paolini presents art looking at art-- two replicas of the most famous of greek sculptures, the venus de milo, mirror each other. beauty studies beauty in order to develop. the palais royal in paris is an 18th-century building that houses part of the french administration. daniel buren was asked to make a sculpture for its courtyard that would complete this glorious architectural monument. what he chose to do was to complete it as a ruin, turning the idea of the colonnaded paris style into the stunted columns from an antique acropolis felled by time. before this work was installed, de plateau was blocked by a court injunction. buren's work became the subject of a memorable cultural battle as only the french can wage. the conservative newspaper of paris roared its disapproval, calling the work cultural hooliganism. ultimately people were attracted to the new landmark as a congenial place to be. a moving example of postmodern architecture is this museum in moenchen gladbach, germany, specifically designed by hans hollein to house avant-garde art. references to the greek citadel, to the skyscrap