syllabus
units
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one
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two
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three
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four
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five
conclusions
image banks
--l'assiette
au beurre
--La
Vision de Hugo
--Zola
au Pantheon
--Les
Quatre Saisons de la Kultur |
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Sous les pots de fleurs
On these pages you will see a series of sketches done on the spot in the
grim years of 1916 and 17. The artist was Charles Martin, at the time one
of the foremost fashion illustrators in France. Drafted into service, he
recorded in images that are simple and decorative, yet sober and moving,
the experience of life in the trenches. The illustrations were published
by Maynial in 1917 in a rare edition limited to a few hundred copies. Martin
resumed his career after the war and reached new heights of success with
pochoir illustration (hand-coloring using stencils and brushes). His work
has become highly collectible.
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