Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre was a 17th century composer, harpsichordist, and organist from France, who was thriving in Versailles at that time. What makes her remarkable is that she was the first women to have an opera, Céphale et Procris, staged at the Acadéimie Royale de Musique, the prestigious opera house in Paris. Her outstanding talent as a harpsichordist, singer and accompanist was commended greatly by the Versailles royalty. As stated by the Paris Mercure gallant, “Mademoiselle
The print “Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre” by Jacques Callot is a telling historical piece, which both takes the viewer on a journey through France in the 1630’s and makes a bold controversial stance against the Thirty Years’ war. “Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre” illustrates an army of French soldiers named the Cardinal Richelieu hanging civilians in the town of Lorraine before overtaking it and annexing it to the French. In the print, the soldiers loot a farmhouse and torture regular common
John Evergreen wrote “La Guerre de L'humanité” while fighting in world war II where he was shot and died. Evergreen writes “La Guerre de L'humanité” in hopes to depict to the world just how gruesome and violent war actually is, in hopes to end war. He describes war with no filter leaving every detail visible to the naked eye. He wants to share the belief that, war is unethical and can change humanity in horrific ways, with the use of vivid imagery, the strong symbolism, and the dark connotation.
When you hear the word ‘veteran’ what immediately comes to mind? Perhaps a popular war hero or someone who has served in the military. The official definition of a veteran is, “a person who has served in a military force, especially one who has fought in a war.” And while many think of people with superhuman traits like Superman or Captain America when they think of heroes, the official definition of hero is, “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character.” One person that best represents
There are many great people in the world who are very influential. These people impact the world in a good way inspiring great people to follow their dreams, stand for what they believe in, and overcome big obstacles in life. Alvin York, soldier of America, shows good traits to be influenced. Alvin York is influential because of his long legacy, his brave, heroic acts, and his great accomplishments that went with him to the grave. Alvin York, a hero, puts a long legacy on people. According to Dr
Pleasing family or society can be a complex argument, it ties into factors of being loyal to family but also doing what is best for oneself. Moral aspects also tie in, clouding peoples judgement not by “What’s best for me in the long run?” more so by “What will keep my family happy?” The most logical steps from my point of view is pleasing society, however, many object -- but not for the correct reasons. This essay will outline three major points that tie into this argument; the importance of pleasing
Engaging Hip Hop in the classroom can be a bridge for uninterested students, and to ‘standard English,’ however, doing so would be underutilizing Hip Hop and not necessarily engaging in culturally relevant teaching. Some scholars have argued that students uninterested in current curriculum, can be attracted through rap lyrics. Ernest Morrell and Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade (2002) provide example of rap songs that serves as transitional text to booklists in classrooms (p. 91). In a unit designed for a
As I sit down to write this, I ask myself the question “Why do I want to stay at the Wesley Foundation?” What more could I learn from being a 2nd year intern? And I can’t honestly answer that question without first reflecting back on my time here. Thinking back to some of my first times walking through the doors of the Wesley Foundation, I don’t recognize my former self. As a quiet and painfully timid student leaving home for the first time, I wasn’t aware of the road I was about to travel. He didn’t
La paideia homosexuelle: Foucault, Platon et Aristote ABSTRACT: As Michel Foucault describes it, the homosexual paideia in classical Greece was an erotic bonding between a boy who had to learn how to become a man, and a mature man who paid court to him. In many of his dialogues, Plato plays with this scheme: he retains the erotic atmosphere, but he inverts and purifies the whole process in the name of virtue and wisdom. In the Republic, however, Socrates' pupil forsakes this model in favor of
Au Revoir Les Enfants and La Lengua de la Mariposa: A Closer Look at European Films The films Goodbye, Children and The Butterfly’s Tongue both revolve around the relationships between friends and between student and teacher. Both films skillfully showed how each relationship developed and blossomed and how each abruptly and sadly ended with betrayal. However, the gravity and the context of the betrayal differ in both films. In Julien’s case, his betrayal was unintentional. Perhaps his
