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...attention to the two side walls, that flank the central one. The scenes of cultural activity and agricultural abundance that are depicted in The Aztec World clearly highlight the sophistication of Aztec society prior to the conquest. Yet, many commentators agree that the detail of pre-Colombian Indians fighting in the lower left is a reference to Aboriginal class...

...attention? Given the layout of the new apartment he describes, who was expected to occupy it? Specimen answer The tone of Steinicke’s article is overwhelmingly positive. He emphasises all the attractions of modern apartments compared with former city housing. Steinicke lists a number of features of modern urban living. Electricity and central heating are perhaps the...

...attention on the photographer. The firm of Hills and Saunders was established in Oxford in 1860 and it subsequently opened branches in Cambridge, Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Sandhurst and elsewhere. The siting of its various branches reflected the firm's single-minded pursuit of a specific client group – that of the public school boy destined for university and a career in the...

...attention to the limitations of the terms ‘veil’, ‘Muslim clothing’ or ‘Islamic dress’. Figure 2 illustrates some of the terminology that has been used to describe different styles of veiling adopted by Muslim women and shows some examples of these styles. However, when considering such images, we should bear in mind that the distinction between different...