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The fashion influencers of the French Revolution
Art Daily· 6 days agoMost days, Anne Higonnet is able to keep her cool. She s a distinguished professor of art history at Barnard College and Columbia University. Her
Color idioms we can't resist: Why do we say ‘green thumb,' 'out of the blue' and more?
Fox News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoWhy do we use the popular expressions "green thumb," "out of the blue," and "paint the town red"?...
Frank Stella Dies, Dozens Arrested at Pro-Palestine Encampment at Chicago’s Art Institute, and More:...
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Europe's anthem turns 200: Beethoven's ninth more political than ever
dpa international via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824 was a great success. The...
Former pirate Johnny Depp returns to the screen as King Louis XV. But will audiences care?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe relationship between the king and the courtesan gathered steam after the king’s wife died, but...
Five Best: Books on Clothes
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoSelected by Anne Higonnet, the author, most recently, of ‘Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution.’
David Baldacci’s latest: a race-infused murder case in Virginia, 1968
The Virginian-Pilot· 14 hours agoDavid Baldacci on racism and justice in Virginia, 1968; and in nonfiction, a curmudgeon’s rescue by...
Arendt Chic
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFor instance, Arendt’s On Revolution is a close reading of the American and French Revolutions, in which she convincingly argues that their respective...
How Paris’s Dining, Hotel, and Art Scenes Got Their Groove Back—Just in Time for the Olympics
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe French capital's cultural life was already on the upswing. Mix in a major global event, and it's...
This HBO Miniseries Offers a Very Different Side to 'Franklin's Story
Collider· 4 days agoIt's often been said that history is about perspective and nowhere is this saying more accurate than...
