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Louis the Fourteenth Bureau Mazarin of the 18th Century

1700s ushered in the French stylistic period known as the "Regence" (Faniel 36). During this era, the writing table, or bureau in...

Romanticism, the Influence of the French, and the American Art Movement

comparable power? How was it to claim a place among nations producing art of real consequence?" (Cohen-Solal PG). After pulling...

Cinematic Gender Representation

choice to live and abide by a certain set of unwritten expectations. The movie, Menage, directly challenges this idea. Powrie al...

Life and Philosophy of Denis Diderot

considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...

Evolution of Rap Music in France

both French and American rappers see themselves as expressing the frustration and anger of oppressed minorities towards establishe...

Versailles History and Importance

landscape architect (2004). Versailles was very large. The project entailed the clearance of approximately 37,000 acres to make...

'Medici Cycle' of Peter Paul Rubens

of understanding into a cultures ideals and belief systems. The purpose of art, the creation of art, the interpretation of art, an...

Napoleon and Kutuzov in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

kind of holistic pattern, into which all experiences must be forced to fit....

Seventeenth Century French Absolutism

Clearly, Louis defended his form of absolutism because of the accomplishments it allegedly produced. Under Louis, in many ways Fr...

French Influence Upon the Slave Trade in the Transatlantic

number of slave workers needed to supply this demand. By way of a history lesson, it should be noted that it was the Portuguese w...

French Politics in 1848

working class. Citing Theodore Zeldin, Sewell states that 1848 is important in French history because it was at this time that t...

French Literary Relationships Between Males and Females

he is crippled. And while the situation becomes a centerpiece of his life in some respects, in another way he can forget about the...

Montreal and Poverty

In this paper, well examine a variety of issues pertaining to poverty in Montreal specifically, and poverty throughout Canada as a...

The Purpose of Film Montage

This 5 page paper discusses the viewpoints of French film critic and auteur Andre Bazin, and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, o...

La Religieuse by Denis Diderot

She pressed me in one place and then another. In a soft and low voice, she asked me to increase my efforts, and I did so." Again ...

'Poet of the Dark Room' Photographer Man Ray

In twenty four pages this report examines the artistry of avant garde photographer Man Ray who was dubbed as the 'poet of the dark...

Contrast of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Robert Darnton

In six pages Ulrich's 'A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812' and Darnton's 'The Great Cat M...

Canada as a Multinational Entity

This five page paper investigates the friction in play between French Canadians and those of English descent. The paper relies ex...

Pop Culture and Pop Art According to Jean Baudrillard

In ten pages this research paper examines how popular culture and art is aesthetically assessed by French social commentator Jean ...

How to Use History According to David E. Sutton and Alexander and Sonia Alland

This is a research paper consisting of five pages that compares how history can serve as both guide in inspiration as illustrated ...

Industries of France

In five pages this paper examines the continuing spatial distribution dispute regarding other countries' unhappiness with French i...

The Golden Age Comedy of Voltaire And Moliere

For many historians, the comedy styles and content of the works of Moliere and Voltaire represent the pinnacle of 18th century Fre...

The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes

Barthes was addressing "the trivia" of society in a serious way; we would be surprised to see how some of these same themes appear...

French Cinema's 'New Wave'

In 5 pages this paper discusses the Nouvelle Vague or New Wave French cinematic movement of the Fifties and Sixties in a considera...

An Analysis of Birth of the Leviathan by Thomas Ertman

The author of this paper discusses French absolutism and parliament and its influence. This paper has ten pages and one source li...

French Historian Georges Duby

In sixteen pages this noted French historian who concentrated on the Middle Ages is examined in terms of his background, qualifica...

French Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach and Dance Patterns

of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...

Comparative Analysis of Leila Abouzeid's Return to Childhood and Elizabeth Fernea's Guests of the Sheik

In a paper consisting of six pages Abouzeid's autobiographical account of the French colonial Morocco of her childhood is compared...

Louis the Fourteenth's French Provincial Furniture

strips of decorator cloth and solid wooden beams. Indeed, fashioning a true work of interior design is really no different than t...

Terrorism and Attitudes of the French

In five pages this paper discusses terrorism in terms of French government attitudes. Eight sources are listed in the bibliograph...