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Henri Ravel (1875-1937) is the
French composer. For more information, click
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the art of the Persians
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Persia is an old-fashioned
reference to Iran, where geometrical lines and floral designs have
long been hallmarks of the traditional architecture and art. Henri Matisse
was strongly influenced by ancient Persian art. |
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Isadora Duncan
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Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) is
often called "the mother of modern dance." She rejected the
conventions of classical ballet and pursued a free form of dance. She danced barefoot and
wore imitation Greek apparel. Her death is nearly more famous than
her accomplishments in life: riding in a sports car in Nice,
France, her neck was broken when her long flowing scarf was
entangled in one of the car's wheels.
"Imagine then a dancer who, after long study, prayer
and inspiration, has attained such a degree of
understanding that his body is simply the luminous
manifestation of his soul; whose body dances in
accordance with a music heard inwardly, in an
expression of something out of another, profounder world.
This is the truly creative dancer; natural but not imitative,
speaking in movement out of himself and out of
something greater than all selves."
--Isadora Duncan
The Philosopher's Stone of Dancing, 1920 |
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Henri Rousseau
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an Impression
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Kandinsky, Impression III
(1911)
"A direct impression of outward nature, expressed in purely
artistic form" |
an improvisation
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Kandinsky, Improvisation No.
7 (1910)
"A largely unconscious, spontaneous expression of inner
character, [of] the non-material nature" |
a Composition
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Kandinsky, Composition No. 8
(1923)
"An expression of a slowly formed inner feeling" |
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