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"Coco Chanel." Biography.com. Web. 15 Nov 2010\nThis article from Biography.com is about everything from her childhood to her death. It also covers everything from her fashion to her love life. The article also talks about how the economic depression in the 1930s effected Chanel and her business. It also speaks about her connection with Nazi Germany and how she got out of the trouble that she should have been in.

McCully, Marilyn. "Pablo Picasso: The early years." USA Today Magazine 126.2626 (1997): 38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. The is an article about Picasso extraced from the USA Today magazine. It gives a great detailed background. I really like it because it breaks up Picasso's life into different sections. The biography is extremely easy to follow. It also includes some of his paintings during the specified times included in the biography.

Rompalske, Dorothy. "Chanel number one." Biography 2.11 (1998): 60. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is a biography of how Chanel got started in fashion. It talks about what we see in today's fashion was started by her such as cardigan sweaters. Also, it talks about how she got started in the fashion world.

Beardsley, J. Pablo Picasso. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1991. Print. A biography on the life of Pablo Picasso. Beadsley examines Picasso through his years; from early childhood to adulthood. Also, Beadsley write about the movements in which Picasso was involved in. The influences of Picasso are also discussed about Picasso and his works, as well as his most famous works of art.

van Hensbergen, G. Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. Print. Guernica is still seen as a political work of art today. Guernica not only depicted the brutal bombings and aftermath of that April day but it is a depiction of what is yet to come. The horror of Guernica can still be seen in modern times; such as the attack on the Twin Towers in New York (van Hensbergen 1) and the war in Iraq (van Hensbergen 2). Many well known political figures refer to Guernica and it's political message in many speeches and addresses because its message is still relevant today.

Krick, Jessa. "Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) and the House of Chanel". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
This article rather than being a biography about her life this is mainly about the revolution of her clothing line. How she first got started and her early successes. Then it goes on to describe how she became the style icon of of her time. Also it outlines how she had to close the doors to her store when France went into World War II. Then it talks about how she made her come back after the war was over. The last part of the article talks about how even through her her death her legened as a designer lives on.

This is a shorter article from the UK vogue website. It gives the main facts about Chanel's life. When she lived and died. How she got started with her fashion line. About the building where the clothes are still designed. Not a very long article but it gives the important facts about Coco Chanels life.

Menand, Louis. "TOP OF THE POPS." New Yorker 85.44 (2010): 56-65. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on the "top" pop artists.  It provides Andy Warhol's biography.  It discusses some of the most famous books written about him, and even his own book.  It also comments on several of his most famous pieces of art, including his famous Campbell's soup can painting.  Andy Warhol was a puzzling individual as well as artist; people are still trying to uncover why his art was not affected by the different economic times; people were continuing to pay more and more for his work, no matter what their economic status was at the time.

"Claude Monet." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. This article is a short biography of Claude Monet as an artist. The biography includes how he is the founder of Impressionism. Also it includes who inspired monet and how he got into art. It goes on to describe his works throughout his lifetime.

Keller, Victoria. "Andy Warhol: A Celebration of Life... and Death." Blackwell Publishing (2008): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is a basic biography of Andy Warhol's life and work. Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1928. He received his art training at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology and went on to become a commercial illustrator in NYC in the 50's. Warhol had his mind set on becoming a solo artist all throughout his career. His first solo exhibit was in 1962, where his 32 Campbell Soup can paintings were displayed.

Harmon, Melissa Burdick. "The Mad, Magnificent Salvador Dali." Biography 5.1 (2001): 106. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article provides an insight into the life of Salvador Dali's, specifically his childhood. It shows his interest in art at a young age. It explains the relationships with the people who were close to Dali throughout his life. In addition, it begins to explain what Surrealism is.

Harmon, Melissa Burdick. "Vincent Van Gogh: Blazing Genius, Tormented Soul." Biography 7.2 (2003): 84. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article highlights artist Van Gogh. It outlines his childhood, education and more. The article goes on to take a look at some of the work Van Gogh did throughout his career. It describes ho he developed his artistic ability in mediums including pencil and oil paints. Finally the article tells abut his close relationship with brother Theo and some of the psychological problems he faced.

Klein, Richard, and Klein Richard. "Chanel's Cosmos." Sites: Journal of the Twentieth-Century/Contemporary French Studies 1.1 (1997): 251. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010
This article is about how Coco Chanel changed fashion in Europe. How she took womens fashion to a new level. Rather than keeping women's fashion as it was she made it easier to be fashionable. Her hat's were the start of her fame, and from there her carreer took flight

Herrick, Roxanna, and Bette-Lee Fox. "Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh." Library Journal 116, no. 10:208. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed November 7, 2010). In this article it talks about Van Gogh's failure as an artist while he was alive. Van Gogh produced over 1800 pieces of work, and only sold one painting while he was alive. Van Gogh tried to find himself through his artwork. His life was very bleak and depressing. In the end Van Gogh ended up committing suicide, which was not found to be too surprising.

Wilson, Marie. "Obsession to Betrayal: The Life and Art of Pablo Picasso." Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 11.3 (2004): 163-182. EBSCOhost: Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 November 2010. Picasso's life is discussed in this article. Where and when he was born, his parents and their personalities, as well as his many lovers. His lovers were his inspiration and often found in his art work. He was controlling and manipulative when it came to women. He had multiple affairs, often more than one at once, but never a serious relationship, even when he was married.

Kinderman, William. Beethoven. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print. Essentially, this book goes through a timeline sequence of events in Beethoven's life. It discusses his various styles of music over the years. It also discusses his struggles, triumphs, and where the inspiration for his music came from. There are also a number of sections that cover specific compositions. At the end of the book, in the index, there is a list of Beethoven's compositions.

Davis, Mary E. "Classical Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism". University of California Press. 2006. Print. This book is all about Classical Chic during the modernism movement. There are many different chapters including an entire chapter on Coco Chanel. The chapter started out by talking about she influenced the 1920s and the 1930s. How she turned around the fashion of the time. She kept the ideas of the "liberated women" and applied it to all of her work. It goes through each of her steps to how she became the iconic fashion designer she is today. Also, each of the types of article of clothing that made her so iconic. It then goes on to talk about how the label as taken over after her death.

Duchting, Hajo. Pablo Picasso. Munich, 2008. Print. This is a book with a lot of information about Pablo Picasso. I recently ordered it from OhioLink and have not received it yet. I can not provide a whole of information on this source for that reason.