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- 51: French Revolution-death Of Mar
- History C.A.T. 1 The Death of Marat , is an idealistic portrait painted by Jacques-Louis David, depicting the assassination of one of the leaders of the French Revolution, Jean-Paul Marat. Marat was a prominent member of a group of people called the Jacobins, and founder of a controversial newspaper publication, ‘L’Ami du Peuple’ (“the Friend of ... him. Subsequently Jacques-Louis David was “commissioned by the convention ” to paint a portrait of Marat. The function of David’s painting was to ensure that the momentum of the revolution kept moving forward. If Marat was to be a symbol for maintaining the momentum of the revolution then David needed to portray him in the most appealing possible way, ...
- 52: The French Revolution
- The French Revolution On July 14, 1789, an angry mob of French commoners stormed the Bastille in Paris. These low-class citizens had only one thing on their minds as they initiated a nation at war, and that was revenge - revenge ...
- 53: French Revolution 4
- The causes of the French Revolution, being provoked by this collision of the powers of the rising bourgeoise and an sinking aristocracy defending its privileges, was the Financial debt of the government and the long-standing ... twenty-five years after the Seven Years' War, the government of France could not manage it's finances on a sound basis. This was worsened when France aided the American Revolution against Great Britain. The Government had reached great financial debt. The problem lied and continued because of the government's inability to tap the wealth of the French nation ...
- 54: Study Guide For European Histo
- ... succession, and laying down the principles of parliamentary supremacy. 6. Edict of Nantes.- An edict of 1598 signed by Henry IV of France granting toleration to Protestants and ending the French Wars of Religion. It was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685. 7. Boccaccio.- Giovanni Boccaccio (131375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist. He is most famous for the Decameron (1348 ... Protestant Christian religion of the English state Humanism - Renaissance intellectualism and celebration of the human as an individual Galileo Galilei - Italian astronomer; most famous scientist of the European new scientific revolution; credited for telescope and helocentrism (Sun is central, Earth around Sun) for which he was placed under house arrest by Church for most of his life Huguenots - followers of Calvinsism in Western Europe Laissez-faire - "self-govern," the theory of John Locke that people should govern themselves and hold the sovereignty Voltaire - French intellectual; wrote Philosophical Letters Concerning the English Nation after visiting England for two years in which he explains the greatness of religious tolerance as practiced in England, the theory ...
- 55: The Life of Adolf Hitler
- ... rummaging through his father's book collection and came across several of a military nature, including a picture book on the War of 1870 - 1871 between the Germans and the French. By Hitler's own account, this book became an obsession. He read it over and over, becoming convinced it had been a glorious event. "It was not long before the ... was a lazy and uncooperative student in school. In Autumn 1903, when he returned to school after summer vacation, things got worse. Along with his poor grades in mathematics and French, Hitler behaved badly, knowing he was likely to fail. With no threat of discipline at home and disinterest shown by his school teachers, Hitler performed pranks and practical jokes aimed ... and hardly bothered to make the appropriate responses during the religious ceremony. Shortly after this, Hitler left the high school at Linz. He had been given a passing mark in French on a make-up exam on the condition that he not return to the school. In September, 1904, he entered another high school, at Steyr, a small town 25 ...
- 56: Jacques Louis David
- ... causing him to attempt suicide by starvation) he accompanied Vien to Italy in 1775. His pursuit of the antique, nurtured by his time in Rome, directed the classical revival in French art. He borrowed classical forms and motifs, predominantly from sculpture, to illustrate a sense of virtue he mistakenly attributed to the ancient Romans. Consumed by a desire for perfection and by a passion for the political ideals of the French Revolution, David imposed a fierce discipline on the expression of sentiment in his work. This inhibition resulted in a distinct coldness and rationalism of approach. David's reputation was made ...
- 57: Jacques Louis David
- ... causing him to attempt suicide by starvation) he accompanied Vien to Italy in 1775. His pursuit of the antique, nurtured by his time in Rome, directed the classical revival in French art. He borrowed classical forms and motifs, predominantly from sculpture, to illustrate a sense of virtue he mistakenly attributed to the ancient Romans. Consumed by a desire for perfection and by a passion for the political ideals of the French Revolution, David imposed a fierce discipline on the expression of sentiment in his work. This inhibition resulted in a distinct coldness and rationalism of approach. David's reputation was made ...
- 58: Rousseau And The Artists Of Th
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778) was a French social philosopher and writer. His book Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique (Social Contract) published in 1762, emphasised the rights of the people over the government and was a significant influence on the French Revolution . Rousseau believed that people were not social beings by nature. He stated that ‘Society corrupts individuals by bringing out their inclination toward aggression and selfishness’ . Fundamental to Rousseau’s ...
- 59: The Causes of the American Revolution
- The Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was huge turning point in American history; it was the mark of the end of the British rule and the beginning of the new self-governed America. There have been many debates on the reasons that the revolution began to take place. Some of these reasons have stronger debates then the others and they range from several different aspects in the American and British history. There are ...
- 60: Napoleon
- ... of the Corsican-Italian gentry. Before Napoleone, no Buonaparte had ever been a professional soldier. His father Carlo, was a lawyer who had fought for Corsican independence, but after the French occupied the island in 1768, he served as a prosecutor and a judge and entered the French aristocracy as a count. Through his father's influence, Napoleone was educated at the expense of King Louis XVI, at Brienne and the Ecole Militaire, in Paris. Napoleone graduated in 1785, at the age of 16, and joined the artillery as a second lieutenant. After the revolution began in France, he became a lieutenant colonel (1791) in the Corsican National Guard. However, when Corsica declared independence in 1793, Buonaperte, a Republican, and a French patriot, fled ...
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