... expressive. Jackson Pollock's turbulent yet elegant abstract paintings, which were created by spattering paint on huge canvases placed on the floor, brought abstract expressionism before a hostile public. Willem de Kooning's first one-man show in 1948 established him as a highly influential artist. His intensely complicated abstract paintings of the 1940s were followed by images of Woman, grotesque versions ... styles. Abstract expressionism presented a broad range of stylish diversity within its large, though not exclusively, nonrepresentational framework. "For example, the expressive...

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... Empire. During the Battle of Saratoga in October of 1777, the Americans won a great victory over General John Burgoyne. This victory caught the attention of the French foreign minister Comte de Vergennes, According to America: A Concise history, when news of the rebel victory at Saratoga reached Paris in December 1777, Vergennes sought a formal alliance (Henretta 170). The American diplomats including Benjamin ... Horatio Gates, who had won a name for himself at the battle of Saratoga. Unbeknownst to the British the tide of battle was about to be turned by the French. Marquis de Lafayet...

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... we live, homosexuality is heavily frowned upon by religion. In the past, religious leaders supported the dominant culture's ignorance about homosexuality by calling it a 'sin'. Strong believers in the biblical translation concur that man to man or woman to woman intimate relationships are grave sins. Religious people who are gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are often ostracized by the church community and ... ...

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... drama Raging Bull (1980), the black comedy The King of Comedy (1983), and the crime film Goodfellas (1990), all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. Scorsese has directed over twenty feature films and documentaries spanning four decades. He has also written a number of screenplays since his first film was released in 1968. His work ... shoot with a small budget of $175,000. Despite receiving mixed reviews from the mainstream media, the film grossed over 7 million dollars in sales. The independent film earned him the Prix de Jeunesse Award at the Cannes...

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... quickly threw up fortifications at Great Meadows, Pa., aptly naming the entrenchment Fort Necessity, and marched to intercept advancing French troops. In the resulting skirmish the French commander the Sieur De Jumnoville was killed and most of his men were captured. George Washington pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity where he was overwhelmed (July 3) by the French in an ... the overall direction of the war. After the arrival of the French army in 1780 he concentrated on coordinating allied efforts in the 1781 launched, in cooperation with the Comte De Rochambeau and the C...

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... the works of art and literature that were considered taboo a long time ago are widely available in modern day life. William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, John Lennon, Diego Rivera, and the Venus de Milo were all thought to be morally wrong or offensive at one time or another. In the twentieth century, censorship has gone to more extreme measures by involving the government ... ...

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... . In the early 1980s she lived in Galisteo, New Mexico, in a small house that, like her studio, she built herself. She has since moved to Lamy, south of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Although she has claimed that "it's absolutely necessary to be alone to make artwork," Agnes Martin is no hermit. As she explained to one interviewer, "I paint to make ... ...

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... exteriors and interiors, an impression of elegance and refinement is given by the use of smooth, light-colored surfaces, and extensive areas of class. This can be scene in Hotel de Soubise built in 1705, the whole system is overlaid with a linear network of ornaments based on ribbons, scrolls, shells, and similar plant forms. In the second half of the eighteenth ... ...

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