When you hear the words "pea soup", you probably think of, well, pea soup. But pea soup is also the name of a particular type of thick fog, and in the early 20th century London was literally drowning in it.
Bien que la photographie soit un art que l'on maîtrise depuis près de deux siècles, nous ne savons capturer des clichés en couleurs que depuis le XXe
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Pictorialism, an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality. The Pictorialist perspective was born in the late 1860s and held sway through the first decade of the 20th century. It approached the camera as a tool that, like the paintbrush and chisel, could be used to make an artistic statement. Thus photographs could have aesthetic value and be linked to the world of art expression. Constant Puyo, 1903 Constant Puyo, Apparition, 1910 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Constant Puyo, 1896 Adolph de Meyer, 1896 Adolph de Meyer, 1896 Adolph de Meyer, 1896 Adolph de Meyer, 1896 Baron Adolph De Meyer - The Cup, 1896 Baron Adolph De Meyer The Black Bowl by George Seeley, circa 1907 Portrait of Martine McCulloch by Gertrude Käsebier, 1910 Mary Pickford, 1917 by Nelson Evans Dolores, Vogue, May 1919 by Adolph de Meyer
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and stylish, showing no respect for people in authority, saucy, pert, confident, chic. Students from five states smile through the gate of Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1939. Photograph by Anthony Stewart from National Geographic Two Couples in Bathing Outfits c.1934 from Letters of Vintage …
The emergence of artificial darkness in the 19th century, from the darkroom to the theater, radically influenced our experiences with art.
Beginning on the stage as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, English actress Gladys Cooper (1888 – 1971), whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television. Cooper was starring in dramatic roles and silent films before the beginning of the First World War. She also became a manager of the Playhouse Theatre from 1917 to 1933, where she played many roles. Beginning in the early 1920s, Cooper was winning praise in plays by W. Somerset Maugham and others. In the 1930s, she was starring steadily both in the West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles; she was nominated for three Academy Awards, the last one as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she mixed her stage and film careers, continuing to star on stage until her last year. Take a look to see the beauty of young Gladys Cooper through 57 colorized postcard that capture her portrait in the early 20th century.
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When you hear the words "pea soup", you probably think of, well, pea soup. But pea soup is also the name of a particular type of thick fog, and in the early 20th century London was literally drowning in it.
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