Grail;
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Graveyards : a history of living with the dead. by Luckhurst, Rogerauthor.(CARDINAL)641432;
Introduction -- Graves before graves -- The emergence of the necropolis -- Megaliths, passage graves and barrows -- The Greek necropolis and the Roman cemetery -- Anthropology and dark tourism -- Death and faith -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- A problem of Modernity -- Burial reform and the rise of the garden cemetery -- Tombs for the rulers -- Recruiting the dead -- AfterwordWhy, how, and where do we inter our dead? How have people throughout history responded to the problem of laying their dead to rest? Roger Luckhurst sets out in search of answers in this arresting book. Taking readers on an unforgettable tour of the rich and unusual visual culture of the grave, he visits locales such as the pyramids of Giza, the catacombs and columbaria of Rome, and the cenotaphs erected to the world’s war dead. Along the way, he examines the diverse role of graveyards in literature, art, film, and television. In engaging chapters that look at all aspects of the treatment of the dead, Luckhurst covers topics ranging from early burials and the emergence of necropolises and catacombs to grave robbing, garden cemeteries, the perilous overcrowding of the urban dead, and the emergence of modern funerary culture. Exploring the cultural afterlives of burial and memorial sites in the popular imagination, he shows how graves have served as guides to the underworld, poignant dedications to those we have lost, as reminders of our own mortality, and settings in gothic horror. Blending lively storytelling with a wealth of stunning illustrations, Graveyards is a lyrical, frequently unexpected account of the grave as a signpost to the afterlife, a site of remembrance and self-reflection, and an object of enduring fascination. -- from publisher
Subjects: Burial.; Death; Cemeteries;
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Moment of battle : the twenty clashes that changed the world / by Lacey, Jim,1958-(CARDINAL)481979; Murray, Williamson.(CARDINAL)337878;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Two modern masters of military history make the case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance. Includes Marathon, Gaugamela, Zama, Teutoburger Wald, Adrianople, Yarmuk, Hastings, The Spanish Armada, Breitenfeld, Annus mirabilis, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Vicksburg, The Marne, The Battle of Britain, Midway, Kursk, Normandy, Dien Bien Phu, and Operations peach.
Subjects: Battles.; Military history.; Military art and science; Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C.; Zama, Battle of, Tunisia, 202 B.C.; Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D.; Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378.; Yarmuk River, Battle of the, Syria, 636.; Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066.; Armada, 1588.; Breitenfeld, Battle of, Germany, 1631.; Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.; Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805.; Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914.; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.; World War, 1939-1945; Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943.; World War, 1939-1945; Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam, 1954.;
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