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    Isaac Newton‚ and Nicholas Copernicus to name a few‚ delivered revolutionary revelations in astronomy‚ physics and natural sciences. One of the outstanding figures of that time was Denis Diderot‚ a French born scientist that was the founder of the “Encyclopédie”. Born into a family of seven‚ Diderot spent his early life in Langres. Ever since he was little‚ he was considered a very hard working and excellent student‚ which is why he went on to study law and philosophy. After the death of his sister‚ Diderot

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    PRELIM CASE STUDY – René Magritte René  Magritte     The  Red  Model  (French:  La  Modèle  rouge)   1935   Oil  on  canvas  laminated  onto  cardboard     56  x  46  cm   Musée  National  d’Art  Moderne‚  Centre  Georges  Pompidou‚  Paris‚  France   http://www.abcgallery.com/M/magritte/magritte19.html • • • • •       studied  at  the  Académie  des  Beaux-­‐Arts

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    Perspectives on the French revolution. This essay will examine the ideologies of the French revolution of 1789. Two perspectives on the French revolution were held by the conservatives’ elite and the educated philosophers. The educated philosophers believed that a revolution was the only way that the middle and lower class were to have a say in matters of state‚ and obtain their rights. Their goal in the revolution was to turn the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. The conservatives

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    The Enlightenment 1650-1800 Was a sprawling intellectual‚ philosophical‚ cultural and social movement that spread through the majority of Europe throughout the 1700’s. Influenced by the Scientific Revolution‚ which begun in 1500’s Transformed the Western world into an intelligent and self-aware civilization The effects of Enlightenment thought soon permeated both European and American life‚ from improved women’s rights to more efficient steam engines‚ from fairer judicial systems to increased

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    An essay outlining the nature of the Enlightenment in Europe‚ focusing on the ideas and its impact on the arts in Europe in the eighteenth century. At the beginning of the 18th century the favourable style of painting was the Rococo style. This was a highly decorative‚ ornate style of art‚ which lasted throughout the reign of Louis XV (1715-74) and spread to other countries‚ most notably Austria and Germany. Rococo favoured the complex swirling forms of Baroque art but was airier and more

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    Emilius and Sophia: or‚ a New System of Education‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s self-proclaimed ‘best’ and ‘most important’ work‚ from which today’s source originates details Rousseau’s philosophy of education. It is written as part novel‚ part treatise‚ and describes the education of protagonist Émile from birth to adulthood through the eyes of his tutor. It was originally published in 1762‚ just several months after Rousseau’s Social Contract‚ and both were immediately banned by Paris authorities –

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    ‘I ask a favour that I fear will not be granted; it is that one not judge by a moment ’s reading the work of twenty years‚ that one approve or condemn the book as a whole and not some few sentences. If one wants to seek the design of the author‚ one can find it only in the design of the work. ’ (Montesquieu 1989: preface) The Spirit of the Laws took Montesquieu twenty years to write and was first published in Geneva in 1748. It was distributed freely‚ without the hindrance of censorship and deemed

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    Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing

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    Departement Handelswetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde Gegradueerde in Secretariaatsbeheer Optie secretariaat - talen Leeuwen en Hanen Cultuurverschillen tussen Vlamingen en Walen CAMPUS Geel Vincenza Russo Academiejaar 2005-2006 De houder van dit diploma is gerechtigd tot het voeren van de titel van Bachelor Voorwoord Voorwoord In het kader van Erasmus Belgica‚ heb ik als Waalse studente mijn derde jaar Office Management/Management Assistant in Vlaanderen gedaan‚ meer bepaald in

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    Armond Henderson History 7B Kier T Th 8:10-9:30 Essay 1 1. The Age of Absolutism in Europe began with the rise of national legislation and civil bureaucracies that slowly eroded local power and self-government. The rise of absolute monarchies differed from country to country‚ but the general consensus is that the age began with the reign of Louis XIV and ended with the French Revolution. The Age of Absolutism‚ when Monarchies were at the height of their power‚ brought massive changes

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