ELSA SCHIAPARELLI (1890 ~ 1973)
I couldn’t see where her uniqueness coming from when I look at Schiaparelli’s childhood. She was from well-established family and she was well educated. She was born in 1890, Rome, Italy. She had many talents. Her studying philosophy didn’t make many connection with art and fashion in my mind with her later shocking designs. Even for me who saw many things in today’s life, her designs were shocking and somewhat crazy. I could imagine how shocking it would be for the people in that time. Because most of the designs are feminine and focused more onto how to be look good or elegance.
Like I said before, her designs are far apart from Chanel and Poiret, but somewhat similar. First, I don’t know where she got her ideas like that. She uses a lot of images that seems like not fitted into the dresses but somehow, I see it not as weird looking dress that is unattractive but as well-blended dress with elegance and classic looks. It is the shapes and colors that make the dress united and attractive. Influences of Cubism and Surrealism are also the reason why her design is unique. The artists who worked with her contributed the pattern and colors. She worked with Dali, Beroatd, and Cocteau to design fabrics and accessories. Some of designs that thought were weird and crazy are bug necklaces, ice cream cones hat and lamp cutlets shaped hat. I wonder how people dressed with these accessories. Although her design is unique, I certainly would never wear that bug necklace. It feels creepy to think that bugs are hanging around my neck. She also had an eye to see the object in other perspectives. For example, in 1935, she designed a zipper, which she dyed with same color as her fabrics and positioned them in exposed places. Another invention was her shocking pink.
Susan B. Anthony is the most well known name in women's rights from the 1800s. Most people who are not familiar with the history of this time are aware of Susan's reputation and nearly everyone of my generation has seen and held a Susan B. Anthony silver dollar. For these reasons I was greatly surprised to learn that Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the original women's rights movement spokeswoman and Susan B. Anthony her protégé.
Before Elizabeth Cady Stanton had any impact and attempts to start speeches like her “the solitude to self” speech or her speeches at Seneca Falls. Most women were treated as a cook and a maid, they stayed home to take care of the children. They were to be bossed around by their husband. It was actually better off if a woman was single or widowed. Also, all women were not allowed to vote. Women had a say in typically nothing that is until Elizabeth finally took a stand.
However in the mid 1800’s women began to fight for their rights, and in particular the right to vote. In July of 1848 the first women's rights conventions was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was tasked with drawing up the Declaration of Sentiments a declaration that would define and guide the meeting. Soon after men and women signed the Declaration of Sentiments, this was the beginning of the fight for women’s rights. 1850 was the first annual National Women’s rights convention which continued to take place through to upcoming years and continued to grow each year eventually having a rate of 1000 people each convention. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were the two leaders of the Women’s Rights Movement, in 1869 they formed the National Woman suffrage Association with it’s primary goal being to achieve voting by Congressional Amendment to the Constitution. Going ahead a few years, in 1872 Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the nation election, nevertheless, she continued to fight for women’s rights the rest of her life. It wouldn’t be until 1920 till the 19th amendment would be
Since the beginning of the Market Revolution, the institution of slavery became the leading factor that intensified the relations between the North and the South. Regarding the geographic differences between the North and South, the South was primarily agrarian and the North was mainly urban. Therefore, the North rapidly industrialized while the South remained relatively rural and cotton-slave based. As a result, the Market Revolution economically separated the North and the South and created a second party system. Thus, the issues of pro-slavery and anti-slavery arose between the Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans in the 1850s. The North desired to halt the expansion of slavery into western territories while the South strongly opposed. These two opposing parties led to radical abolitionism in the North, William Henry Seward and John Brown, and extreme secessionism in the South, James Henry Hammond, and South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Due to their strict ideologies regarding slavery, both parties could not compromise on the issue of the expansion of slavery. Therefore, according to Americans in the years prior to the Civil War, conflict was inevitable.
The turmoil between the North and South about slavery brought many issues to light. People from their respective regions would argue whether it was a moral institution and that no matter what, a decision on the topic had to be made that would bring the country to an agreement once and for all. This paper discusses the irrepressible conflict William H. Seward mentions, several politician’s different views on why they could or could not co-exist, and also discusses the possible war as a result.
