Caravaggio’s Cardsharps and George De La Tour’s Cheats with the Ace of Clubs were both inspired by card games and gambling. Caravaggio was an artist during the sixteenth century who made Cardsharps, which is “the most influential gambling-themed painting in the history of art” (Goldstein 1201). It was so influential that it inspired many other artists to make similar themed paintings, including La Tour’s painting, the Cheat with the Ace of Clubs. While both Caravaggio and La Tour both use the theme of
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
plus connus du monde? La tour Eiffel. La tour Eiffel c’est un symbole de Paris et de la France avec près de 7 millions personnes qui visite chaque années. Dont 2.4% sont les canadiennes, 7.9% sont les américains et 10.4% sont de la France métropolitaine. La tour Eiffel est 324 m en hauteur et est connu comme le première structure à dépasser 300 mètres de hauteur et d’être le plus haut bâtiment du monde de 1889 à 1930. Sa grandeur et allure impressionne le monde entier. La tour Eiffel c’est nommée
Monde des Jeunes - French Paper Pour celebrer notre centieme anniversaire on fera un reportage especial, dans lequel on va faire une comparaison entre Londre et Paris. !!!Londres contre Paris!!! Mon experience personelle de Paris etait un peu limitee donc j'y ai visite seulemont une fois. Mais je connais Londre comme mes poches. Le deux sont des villes tres anciennes avec beaucoup de monuments historiques. Paris a ete fonde au temps des Celtes, et Londres a ete fonde au temps des Romains
French approach to art in the early1seventeenth century differed from the rest of Europe. The majorities of Baroque artists from France were seen to be at odds with “the spirit of the age”, and were sometimes regarded as anti-Baroque. Artists like de la Tour did not take a conceptual view of art, and lacked the imaginative exuberance that is so common in other artwork from the 17th century. At this time the majority of the European population was composed of the working class. The French artist differed
Marquis de Lafayette, a young Frenchman who worked his way into Washington’s army helped the Americans succeed in their attempt at Revolution using war tactics and his own wits against the British. Taking place in many of America’s large battles and helping build a major alliance with France Marquis was an important asset to the American Revolution. Without him there may have been many more casualties and losses. Marquis de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette, a French general who wholeheartedly supported
colonialism and a defence of African culture. It has deeply influnced the strengthening of African identity in the French-speaking black world. "L'èmotion est nègre, la raision est héllène." (emotion is Negro, reason is Greek) "Negritude is the totality of the cultural values of the Black world." Léopold Sédar Senghor was born in Joal-la-Portugaise, a small fishing vilage about seventy miles south of Dakar. His father was of noble descent and wealthy merchant. His mother was a Peul, one of a pastoral
Caravaggio’s work was “largely based on relative naturalism and [the] extensive use of dark shadows, [which] would be seen today as a rather rude characterisation of […] sixteenth-century Venetian painting[s]” (Kieth 1998: 37). “The lit and shadowed areas are very light and very dark and […] in an unnatural fashion neither done or even considered before by such artists as Raphael, Titian, […] or others” (Christiansen 2003). Caravaggio’s unusual techniques have made him a revolutionary painter of
they all knew each other.It was a company of 13 high standard dancers. The company got the blessing to have great choreographers come and work. These choreographers include Michel Folkine, Bronislava Nijinska, Leonide Massine, Vaslac Nijinsky, Ayoung George, and Marius Petipa. His company became one fo the most influential ballet companies of the 20th century, simply because of the great collaborations between contemporary choreographers, composers, and dancers. His works were in the avant-garde culture
Concepts: Mary was a great believer and lover of Jesus Christ because of her repentance of her sins that he forgave her. Mary Magdalene is a universal biblical figure besides Jesus Crist and the Virgin Mary. The first two of the artworks are religious art that are for church purposes and the last artwork is not is a church but it’s for Catholicity display. Religion has to do with forgiveness, sacrifice, faith, since, repentance, spiritual, light, and darkness. Magdalene is mentioned in the gospels
