is a king or queen who has total control over all aspects of society. Another absolute monarch is Louis XIV. Louis XIV was born on September 5‚ 1638 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He stated to ruling at only age 13 and was also engaged in the Franco-Spanish war. When he was 22 he got married to Maria-Theresa which helped him become the most powerful monarch in Europe. During the first 20 years of Louis XIV ruling he make many contributions and achievements. Some contributions he made is that he helped
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France was already undergoing major financial difficulties when Louis XIV took the crown and his poor handling of the situation only served to make things worse. When King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette took the throne in 1643 after the death of his grandfather‚ the country was already in severe debt due to the mismanagement of the country from the two previous monarchs and from the French loss in the Seven Years War. Louis XIV‚ however‚ plunged the country into further debt through his decision
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Saint Louis Union Station The Saint Louis Union Station (Figure 1)‚ located on Market Street between the 18th Street and the 20th Street in downtown Saint Louis‚ was built in 1894 to be used as a train shed and transportation for travelers. This enabled the travelers to get around whether it is around St. Louis‚ around the United States‚ and even into Canada. The architect of the St. Louis Union Station is a German-American man named Theodore C. Link after he had won the design competition for
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Louis Vuitton‚ as one of the leading luxury brands in the world‚ it is also one of the most well-known and the most legendary fashion houses in the world with one of the richest history. It began over 150 years ago‚ where the Louis Vuitton started his career as a trunk maker in France. When he was an intern‚ he has extraordinary skill to the craft box for packing clothes made for the royalty. His skill in making the boxes and‚ of course‚ originality was the reason why he was able to build a strong
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Louis Kahn‚ born in 1901‚ was an American vastly known for his works as an architect. Alongside being an architect‚ he was an artist‚ teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher‚ some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit‚ Jr says ‘His was a genius that profoundly changed the course of architecture worldwide’. (Louis I. Kahn: Architect‚ 2013‚ page xi). Louis Kahn’s legacy began from an early age where in high school his teachers immediately noticed
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On December 25‚ 1878 Louis Chevrolet was born in the Bernese Jura region of La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland. When he was growing up he learned to repair and race bicycles. As a teenager he worked for a wine cellar‚ he invented a wine pump that made the process of making it even faster‚ it was used in that region for many decades. Louis went on to build his own bikes called Frontenac. That’s we’re he got the name for the car he made later own in his life. Louis eventually met William K. Vanderbilt a
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01/28/2014 Response paper 2 Louis XIV I read many fascinating things in chapter 21. During the times between 1550 and 1750‚ absolutism spread across Europe and Asia. Even in the Muslim world‚ people were claiming their power was from god directly. France was ruled by the great King Louis XIV‚ who referred to himself as "le roi soleil" meaning the sun king. In this paper I will be focusing on Louis XIV and his contributions to the artistic world then and now. Louis XIV and his family lived in Paris
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most miserly old sinner like Louis who strips himself of all his old illusions as he prepares for his inevitable end. Taking a cold‚ hard look at his life‚ and at the consequences of his meanness and solipsism‚ Louis begins to understand how a deliberate self-deception has shaped his life for ill‚ not for good. We are presented with a malevolent old man on his deathbed; the author’s case is simply this: no one is beyond the reach of God’s grace. Without romanticizing Louis‚ Mauriac expresses the tragedy
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Armstrong‚ Louis. Muskrat Ramble [CDA 10524] Beiderbecke‚ Leon (Bix) & Frankie Trumbauer. Clarinet Marmalade [CDA 6566] Beiderbecke‚ Leon (Bix). In A Mist [CDA 6566] Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra‚ Changes [CDA 3226] King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band‚ prf. Dippermouth blues [LP9856] Lewis‚ Meade "Lux" Honky Tonk Train Blues Louis Armstrong‚ prf. West End Blues [CDA 13024] Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five‚ prf. Struttin’ with some barbeque [LP 9856] Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven‚ prf. Potato
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St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith and St. Louis Blues are two legends in the blues world‚ separately as well as together. When placed together one could not find a better example of classical blues from the 1920’s. St. Louis Blues is one of the most popular blues songs ever written. William Christopher Hardy wrote this song over 80 years ago. While on a trip to St. Louis‚ Hardy met a tormented black woman. She spoke to him in her deep southern broken English about the loss of her husband to another
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