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By Emma Taggart on March 13, 2021 “Self-Portrait” by Marc Chagall, 1914. (Photo: WikimediaCommons Public Domain) The late French-Russian artist Marc Chagall is known for his distinct abstract style that merged Cubism, Fauvism, and Surrealism. Throughout his long career, he created dream-like figurative and narrative art that explored his Jewish identity and life in Russia. He once said, “Lenin turned [the country] upside down, just as I upturn my paintings.” Chagall said of his childhood, “Lines...
Course toward safety. we are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. >> joining me now is douglas brinkley, presidential historian and professor at rice university. professor, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> the mission tonight for the president is to change people's minds and to swing public opinion. how heavy a lift is it in the context of what those presidents we're dealing with? >> well, you know, he switched now. it's not going to be an oval office speech. usually when you have a war talk, you do it to have the gravitas of the oval offi...