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Old 11-07-2007, 03:30 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Gauguin created an uproar when he painted Yellow Christ, for example.
But his primary goal had been to show a desire for a return to simpler ideals.
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Modelled on a wooden crucifix Gauguin saw during his stay in Brittany, this painting depicts a group of Breton peasant women mourning a yellowish Christ crucified in a landscape populated by flat orange trees and ribbonlike streams. The conscious breaking of representational and historical conventions was part of Gauguin's attempt to return to a simpler, more primitive world of visual expression and meaning.
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Eminem gave us Mosh.
Yes it’s a great example of a good political song. That’s why I posted it at the beginning of this thread too.
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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
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