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Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
3,788 wordsLeonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, the illegitimate son of Master Piero, a public notary, and his companion Caterina. Leonardo was the supreme example of Renaissance genius, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, the Florentine produced such masterpieces as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483), the Last Supper (1495 - 97), and Mona Lisa (1503 - 06). As an architect, Leonardo worked on the cathedral of Milan and the restoration of the cathedral at Piacenza. As an e...
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Fran Ois Avant Garde
5,977 wordsFrance&# 39; s inestimable contribution to world cinema begins in 1889, when Emile Reynaud patented his &# 34; Th? atre Optique. &# 34; This presentation system used perforated film strips, on which he painted such animated shorts as Pauvre Pierrot (1892) and La Press? re Care (1896). His medium was replaced, however, by the live-action motion pictures taken with (and projected by) the Cin? matographe of brothers Louis and Auguste Lumi? re. At Paris&# 39; Grand Caf? on December 28, 1895, they he...
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Fran Ois Anglo Saxon
1,414 wordsWithout Africa, France will have no history in the 21 st century. (Fran ois Mitterand) I was disturbed by the writings and discussions concerning where that blame was to be placed in the Rwandan genocide, ending in a million Rwandans dead. Although a sole unit cannot receive the burden of all those victims, I find it unacceptable to assert that such a gruesome reality can be justified the way Bruno Delay, chief adviser on Africa for French President Fran ois Mitterand, insisted when he explained...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
5,856 wordsThe Jan Ifversen Jan Ifversen The Meaning of European Civilization A Historical-Conceptual Approach My interest in the concept of civilization was triggered by Samuel Huntington's now famous article The Clash of Civilizations from 1993. I have been working on different discursive settings of European self-consciousness for some times. The idea of Europe as an entity or even a quality has a rather long history in Europe. In the 15 th century the concept of Europe (which, previously, mainly had be...
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Fran Ois Famous Writer
1,448 wordsJean de la Fontaine La Fontaine, the most versatile and most widely celebrated nondramatic poet in seventeenth century France. He has often experienced the misfortune of having the artistry of his works obscured by a host of myths, half-truths, prejudices, and non aesthetic issues. This great poet, has become a classic. His fables, on which his Reputations rests, are part of the literary canon of French writers and are studied in schools. His other works, however, have been rediscovered and are ...
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Yom Kippur Slobodan Milosevic
4,666 wordsLA TRAG? DIE YOUGOSLAVE La Yougoslavie est l? tat d Europe dont la population? la structure nationale la plus cosmopolite. Depuis sa cr? ation en 1918, la vie politique y est domin? e par la question des nationalit? s. Les principaux groupes national y r? alien des concentrations spatial g? n? raiment imparfaites; de ce fait, les en jeux politiques sont tr? s foremen territorial? s, avec une foule de probl? mes de limite's, de cohabitation, de minority? s locales. Aucun de ces groupes n? merge a...
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Fran Ois Poem Quot
3,493 wordsDavid R. Weimer For the present, I wish only to illustrate what may be done in the reconstruction of labor history by using kinds of materials and of interpretation not ordinarily treated as relevant to this pursuit, and by setting forth the workers attitudes toward something quite inadequately described in existing studies the worker, himself, as a human being. Our microcosm will be the American Federation of Labor from its origins in 1881 to World War I, in the green years when trade-union lea...
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Fran Ois Louis Xiv
911 wordsThe The Louvre The Louvre The Louvre, for hundreds of years, it has been a part of French culture. As a medieval fortress in the beginning, the palace for the King of France, and a museum for the last two centuries, this place has been a milestone for the FreNch. The Louvre has been a piece of history for over 800 years. Its architecture was very advanced for its time, and is still considered advanced for the 21 st century. In the beginning, The Louvre was used as a royal palace. It was built by...
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