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GEORGE BARBIER

  GEORGE BARBIER (Nantes, October 10, 1889 – Paris, 1932) was a painter, illustrator and designer of French fashion. A pupil of Jean Paul Laurens at the Paris “National school of Fine Arts”, he began to display his work in the Humorists’ Salon in 1910, under the pseudonym of Edouard …

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FEDERICO FELLINI-SEARCHING FOR FACES/4

  The professor: In the script I wrote that he is a stout, solemn and kindly character, prone to sudden scowls, glowering and severe glances. Who may I suggest? Do you remember the famous Raimu? That is the type of person I’m looking for. When I was looking for actors …

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CRADLE

  The Ute cradles were made out of wood planks covered with skins (in this case a deerskin painted yellow), whereas the wickerwork hood protected the child’s head. The beaded decoration is very striking.

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THE HOME SITTING/4

  Top photojournalists like Gene Trindl, Don Ornitz, Orlando, William Claxton, Larry Barbier Jr., John R. Hamilton, Dick Miller, Jack Stager, Tom Caffrey, Bill Kobrin, Dick Hewett, Bob Noble, Bill Greenslade, Rick Strauss, Bill Crespinel, Robert Landau and Jay Thompson recorded  the real not reel life of the stars. But …

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DYEING/2

  On the one hand scientific progress begun in the 1600s and brought to full maturity, in particular regarding chemistry enabled principles and substances, which had up to then been applied intuitively, to te understood. These concepts were conseguently modified and re-elaborated in the second half of the 18th century. …

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