Word: parise
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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-Constantino Caramanlis, Paris
After the collapse of the military junta and his dramatic return from exile in Paris, Caramanlis won the 1974 Greek elections by a landslide. On the night of that victory, the streets of Athens spilled over with crowds of worshipful supporters cheering and waving flags. Three thousand diehard followers shouted...
Melina Mercouri, upon winning a seat in the Greek parliament: "A close link has been established with the people. They treat me as if I am the Madonna of Paris who is going to perform miracles for them."
The realist-revolutionary in a Paris retrospective
One contemporary critic described Courbet's work as "an engine of revolution." Courbet agreed. He thought of himself as a subversive force: the epitome of the avantgarde, a one-man realist movement. "I am Courbetist, that's all. My painting is the only true one. I am the...