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Dolls for Britain. Christian Dior is a product of three centuries of elegance that run back to the reign of King Louis XIV. To control the restive feudal nobles he subdued, Louis built the huge palace at Versailles, turned it into a vast gilded cage where the aristocracy, cut off from their lands, were reduced to an idle group waiting on the Sun King. In that sumptuous court, elegance became an obsession, and Louis put the obsession to use. He organized Paris' dressmakers and tailors. Two life-sized dolls, dressed in the latest fashions, were shipped monthly across...
GroupMidyear Exam I January 29 II January 28 III January 21 IV January 18 V January 23 VI January 24 VII January 22 VIII January 29 IX January 29 X January 19 XI January 26 XII January 25 XIII January 30 XIV January 22 XV January 19 XVI January 19 XVII January 24 XVIII January...
GroupMidyear Exam I January 29 II January 28 III January 21 IV January 18 V January 23 VI January 24 VII January 22 VIII January 29 IX January 29 X January 19 XI January 26 XII January 25 XIII January 30 XIV January 22 XV January 19 XVI January 19 XVII January 24 XVIII January...
Grace After Grandeur. The music goes into an arietta by Lully (Louis XIV's favorite composer), sung in a sweetly plaintive soprano voice. From the 17 great windows of the Hall of Mirrors, lights blaze as courtiers chatter and fawn. In the distance a voice proclaims, "Gentlemen, the King!" The monarch's cane clumps louder and louder on the floor as he approaches, and a burst of triumphal music rings out as "the greatest King" enters...
...Louis XIV grows older. Over a subtle background melody, Madame de Maintenon makes her legendary stab at Madame de Montespan: "Last night I dreamt, Madame, that we were on the grand stairs of Versailles: I was going up; you were coming down." The King dies, and several deep orchestral chords seem to roll a tombstone over his entire century. Then Louis XV is on the throne; his meeting with Pompadour is set off by a lilting love song. Music marks a new culture, as from the palace windows twang the pure, shrill notes of the harpsichord. Explains Narrator Boyer: "Grace...