collection. i. Brunhoff introduced Yves to Dior and Dior immediately hired him. d. After the sudden death of Christian Dior‚ when Yves Saint Laurent was just 21‚ he became the head designer of the most renowned couture house in Paris. e. In September of 1960‚ Yves was drafted into the army and was replaced at Dior. ii. In November 1960‚ a breakdown led to an immediate discharge from the army. f. A year after returning from the army‚ Saint Laurent opened
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Pablo Picasso Biography in full Pablo Ruiz y Picasso ( 1881 – 1973 ) (born October 25‚ 1881‚ Málaga‚ Spain—died April 8‚ 1973‚ Mougins‚ France) Spanish expatriate painter‚ sculptor‚ printmaker‚ ceramicist‚ and stage designer‚ one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism. The enormous body of Picasso’s work remains‚ and the legend lives on—a tribute to the vitality of the “disquieting” Spaniard with the “sombre . . . piercing”
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The United States soon enter the Vietnam War as an effort to prevent communism from spreading to Asia. The United States worked to protect South Vietnam as its freedom was threatened by North Vietnam’s communist threats. The United States became involved in Vietnam before World War II even ended. The United States involvement was due to the containment policy and its aim to stop communism. The conflict revolved around Ho Chi Minh and the French. During World War II‚ Japan invaded Vietnam. In response
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The French Empire was a strong entity that lasted for well over a century. This empire began to disintegrate after World War II. Although the people of the colonies were hopeful that the war would lead to the end of imperialism‚ but the Fourth Republic‚ which came to power during the end of World War II‚ voted to continue the Empire. There were several reasons for this vote to continue the empire. The French wanted to dull the humiliation of the German occupation‚ use the colonial resources to help
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House of the Philippines PHILIPPINES 101 History of the Philippines Through the centuries… • 750‚000-500‚000 years ago: Flake tools 750‚000found in Solana‚ Cagayan • 50‚000-10‚000 BC: Cutting tools found in 50‚000the Tabon Caves in Quezon‚ Palawan • 24‚000-22‚000 BC: Fossil remains of 24‚000“Tabon Man” in Tabon Caves • 6th to 10th century: Complex society exists in Negros Oriental. • AD 900: Chinese porcelain and stoneware found in Masbate. • AD 990: Wooden boat found
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Driss Chraïbi was bon in El Jadida (formerly Mazagan‚ French Morocco)‚ a town near Casablanca. His father was a tea merchant‚ who perceived Western education as a means to modern Morocco. Chraïbi attended Koranic school as a young boy. When the family moved to Casablanca‚ Chraïbi continued his studies at the French Lycée. At age of nineteen he went to France planning study chemical engineering and neuropsychiatry. After abandoning his studies‚ he traveled throughout Europe and Israel. Chraïbi settled
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fashion in a caption under her signature black dress‚ “Here is a Ford signed Chanel—the frock that all the world will wear.”3 And they did; by 1935 Chanel was selling 28‚000 designs worldwide.4 Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in 1883 in Paris‚ France and was the second child to an unwed mother. Years later her parents would marry and have five more children. When Chanel was 12 years old her mother died and her father took Chanel and her six siblings to a convent for orphans where nuns would
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Yad Vashem. www1.yadvashem.org. 20 November 2012. “The Death Camps.” Yad Vashem. www1.yadvashem.org. 20 November 2012 The Holocaust - Rise of the Nazis. Yad Vashem. www1.yadvashem.org. 20 November 2012. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Liberation of Nazi Camps.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. http://www.ushmm.org. 20 November 2012. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “The Holocaust.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. http://www.ushmm.org. 20 November 2012. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Arab-Israeli War‚ and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London‚ North Africa‚ Italy‚ the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. His action photographs‚ such as those taken during the 1944 Normandy invasion‚ uniquely portray the violence of war. In 1947‚ Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris with David "Chim" Seymour‚ Henri Cartier-Bresson‚ George Rodger and William Vandivert. The organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance
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states that the scene where Anger is beaten by sailor represents‚ “his punishment and leads to images of sexual liberation and fertility.” (“Overview”). So‚ with these images and concepts Anger deliberately plays‚ means his movies deal with queer theory. Furthermore‚ this means not only was this film made by a queer person‚ but deals with queer issues such as sexual repression and liberation. His films also connected to the queer community and more than likely to the queer spectatorship at the time
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