Ruscha’s Course of Empire series, from who he borrowed the name of the series. It seems to me the rest of his influences, if any, remain up for conjecture. Still, taking him at his work on possible influences would leave Ed Ruscha remarkably original....
Quebec, the legacy of the French colonial empire in Canada, is a province where politics, media duels, and the referendum ballot are used instead of bullets and bombs in the effort (thus far unsuccessful) to gain independence. Violence, however, was a weapon during the early days of the co...
Crafting an Empire: With Sarah Archer, Paul Argenti, Daniel Boulud, David Chang. Martha faces harsh criticism as she expands her domestic living empire.
(although the last type is actually attested in the documentary remains of the city of Ugarit, on the neighboring Levantine coast, and not on Cyprus itself). In spite of the fact that none of the three has yet been deciphered, the formal similarities between these scripts and those of ...
We have right-wing Catholicism in this country that openly calls for a world empire of the Pope, the new integralism, which would be executing blasphemers, outlawing certain faiths, taking the vote away from Jews and Muslims, religious minorities, taking the vote away from women. Where else ...
Mother Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in 1910 in the city of Skopje, then a part of the Ottoman Empire and now the capital of North Macedonia. As a young girl, she was fascinated by stories of Christian missionaries and by 12 felt a strong calling to the religious life. “...
The new competition additions are world premieres of Zhang Yimou’s One Second, André Téchiné’s Farewell To The Night, Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms, the German premiere of Vice, and the European premiere of Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace.Of the new titles, Farewell To The Night, ...
Hello and welcome to the My 1-2-3 Cents Podcast! This show was created in 2014, four years after the My 1-2-3 Cents brand was officially born in blog and vlog form. On this show, host Kevin Hunsperger discusses the world of pro wrestling from the indy s
Moreover, some studies have shown how external factors such as political opportunity (e.g., anti-slavery and the fate of trade for the British Empire) or geopolitics (e.g., civil rights and pressures for America to project internal strength during the Cold War) can shape movements alongside...
even sparring with actor Idris Elba for a Discovery documentary. But despite marketing himself as a high-ranking kickboxing champion, Tate was far from a household name. “He never stood out in the world that I’m in,” says one insider of the sport. “He’s just a dude who got in ...