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...compositional style combining classical structures with forms derived from mathematics and number symbolism. The orchestral work Lighthouses of England and Wales by Benedict Mason (b. 1955), which won first prize in the 1988 Benjamin Britten Composers Competition, works with sounds made by the sonic beacons used by ships to locate specific lighthouses. The work derives...

...sang of his most famous creation, Ziggy Stardust in 1972. This might explain why the extra-terrestrial (whether human or alien) was an abiding metaphor he returned to from the early days of Major Tom in the song Space Oddity (1969) through his re-appearance in Pierrot costume on Ashes to Ashes (1980) and most recent embodiment in the video to his latest single Blackstar...

...composition Leonardo focused attention on the central group, despite the animated crowd around them, using light, space, line and gesture. The Adoration of the Magi is a highly ambitious painting, where Leonardo attempted to portray not only an intricate and crowded scene, but also delved into a study of human emotion. In this painting Leonardo displayed his interest in...