Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Quest Pistols # 3

1:
Shown above is a work by an extremely prolific impressionist style painter of the 19th century.This painiting,specifically the lady encircled explicitly in the painting, served as an inspiration for the central charcter of a  highly acclaimed movie.Name the movie.

Answer:

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain,2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou.

2:
Today,he is remembered as one of the legends and forefathers in his profession.There is still more to this man.His name is widely popular throughout the world in an enitrely differnet perspective.

Identify him.Also mention that 'different' perspective.

Answer:

John Lawrence Sullivan,first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing.The male nightwear garment known as 'Long Johns' are said to be named because he often boxed in an outfit that looked like long underpants.



3:
Identify this iconic photograph and also mention the context. 

Answer:

Dorothea's Lange photo Migrant Mother(1936), an iconic image of the Great Depression.


2 comments:

Aadish said...

1.) French movie Amelie and the girl in the center drinking water is her.
2.)Famous boxer John L Sullivan.The long john pants are named after him.

Aadish said...

3.)This image is named 'the migrant mother' clicked by dorothea lange in 1936 during the times of the great depression in the united states.the lady photographed here is florence owens thompson.