She was dedicated to preserve her legacy by involving in multiple field, instead of only focus on painting, her works in fashion field actually increased her larger popularity more. One of her illustrations which done for the Vogue magazine cover in 1926 (pic.1) was the most impressed one. With Sonia’s signature style, the title “VOGUE” was consisted of various geometrical color blocks, the “G” of Vogue is also the head of two walking models, who are wearing richly decorated oversized coats. The strong contrast of colors stimulated the spectators’ eyeballs, the abstract color blocks that formed the recognizable subject matter which showed Sonia’s creativity to blend her own artistic style into practical use, since most of her work does not include any subject matters. By the body gestures of the two female models depicted on the cover, we could tell how confident they are, to think deeper, it could also be considered as the artist herself to express her confidence through her work. Through the mainstream media such as magazines, or practical items like clothing and fabrics, Delaunay was exposed to popular fields and successfully gained fame due to her innovative creativity. Although she did not go through too much discrimination as being a Jewish during her stage of pursuing proper artistic skill training, Sonia was a recluse in the 1940, she left Paris and moved to Southern France in order to get rid of the German Occupation and persecution, she kept being low keyed and worked quietly for 10 years, before she regained her career in the 1950s.
The majority of speculations regarding the causes of the American Civil War are in some relation to slavery. While slavery was a factor in the disagreements that led to the Civil War, it was not the solitary or primary cause. There were three other, larger causes that contributed more directly to the beginning of the secession of the southern states and, eventually, the start of the war. Those three causes included economic and social divergence amongst the North and South, state versus national rights, and the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case. Each of these causes involved slavery in some way, but were not exclusively based upon slavery.
The separation of the south and north was not the only separation the United States was going through, the Democratic Party had split. The northern and southern democrats turn on each other. After several delegates walk out of the democratic convention, Douglas, who was not supposed to be put up as a nomination for president because he would not support the idea to make all states have slaves, was nominated for president. After the fact that Douglas was nominated without the entire Democratic Party consent, the southern democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge, who believed that all the states should have slavery, thus a split in the Democratic Party. (Foner,496)
Susan B. Anthony who was a Quaker, was therefore opposed to the immorality slavery but also played a role in the movement calling for equality and rights of women. Anthony was inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also active in both movements, but very famous for her aggressive action in the Women's Movement, which can be shown by Document I. Elizabeth Cady Stanton played a very important role in The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. This convention also sought to expand democratic ideals, and more radically than perhaps any other event of any movement. They produced a declaration which stated that all men and women are created equal, and should therefore be treated equal. Stanton believed that women should be equally "represented in the government" and demanded for the right to vote.
Many men attended the Seneca Falls convention and defended women’s rights. There were many conventions prior to the Seneca Falls convention to speak on women’s rights and to gather petitions, like the Rochester Convention to consider the rights of women religiously, industrially, and politically (page 95). Many years after the Seneca Falls Convention and many more years of protesting and meetings the First National Women’s Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 23rd and 24th (page 106). There was said to be up to a thousand people attending, including men (page
She also uses the shadowing technique to make the figures look 3D, and to emphasize the foreground and background. She uses bright colors in the clothing and sunlight to brighten up the painting to make it known they are outside. She used a lot of detail in their clothing, and even on the table they are playing chess on. I also noticed on the side of the chess game, she engraved her name on the side, along with some other words I cant make out.
During the time, you had the death of the Whig party and the formation of the Republican. Additionally, there was the rise of the know-nothings. The issue of slavery and sectionalism (illustrated by the parallel fears) caused many Northerners to become Republicans and support Northern action to stop southern succession and preserve the union. This is demonstrated by Stephan A. Douglas and his political journey. He originally was a politically savvy Democrat who had ambitions to become President. In trying to become the Democratic nominee he attempted to appeal to Southern Democrats by pushing the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Furthermore, he famously debated future President Abraham Lincoln. However, in the moment of truth he supported the preservation of the Union over the interests of Southern Democrats. In turn, Lincoln and many northern political opponents mourned his death. This incident speaks to the political realignment of the nation and the subsequent division among the states. The notion that your state and your section stood ahead of your political party or ideology is a what made the conditions ripe for
Women began standing up for more rights and realizing that they could be treated better. 1840 the World Anti-slavery Convention in London showed a great example of inferiority of women. Women were denied a seat at the convention because they were women. Women like Elizabeth C. Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott were enraged and inspired to launch the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Stanton promoted women’s right to vote. “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to forment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Elsa Schiaparelli, an extremely talented, Italian fashion designer, gave beautiful, curvy women a perfect glow with her shocking pink and ice-cold blue dresses. Schiaparelli’s name remains unknown to the world while a large amount of her overrated competitors receive much credit for little effort. Schiaparelli strived for success through her new inventions, her film wardrobes, her irresistible perfumes, and her unique dresses while still being placed at the bottom of the fashion totem pole.
I think that without Chanel’s designs and risk taking in general, women as a hole would be wearing similar things to the Victorian era, instead of things such as yoga pants and a t-shirts. Even if we were wearing things that were similar to the Victorian era we still wouldn’t have the handbags, the perfume, or the jewelry she created because I think that designers always have that one person they look up too and for most of them I think it would be Coco Chanel. Whether or not they realize it they would be using Chanel as a motivation to be better or inspiration to be like Chanel.