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spiderwort common name for some members of the Commelinaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical succulent herbs found especially in Africa and the Americas. Species of the spiderworts (genus Tradescantia ) and the dayflowers (genus Commelina ) are indigenous to the United States, particularly in the Southeast. They are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals. The family is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Liliopsida, order Commelinales.
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THE BEATON GENERATION He captured the beautiful people in impossibly glamorous settings. He also courted controversy and was blacklisted for anti-Semitism. Now, on the centenary of legendary photographer Cecil Beaton's birth, Robin Muir looks back at th...
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...figures of the 20th century. Beaton, who was born in 1904, was...Everyone of consequence sat for Beaton - from Picasso to Edward VIII...Rudolph Nureyev, Coco Chanel to David Hockney, Fred Astaire to Andy...ranging career, for which Beaton was knighted in 1972, lost...
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From Cecil Beaton, a captivating celebrity fest
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...brush in the 20th century, Beaton has a strong claim to be the...of the 1920s, when the young Beaton aspired to join the aristocracy...or a fashion shoot alongside David Hockney in his studio the previous...at the opening party, that Beaton had lampooned his thick Midlands...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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BEATON'S SHARP Vision.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 2/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...century, was photographed by Beaton at the Ambassador Hotel in New...probably end in tears.' It did. . David Hockney (1968), with Maudie...Peter Schlessinger The painter David Hockney appealed to Beaton because, though he was 'an unprepossessing...
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AT THE EPICENTER OF THE STORMY '60S BEATON DIARIES SURVEY THE ERA'S ART, CULTURE, AND CELEBRITIES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...deals vividly with the acclaim Beaton enjoyed for his dress designs...the musical comedy "Coco." Beaton stays energetic amid the ups...about what is new. He befriends David Hockney when he is a young and...and "Alice's Restaurant." Beaton's quest for newness in the...
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Centenary exhibition celebrates enduring glamour of Cecil Beaton
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...2004 Dateline: LONDON Cecil Beaton invented celebrity photography...subsequent celebrity snappers, from David Bailey to Mario Testino, owe...Terence Pepper, curator of a Beaton retrospective that opened Feb...chance to reassess the work of Beaton, who died at 76 in 1980. Pepper...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Star-spotting with the many faces of Beaton; Walker date for photographer's portraits.
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 6/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...Hollywood glitterati. Cecil Beaton captured some of the most iconic...what he believes still makes Beaton so popular. Alongside David Bailey, they were the two best...Bailey always saw himself as Beaton's successor. Beaton, who...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Foul thoughts and fair ladies; Cecil Beaton,one of the world's most famous photographers and designers,kept detailed diaries which he censored before publication. Now the originals are available in their full,caustic frankness. Peter Elson reports.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/14/2004; 700+ words
; ...the film My Fair Lady, Cecil Beaton was approached to photograph...young, such as a Picasso.'' Beaton had his own view and didn...movie moguls like Jack Warner. Beaton rowed with the Hollywood director...work with. The photographer David Bailey once asked him why don...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Shooting stars; For more than half a century Sir Cecil Beaton photographed the world's rich and famous. As a retrospective opens at the National Portrait Gallery on the centenary of his birth, photographer John Swannell - who worked with Beaton in the Sixties - celebrates his work.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 2/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...JOHN SWANNELL Cecil Beaton was the first photographer...could say he was the David Bailey of his time. I first met Beaton in 1967 in the toilets...in Wiltshire, where David Bailey was doing a...he loved roses). Beaton loved the theatre and...
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Arts Etc.: The critics: - Superficial? Sure. But get that shimmer! PHOTOGRAPHY: Cecil Beaton: Portraits National Portrait Gallery LONDON
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 2/15/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...been so superficial as Cecil Beaton? So obsessed with fame, glamour...sets for Nancy Cunard and Baba Beaton in Symphony in Silver to Andy...as the presiding geniuses to Beaton's self- myth. So in the...rock, with Jane Bowles and David Herbert at his tiny feet in...
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Capturing lives less ordinary; Photographer to the stars Cecil Beaton is the subject of a new exhibition at The Walker. Laura Davis reports.
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...Art Gallery, where a display of Beaton's captivating portraits opens...career." Throughout his life, Beaton continually reinvented his style...footsteps such as Mario Testino and David Bailey. "Beaton's pictures are in stark contrast...
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Beaton, (Sir) Cecil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...1985. Mellor, David, editor, Cecil Beaton, London, 1994...London, 1995. On BEATON: articles— Chierichetti, David, in Hollywood Costume...July 1994. "Cecil Beaton, Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor," in...
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David Beaton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
David Beaton , 1494-1546, Scottish churchman, cardinal...in 1538 and succeeded his uncle, James Beaton, as archbishop of St. Andrews and primate of Scotland in 1539. Beaton arranged the marriage of James V and Mary...
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Beaton, David
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Beaton, David ( c. 1494–1546). Cardinal. Beaton was the nephew of Archbishop Beaton or Bethune of Glasgow and St Andrews, whom he succeeded as archbishop in 1539. He already held a French bishopric, was a cardinal, and had been...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Charles D. Hall and William Schmidt; music and synchronization: David Broekman; recording engineer: C. Roy Hunter; special effects...London), March 1930. Variety (Hollywood), 7 May 1930. Beaton, Welford, "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?" in Hollywood...
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Bethune, David
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Bethune, David. See BEATON, DAVID .
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