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Gangsters Aren't Good Guys
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When director Brian De Palma adds the ingredient of violence to
his movies, his unit of measurement is not the soupcon. He favors
scenes like the one in his hugely successful "The Untouchables," when
Al Capone, played to reptilian perfection by Robert De Niro, hosts a
black-tie dinner for his hoods. Peeved to the point of violence by
an associate's behavior, Capone pulverizes the associate's skull with
a baseball bat.
It is a stomach-turning scene, but before denouncing De Palma
(as I have done for gratuitous carnage in movies like "Scarface"),
note that an episode very like the one ...
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The Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp.(Points Of Entry)(Column)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...acquired between 1576 and 1579 by Christophe Plantin, a native Frenchman and, by...work on illustrations for the Plantin-Moretus presses -- and portraits...founder of the feast himself, Christophe Plantin. Though based on an earlier...
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John Lane. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Annotated Descriptions of the Specimens to ca. 1850 (Mostly from the Low Countries and France) with Preliminary Notes on the Typefoundaries and Printing Offices.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
; ...Lane. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Annotated Descriptions...sterling]. ISBN 1584561394. Christophe Plantin, who was born and trained in France...museum, published nine volumes of Plantin's correspondence. In 1960...
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A short stay in... Antwerp Belgium is not boring, honest. Gareth Lloyd visited its second city and found a charming medieval haven, boasting 70 per cent of the world's diamond trade and 2,500 bars. Food, history, art and chocolatesare all taken seriously, and, yes, it's even got a demure red-light district
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...an amazing 3D painting on the back of the altar. Plantin-Moretus museum (Tues-Sun 10am-5pm, closed...many different languages for the wealthy patrons of Christophe Plantin. Diamond museum (daily 10am-5pm; free). At...
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Unique Antwerp accessible, uncrowded
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...celebrated resident, barely remembered today, was Christophe Plantin, who founded one of Europe's great publishing houses...Jan Moretus took over at his death, and the Museum Plantin-Moretus, centered in the structure that housed...
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BOOKS: Sea serpents spotted off Iceland Imagined Corners By Paul Binding REVIEW pounds 25 pounds 23 (+ pounds 2.25 P&P PER ORDER) 0870 800 1122
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...philosophical and spiritual intellect. The other was Christophe Plantin, printer and publishing genius. This triumvirate...ultimately essential to the success of the venture that Christophe Plantin's printing abilities should prove so foresighted...
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Abel L'Angelier et Francois de Louvain (1574-1620). Suivi du Catalogue des ouvrages publies par Abel L'Angelier (1574-1610) et la Veuve L'Angelier (1610-1620).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review
; ...booksellers, and on Arnoul'sd eath in 1557 she immediately married Lucas I. Breyer, an associate of the celebrated Christophe Plantin. Abel consequently married the widow of the bookseller Pierre I. Du Pre, Francoise de Louvain(c. 1540-1620...
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Jewish thought, Christian art
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...philologist and antiquary (the earliest typeset Hebrew Bible was printed in Antwerp in 1566 by gentile Hebraist Christophe Plantin, who taught his daughter and son-in-law Hebrew so that they could be his proofreaders). These Vatican manuscripts...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A few sparks over the Scheldt. (Antwerp '93 arts celebration in Belgium)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...cathedral's twin towers is only half-built). Several historic houses are now museums, including the home of Christophe Plantin, who established Europe's first truly commercial printing press in the 16th century, and the baroque mansion...
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Nicole Howard. The Book: The Life Story of a Technology.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
; ...names with detailed coverage are William Blake, Benjamin Franklin, Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Aldus Manutius, Christophe Plantin, and Lord Stanhope. On the whole, the generalities are well handled and avoid controversial ideological positions...
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UWM's library given a rare gift
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...Thomas a Kempis' "Imitacion de Christo," printed in Amberes (now Antwerp) by the well-known French printer, Christophe Plantin. This title, first published anonymously in 1418, is one of the more influential works in Christian literature...
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