questioned its legitimacy. The objective of the debate between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolome de Las Casas was to discuss the capability of the Indians to govern themselves. Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda was a humanist theologian, who served as Charles V official historian. In his book, On the Reasons for the Just War among the Indians (1547), Sepúlveda represented the colonist vision and beliefs. On the other hand, Bartolome de Las Casa was a Dominican friar, writer, and advocate for the humane treatment
Lafayette uses signs, which are motives, throughout her novel La Princesse de Clèves. She uses the dialogue between the husband and the Princess Mme. de Clèves to show the motive of passion. She also uses Mme. de Clèves to show her way of expressing toward the situation that the Princess has. Fabricated letter is also used in her novel to represent the signs of taking over the Princess’s feelings. In her novel, she utilizes characters For this essay, I would like to explore the structure of her
In the exert Sepulveda vs. Las Casa, the readers are first introduced to Sepulveda. Sepulveda makes a very strong case that he is okay with using Indians in slavery. Sepulveda starts by stating that Indians are incapable of learning, have no written language, and have no documents of history. He continues to follow this argument up by saying they are barbarians who have zero form of government and live without a sense of reason. Sepulveda also believes that the Indians are just blood thirsty cannibals
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, he directly addressed Spanish royalty, discussing the hypocritical barbarities Spanish conquistadors committed in the name of colonization in New Spain. Las Casas based his argument off a few, isolated incidents. Las Casas definitely exaggerated his description of these incidents in order to influence the Spanish crown to protect the Native Americans in the New World. He was given credibility for his priesthood, however, his work has since been discredited
The researchers conducted a survey in De La Salle Lipa, which is offering Engineering courses. This process was done in order to have a firsthand data about the factors which affect the preference of the female first year college students taking up BS Electronics and Communication Engineering. The proponents of this research paper prepared survey sheets using an English language since this study is for the communication skills. The answers on the survey questions can be supported by the ideas
categories: to persuade people to come to the new world and to warn people of the dangers they may encounter in the new world. It is easy to explore these themes by paying particular attention a couple of notorious writers: Christopher Columbus, Bartolome De Las Casas, and John Smith. When reading pieces by writers involved in the exploration and settlement on the new world, it is important to keep in mind the audience they were targeting. These pieces were not published in America, but rather were transmitted
by the traditional colour of mourning, religion and worn by peasants in paintings. The layered lace ruffles on the lower part of the dress give an impression of a flamenco dancer’s skirt. Looking at figure 8 we see the lace being worn by The Marquez de Santa Cruz. By the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, who Balenciaga used often as an inspiration for his designs. This dress has a distinctive structure of a form, generating a fascination by the public, other designers and mass markets copied this
he found. In a letter describing his findings to his friend Luis de Santangel, he wrote, "And there I found very many islands fil... ... middle of paper ... ...a by traversing the western oceans. He died feeling a failure because of this, not because of the tragedy he had brought to the Indians. His great accomplishment was the destruction of an entire population. How is that heroic? Works Cited Casas, Bartolome de las. "From the Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies."
L.A., ”El Nino De Oro” ,the one, the only “The Golden Boy” ,Oscar De La Hoya. Oscar De La Hoya is known all around the world as one of the greatest boxers to ever enter the squared circle but his victories outside the ring as an entrepreneur match or exceed his boxing prowess. Oscar De La Hoya was born on February 4, 1973 in Montebello, East Los Angeles, California. His parents were Mexican immigrants who moved to the U.S. a few months before Oscar was born. His father Joel De La Hoya Sr. was a warehouse
Sculpture Garden. It includes masterpieces of European art from the Middle Ages through impressionism and the followers of Rodin. Renowned for an outstanding representation of Italian baroque paintings as well as for world-famous masterpieces like Georges de La Tour’s Magdalen with the Smoking Flame (c.1638–40), Rembrandt’s Raising of Lazarus (c.1630), Degas’s The Bellelli Sisters (1862–64), and Cézanne’s Sous-Bois (1894), the collection also boasts paintings by Jacopo Bellini, Rosso Fiorentino, Veronese