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LuvLoogie

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5. Get the ideas down, then go back later on and apply the fundamentals when ready. In the mean time...
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 06:53 PM
Jul 2021

some change of pace physical activity might help. Or write some poems or letters.

Then you can expand upon the ideas in your paragraph.


Set up:
Andre Malraux, France’s Minister of Culture at the time, asked Chagall to create this ceiling. He accepted, but there were strong objections to his working on the Paris-treasured Garnier. Almost immediately, the choice of artist became highly controversial.

Background:

Chagall, A Russian Jew, had been living and working in Paris for years. The Nazis had taken control of his town in Belarus, yet he managed to flee with his wife, escaping almost certain death. (details)

Explanation of controversy:

Despite his story of survival and his love for the country that took him in...

e.g. "... some in France made him feel like a refugee again."

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