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Throughout the interwar years, French interest in anthropology often dovetailed with wider cultural movements such as surrealism and primitivism, which drew on ethnography for inspiration.
" Bardot's book was also against miscegenation ; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with " shit "; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes ; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had " given their lives to push out invaders ".
From the film industry, Chaplin drew upon the work of French comedian Max Linder, whose films he greatly admired.
Like its dada and surrealist predecessors, French New Wave editing often drew attention to itself by its lack of continuity, its demystifying self-reflexive nature ( reminding the audience that they were watching a film ), and by the overt use of jump cuts or the insertion of material not often related to any narrative.
The 2008 rural comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch ' tis drew an audience of more than 20 million, the first French film to do so.
The earliest English verse romance concerning Merlin is Arthour and Merlin, which drew from the chronicles and the French Lancelot-Grail.
The Romantics drew comparisons between Prometheus and the spirit of the French Revolution, Christ, the Satan of John Milton's Paradise Lost, and the divinely inspired poet or artist.
The French political scientist Maurice Duverger drew a distinction between cadre parties and mass parties.
In 2007, researchers Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti, drew popular attention to the claim, repeatedly made by historians over the centuries, that Innocent XI had secretly funded the resistance of the Protestant hero William of Orange to the French King, and even financed his overthrow of James II of England.
He also drew up plans to attack French islands in the Caribbean the following year at the suggestion of a Jamaican sugar planter William Beckford.
The American historian Retha M. Warnicke writes that Anne was " the perfect woman courtier ... her carriage was graceful and her French clothes were pleasing and stylish ; she danced with ease, had a pleasant singing voice, played the lute and several other musical instruments well, and spoke French fluently ... A remarkable, intelligent, quick-witted young noblewoman ... that first drew people into conversation with her and then amused and entertained them.
At first, the Germans were victorious, but the French drew reinforcements and defeated the Germans at Coulmiers on 9 November.
For the present, the first war plan that Raeder drew up in January 1929 stated that there was nothing that the Reichsmarine could do to stop a French fleet from entering the Baltic.
In war plans that Raeder drew up in 1931-32 stated that the Reichsmarine would start a war with an surprise attack on the Polish naval base of Gdynia that was intended to destroy the Polish Navy and would then attack French ships in the North Sea before they could enter the Baltic.
In 1657, relying on Ad Sanctam Beati Petri Sedem, the French Assembly of the Clergy drew up a formulation of faith condemning Jansenism and declared that subscription to the formula was obligatory.
Yet, from a professional and personal point-of-view, both films were significant challenges for Binoche ; her casting opposite Ralph Fiennes's Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, in favour of English actresses Helena Bonham Carter and Kate Beckinsale, was immediately contentious and drew derision from the British press, unimpressed that a uniquely English role had gone to a French actress.
The most famous play of this group is Antigone, which " established Anouilh as a leading dramatist, not only because of the power with which he drew the classic confrontation between the uncompromising Antigone and the politically expedient Creon, but because French theatre-goers under the occupation read the play as a contemporary political parable.
A formal assault plan, adopted in early March 1917, drew heavily on the briefings of staff officers sent to learn from the experiences of the French Army during the Battle of Verdun.
While it was in French hands, the famed military engineer Vauban visited the city and drew up plans for its fortification.
Also in 2009, he drew the artwork for a 10-CD anthology of French traditional music ( compiled by Guillaume Veillet for Frémeaux & Associés ).
Waite drew upon the earlier Tarot of French occultist Eliphas Levi, at times retaining his changes to the traditional deck ( as with the Chariot card, which both Waite and Levi picture being drawn by two sphinx, instead of horses ), at other times criticizing him ( as with the Hermit card, which Waite thought Levi misinterpreted ).
He drew on existing European traditions, notably Slavonic and French, but made only scarce use of arias, preferring to base his scores on ensembles and choruses.
Under the command of the Prince de Tingry, French regiments held the bridge at Prouvy against repeated Austrian attacks ; finally, as the day drew to a close, the French destroyed the bridge to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy.

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