protecting her partner/husband PORTRAITURE THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT OF MRS. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 1785 Dressed her up as a Sheppard’s girl Made her seem poor‚ more humble THE ENLIGHTMENT Some of the major thinkers: Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ Diderot KEY CONCEPTS Liberty and Human Rights Renewed Enthusiasm for Science Realization of Middle Class Values Criticism of Arbitrary Authority (Absolute Power and Dictatorship) ENLIGHTMENT JEAN-SIMEON CHARDIN THE GOVERNESS 1739 Genre Painting She is gently
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anyway)‚ who then commits suicide – yet another human casualty (the first ones being his own established life and those of his wife and children) in Strickland’s single-minded pursuit of Art and Beauty. After the Paris episode‚ the story continues in Tahiti. Strickland has already died‚ and narrator attempts to piece together his life there from recollections of others. He finds that Strickland
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James Cook was a high ranking officer that played a major part in exploration which founded the Hawaiian islands and was one of the best explorers in the world. He went on many great expeditions to the Pacific ocean‚ Antarctic‚ New Zealand‚ Bering Strait‚ Australia‚ North America‚ and a few parts of Canada. Born on October 27‚ 1728 during the Colonial period and Age of Enlightenment(DISCovering Biography). At a young age James Cook did not do much of exploring. His father was a farmer and a small
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lots of activities to keep us busy‚ a place we can relax‚ and somewhere that will add to our family memories. I have researched several popular vacation locations and finally found Bora Bora‚ one of the islands in the French Polynesian chain‚ near Tahiti. Bora Bora has all the ingredients for a wonderful family vacation that we will remember the rest of our lives. Bora Bora is known as a popular exotic destination and will be a great location for our vacation. The main requirement for the place
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discovery‚ and giving everyone the oppurtunity to make their own decicions. Her love for learning did not stop there. When Diderot began writing the French Encyclopedia he found himself under harsh fire from the Church. Eventually his progress was threatened die to accusations of its “irreligious spirit”‚ but Catherine the Great rose to the occasion and requested that Diderot continue his work in the safety of Russian borders. With out her generous outreach it can be said that the Encyclopedia never
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Rodrigues Rail‚ Aphanapteryx leguati (Rodrigues‚ Mascarenes‚ mid-18th century) • Bar-winged Rail‚ Nesoclopeus poecilopterus (Fiji‚ Polynesia‚ c. 1980) • Wake Island Rail‚ Gallirallus wakensis (Wake Island‚ Micronesia‚ 1945) • Tahiti Rail‚ Gallirallus pacificus (Tahiti‚ Society Islands‚ late 18th– 19th century)
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“THE first man who‚ having enclosed a piece of ground‚ bethought himself of saying This is mine‚ and found people simple enough to believe him‚ was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes‚ wars and murders‚ from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind‚ by pulling up the stakes‚ or filling up the ditch‚ and crying to his fellows‚ "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all‚ and
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Good without God Christopher Hitchens‚ a British-American writer and journalist once said‚ “Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it” (Quotes About). Human decency comes from the morals that people learn. There are good and bad morals‚ but human decency can only be established through good morals. One of the most influential yet controversial ways morals can be learned is through religion. Other ways it could be learned is through older generations‚ life experiences‚ and through
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colors‚ exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts in his paintings set him apart from his contemporaries‚ helping to pave the way for the Primitivism art movement. Gauguin often sought exotic environments‚ and spent time living and painting in Tahiti.” (Biography.com) The Tahitian group paintings are in a same style of coloring‚ drawing target‚ and feeling. First of all‚ coloring is a huge similarity. Those paintings mostly use with rich colors. Gauguin always use with sharp colors‚ such
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The Pacific Ocean * Easternmost of Marquesas Islands reached in 400 C.E. * Hawaiian islands-500 C.E. * Bw 1100-1300 voyages from Tahiti brought poly. Settlers across 2000 nautical miles to Hawaii * New Zealand –settled 1200 * Easter island-2200 miles off coast of south America became outpost of poly culture a century later * Sweet potato became reg. in poly diet
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