Jean Cocteau

Modigliani Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who never was successful during his lifetime. He mainly worked in Paris and his main subject was portraits and full figures of humans. He is known for portraying nude women in a modern style. In Paris, he met prominent Artist’s such as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi. The movie basically covers his life in Paris, centering on his relationship with Picasso and his lover Jeanne. In this movie, Modigliani is being masterfully depicted by Andy Garcia. The Movie begins with the sad face of Jeanne Hebuterne (Elsa Zylberstein), the woman Modigliani fell in love with. She starts to talk about love and asks the audience if they ever experienced real love. She is so sorrowful with spiritless eyes. Modigliani is portrayed as a very talented and handsome man, flirting with Jeanne, a Catholic woman. Despite his talent, his artwork was not received well and he lived in poverty, addicted to alcohol. Jeanne posed for him in his small studio, and after some time they fall in love. He did not paint like other artists, he had his own way of painting. His style is characterized by elongation of objects, and he states that he won’t paint Jeanne eyes before he understands her soul fully. He loved art and could get completely immersed in it. In order to support his family, Modigliani tried to earn money but that was not at all easy for him, since he had a great rival in Pablo Picasso. Jeanne became pregnant, but her…

looked right, and considering Singapore’s year round humidity; if I was going to perspire too much in my clothes. However, when I arrived in New York, getting dressed became a breeze. I noticed that I gravitated towards a standard “uniform” consisting of a T-shirt in white, black, or grey and a pair of jeans. In addition, I also realised that one, people in New York are almost always in black, and two; that no one really cares what you wear, or how you look. My question is what caused this…

Imagine Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake wearing denim head to toe, thriving in a new trend at the American Music Awards. Exactly fifteen years ago these two stepped out in their bold, blue jeans. Denim trends have been altered and portrayed differently for years, yet the popularity and attraction of denim seems to always reappear. Whether celebrities or street style was the source of influence, denim continuously occurs in new and innovative ways. The most common denim trends for fall of…

The evolution of advertising has changed so much since the 1930’s, where clothing was marketed towards ‘everyday’ people. Looking back at the advertising from then, you can clearly tell they were marketed toward hard workers, busy house wives and active children all in one advertisement. Minimal skin was showing and typically the person in the advertisement was hosting a get together or working hard on the family farm. The most important part of advertisements in that era was about…

the middle of the field and finally someone decided to pass me the ball. I was running so fast looking at the soccer ball from an angle. My body was running forward and my head was turned to my left side. I was so excited and nervous at the same time because I was going to reach my goal and prove them wrong. As I was running I was able to hear my feet slamming into the muddy grass. I was about one fourth away from the goal net, but I did not expect what was about to happen. The muddy soccer ball…

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There is nothing I enjoy more in life than opening the double doors to an Urban Outfitters, Rue 21, or H&M and seeing all the clothes sitting promptly in their display cases waiting to be worn by all. I gaily skip through the aisles of the department store looking for the perfect coat, sweater, vest, cardigan, pair of jeans, or joggers to buy. When I finally come across an item that I might be interested in I wait for it to speak to me. It’s as if I am the “Clothes Whisperer”. The item says,…

it like this I guess. I make fun of her sometimes for it because it’s funny, but one thing I think of when someone says her name is her accent. Keelee is a very athletic person. She is in volleyball, color guard, basketball, track, dance and softball. She has tried to push me to do a sport but I’ve kind of just put it to the side. I like to go to her games and cheer her name really loud which makes her want to laugh. Whenever she performs on the field for guard you can see her big smile.…

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