Plan of Champ de Mars, Paris 1889 This is a twenty-six by forty-eight centimeter plan of the Champ de Mars during the Exposition Universelle of 1889, used by visitors at the time of the fair, a bold political statement on the part of France, as well as an overwhelming success. The Third Republic was established in Paris in 1870, and by 1884, when preliminary studies for the the Exposition Universelle were launched, many political issues were still largely unresolved. In 1870 Napoleon III surrendered
Experience Napa Delights with the Napa Valley Wine Train Famiglia Tour Whether you are a wine country weekender or a first time visitor, Napa Valley always has something new and interesting to offer. While each season brings its own set of exciting, experiential attractions, the Napa Valley Wine Train remains a classic. This unique tour onboard a luxuriously restyled Vintage Pullman railcar is one of the most memorable ways to experience the valley’s scenery and wineries. You have several options
rescued from oblivion, and for many, an introduction to ballet, the Joffrey has played a vital role in the development of dance in the United States,” says Kisselgoff in an article announcing Joffrey’s return (Anawalt 321). Though his life was a few pas de chats, Robert Joffrey did everything he could to keep his dream going. Due to his prominence in the ballet industry, influence on modern dance, and direction in ballet technique, Robert Joffrey was the most significant choreographer of the 20th Century
“The Coward” is a short story written by Guy de Maupassant. In this short story, Guy de Maupassant takes the reader into the mind of a character who brutally encounters his true identity and ultimately faces the disintegration and self-destruction of a coward. The story takes place during the Post- Victorian era in France, a time of prosperity and luxury for the bourgeoisie class. “The Coward” displays the effects society’s standards have on the protagonist life when dealing with a conflict. The
hundred and fifty creations of Picasso’s have been stolen, that is more than any other artist in history (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). Another way this man has made history is painting some of the most expensive paintings in existence, in 2004 his Garson a la Pipe was sold for one hundred and four million dollars (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). Picasso passed away in Mougins, France on April 8th in 1973 (Biography.com Editors 1). In his natural finesse, Picasso died while hosting a dinner party (Pablo Picasso
George Balanchine, born January 22, 1904, in St. Petersburg, Russia; is considered the father of American ballet, and the greatest ballet choreographer of his time. Through his 79 years of life, he is said to have created some 465 works, beginning in 1920, at the young age of 16. It is no secret, that as the co-founder of the New York City Ballet, that Balanchine has greatly influenced the world of ballet, its masters, choreographers, dancers, and viewers. The start of George’s interest in music
Lauren McDonald Music Appreciation Professor Greene 12 Oct 2016 Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz was a French composer his ideals of the 19th century Romanticism in musical creations such as “Symphonie Fantastique” and “La Damnation De Faust”. His father wanted him to be in the medical field he turned his back to that to pursue his musical career. In 1826, Berlioz enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire. Where he started his music career. He became successful in 1830 with “Symphonie Fantastique”. Berlioz
President declares, a beacon for the human race. The nation and its people may be loved or hated, but they can never be ignored. This, after all, is the land which gave the planet Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Charles de Gaulle and Gérard Depardieu, the Musketeers, Madame Bovary and Cyrano de Bergerac, Brigitte Bardot and Joan of Arc, claret and the cinema, the Cancan, denim and champagne, the theory of deconstruction and Édith Piaf, the Statue of Liberty and the modern totalitarian revolution, liposuction
George Balanchine If composers are the masters of time, then the choreographer George Balanchine is the master of visual realization of that time in human terms. A master in both the kinesthetic and musical frames of creativity, he did not devote his energies to music visualization by assigning a certain number of dancers to represent strings, others the brass, and still others woodwinds or percussion but by creating a visual analogy in space that restates the musical structure with the trained
Italian craftsmen like Bartolomeo Manfredi, and Antiveduto Grammatica, French painters, for example, Valentin de Boulogne, Georges de La Tour, Nicolas Régnier, and Simon Vouet and Dutchmen Hendrick Ter Brugghen and Gerrit van Honthorst all duplicated these subjects or comparable topics in evident reverence of Caravaggio's unique