Ana Rivas 02/25/2011 New Orleans Literature Sec.002 Essay #1 Before the 18th century, what we now know as Louisiana was part of the vast French crown empire. Then when France was defeated in the Seven Years’ War, France was forced to divide Louisiana and give part to Britain and part to Spain, and thus Louisiana became a pawn between Britain and Spain. Britain decided to make up for their “seize” of Florida from Spain and granted Spain their portion of Louisiana. European control of Louisiana ended in 1803 when Napoleon, plagued by vast obligations in Europe, decided to sell Louisiana to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. The short story “Tite Poulette”, by George Washington Cable takes place right after the Louisiana Purchase, which requires one to understand the importance of Louisiana’s vast, tumultuous history.
Sonia Delaunay Delaunay-trek, Sonia (born November 14, 1885, Gradizhsk, Ukraine, Russian empire [now Ukraine]-died December 5, 1979, Paris, France. Russian painter, illustrator, and textile designer who was a pioneer of abstract art in the years before World War I. Delaunay grew up in St. Petersburg. She studied drawing in Karlsruhe, Germany, and in 1905 moved to Paris, where she was influence by the postimpressionists and fauvists (a loose group of early twentieth century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and it is a French word for the wild beasts). She married the artist Robert Delaunay by which time she was painting the style known as Orphism, which involved the melodious combinations of pure colors. She used different kind of materials in her artwork for example unique gouache, tracing paper, unique colored crayon and pencil on paper, original woven wool, original gouache and pochoir on paper and some other materials I didn’t mention.
Media and Lifestyle The art on the silver screens transcended onto the clothing that woman wore to personify a certain independence. Woman felt stylish and sophisticated even under the unstable economic climate. Technicolor, colored film, was also breaking through, allowing audiences to see the colors that are in style for the season. The color champagne became a red carpet classic for Hollywood favorites such as Jean Harlow and Loretta Young (figs 1-2). Children’s fashion was influenced by what Shirley Temple would wear in her films (Chancey, fig 9).
Victorian 1840-1890 A.D. In the Victorian era, dresses were composed of several layers of different shades, cloths and trimmings, and intended to be worn with both under-dresses and over-dresses. In the beginning, puffy "mutton-leg" sleeves became all the rage, but these were later replaced by fitted sleeves and eventually bell sleeves. Victorians thought the "hourglass" shape to best flatter the female form, and women wore restrictive corsets to achieve this ideal. The Victorian era also saw the progression from crinoline skirts to hoop skirts and finally to bustled
Then, along came "The Wizard of Oz." Needless to say, audiences were not only stirred by the terrific story, but they were also dazzled by the film's special effects. The special effects are glorious in that old Hollywood way, in which you don't even have to look closely to see where the set ends and the backdrop begins. Almost all films were still being made in black and white, so the switch from black and white to color would have had a special significance in 1939 when the movie was made. "The Wizard of Oz" was a major achievement when you consider that it was filmed nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
Gene Kelly choreographed several dance and drama films, one called “An American in Paris” (1951). Michael Kidd is also an outstanding choreographer, who produced motion picture choreographer, in which dance further is the story line. Debbie Reynolds was another familiar name in movie musicals of the 1950’s. She was not a trained dancer but had great stage charisma. Her breakthrough in 1950 was in “Two Weeks with Love”, starring
New Mexico and New York, along with Lake Georgia, were the most popular design scenes, as these were the locations she resided during her career. During her career, she remained true to the distinct style she had picked up, which closely resembled European abstract, and American pictorialism forms. Georgia O’Keefe was an American artist, she made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same
e women before World War 1 took on an extremely different role than women of the twenties. This, in turn, made them look much different. Bouffant hairstyles, where the hair is piled high up on the head were replaced with the short bobs. In 1923 the waistline normally sitting around the natural waist moved down to the hips. The flapper dress was lose and straight with a waistline at the hips.
It was also leading to the French Revolution (1738-1766). He probably chose to set it in this manner because France is also known as the country with the biggest perfume industry. The novel set 2. The narrator is writing in the future after the events of the novel whilst telling Grenouille’s story through narration, means we get a much more sense of the story through 3 person narration. Often Suskind will give more insight into the novel than in the story.
I learned that this and other tapestries during this time would have been hung on the walls to retain heat. The fact that they could be rolled up and moved to another room was very convenient at that time. This specific tapestry was made at the Gobelins manufactory in Paris, which was apparently one of the best of the day. The artwork on the tapestry was beautiful.