(Encyclopedia) Afrofuturism, artistic and
cultural movement that is based on the wedding of African diasporic themes with modern
technology and elements of science fiction and fantasy.…
(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Francis, 1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon rejected abstraction in painting to explore a repertoire of strange, fractured, and often bizarre…
(Encyclopedia) Houdon, Jean-AntoineHoudon, Jean-AntoinezhäN-äNtwänˈ &oomacr;dôNˈ [key], 1741–1828, French neoclassical sculptor. He studied with Michel Ange Slodtz, Lemoyne, and Pigalle, took the…
(Encyclopedia) Cresson, EdithCresson, Edithādētˈ krĕsōNˈ [key], 1934–, French politician, b. Edith Campion. After studying at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, she became a consultant in…
(Encyclopedia) Amboise, conspiracy of, 1560, plot of the Huguenots (French Protestants) and the house of Bourbon to usurp the power of the Guise family, which virtually ruled France during the reign…
(Encyclopedia) Pousseur, HenriPousseur, HenriäNrēˈ p&oomacr;sörˈ [key], 1929–2009, Belgian composer, b. Malmédy. Considered the leader of the Belgian avant-garde, he studied composition with…
(Encyclopedia) Hennepin, LouisHennepin, Louishĕnˈəpĭn [key], 1640–1701?, French cleric and explorer in North America. A Franciscan Recollect friar, Hennepin came to Canada in 1675, meeting on the…
(Encyclopedia) GemayelGemayelzhĕmīˈəl [key], Maronite Christian family active in Lebanese politics; leaders of the Phalange party (1937–82), and later the Phalange militia. Pierre Gemayel, 1905–84,…
Director:Dominik MollWriters:Moll and Gilles MarchandMiramax; R; 117 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner Part of Alfred Hitchcock's genius lay in his…
