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...master of capturing female beauty and the obvious star of the Paris show (with 46 works) is Kitagawa Utamaro. Little is known of his origins, but in 1791 he won fame both for a series of portraits of "floating-world" beauties and for his notorious affairs with them. Utamaro was arrested in 1804 for an impolitic portrait of the shogun with his concubines, and spent 50 days in irons. He is said to have been so depressed by this public disgrace that he soon died. One of his apprentices married his widow, adopted his name and used it to produce...
...spectacle took place. On the Capitoline Hill, crowned by Michelangelo’s beautiful piazza, 29 European heads of government and of state met to sign the European Union (EU) constitution. The tulips were Dutch, the direction Italian (Franco Zeffirelli, of “Romeo and Juliet” fame) and all the politicians looked dapper indeed as they posed before the iconic statue of Marcus Aurelius. In true European style, however, the performance was surrounded by a flurry of chaotic disagreement...
...first time since the late 1980s, the new black celebrity elite of hip-hop stars, entertainers and moguls have been compelled to lend their fame, intelligence and marketing savvy to something besides alcohol and luxury cars. Russell Simmons’ Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Citizen Change are but two of the more prominent efforts by celebrities to raise awareness, register voters and get people to the polls. And in our painfully unoriginal follow-the-leader celebrity culture, these icons and trendsetters (along with Michael Moore) have...
Also factoring in Sawyer-Lauçanno’s decision to create the biography was his feeling that Cummings “has been neglected as a major poet and writer.” The goal was not to reestablish his fame, for “if there is such thing as a popular poet, Cummings is it,” but rather to illustrate his true importance to the modern literary landscape...
...recent fame that this presidential race has shed on the Electras has led Rand and Prouty to remaster their 1961 album. The original master tapes were so primitive that the sounds bled together...