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Portrait Perfect; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Elevated His Subjects to a Higher Form
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was the painter the modernists
warned us against.
Americans, in general, have never really warmed to him. We don't
much like his snobbery, and we can't pronounce his name (saying angry
in a French mode while leaving off the eee is about the best that we
can do), and most of us prefer the flickery and brushy 19th-century
French paintings he despised.
He died at 86 in 1867--which means he did not live quite long
enough to see the young impressionists change the art of Paris, which
probably is just as well. Their triumph would have broken his heart.
He was just what ...
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Ice Hockey: Bad weekend for Barons
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail
; SOLIHULL Barons suffered a particularly bad weekend in the English Premier League. Barons were without their banned head coach...Moat. Having built a 2-0 lead, Barons were blitzed 12-4 after Michel Oravec scored twice with Matty Davies...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Ice Hockey: Bad weekend for Barons.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England)
; SOLIHULL Barons suffered a particularly bad weekend in the English Premier League. Barons were without their banned head coach...Moat. Having built a 2-0 lead, Barons were blitzed 12-4 after Michel Oravec scored twice with Matty Davies...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...1666; Richard Alleine, religious writer, 1681; Michel Baron (Michel Boyron), actor and playwright, 1729; Jan Dismas...politician, 1921; Dwight Lyman Moody, evangelist, 1899; Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, 1902; Nathanael...
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2 Couples Missing in France Mudslide
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Charente river were at a near-record height of 22 feet. He toured submerged streets by boat accompanied by Mayor Michel Baron. Levees were breached throughout the Vaucluse region of southern France, flooding roads and farmland and in some cases...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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SKYCHIEFS FAIL TO HOLD BARONS; SYRACUSE SQUANDERS LATE 5-3 LEAD, LOSES GAME AND CATCHER QUIROZ TO BROKEN HAND.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons at P&C Stadium falls...couple games at home." The Red Barons built a 3-1 lead against Bush...another run in the sixth when Red Barons reliever Jason Jimenez walked...that eventually cost them. Michel Hernandez opened the seventh...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Drugs baron ordered his gang to cut off rival's ear ..then forced him to eat it; SICKENING PHONE CALL THAT LED POLICE TO COCAINE KING.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...Janeiro THE world's most ruthless drugs baron chuckled menacingly before barking orders...up in a Brazilian slum. The victim, Michel Anderson do Nascimento, had had an affair...the night of his capture, rival drug barons were so pleased they splashed out pounds...praises. CAPTION(S): CAUGHT: Cocaine ...
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Rugby Union: Baron promises full inquiry into game's troubles
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; FRANCIS BARON, the chief executive of the Rugby Football...some of the heat from the situation." Baron was equally determined to treat the affair...Farid Sid, Arnaud Martinez, Mathieu Blin, Michel Dieude and Imanol Harinordoquy - in a 36...
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ADMIRALS 6, BARONS 4; No need for backup; Everything goes as planned in victory
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...spotlight was short-lived, however. Milwaukee not only recalled Michel Robinson from Rockford for its game tonight in Grand Rapids...with less than 13 minutes left when Cleveland rallied. The Barons got a power-play goal from Lukas Kaspar and another goal by...
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Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Ritual and Agency and Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
; ...respectively. Each US$ 35. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Michel Conan has edited two extraordinary books on the theme...rituals in Japanese gardens during the Heian period" by Michel Vieillard-Baron. Japan is known for the beauty of its gardens and...
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PERNOD RICARD : Pernod Ricard's Completed Acquisition of V&S.
News Wire article from: Internet Wire
; ...subsidiary in the Nordic region). Michel Mauran becomes its Managing Director...Ricard Nordic. He reports to Michel Mauran. Bengt Baron, the current CEO of V&...board of Maxxium Future Brands. Michel Mauran Born in 1961, Michel Mauran...
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