officials and advisors as they tried to improve the financial situation after the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution‚ both of which almost decimated the treasury because of the size of the armies required. Besides the costs of the wars‚ King Louis XVI built a giant palace called Versailles which was a testament to unchecked spending with vast amounts of gold decorating the interior. Estimates suggest that over 7 to 10 percent of the national treasury was spent on the palace. “By 1685‚ the effort
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Joel Kaufmann 9/9/2014 CH 202 Marc Oxoby‚ Holly Smith Makavelli in this Renaissance The term “Machiavellian” was first coined by Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli but the late rap artist Tupac Shakur has also used the term in his lyrics. Machiavelli was a historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ humanist‚ and writer based in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. Tupac Shakur was a gangster rapper‚ drug dealer‚ poet‚ activist and actor born on the streets of East Harlem‚ New York
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Machiavelli Essay. Machiavelli attempted to gain the favor of a local leader by advising the prince through the use of tactful deductive reasoning‚ vivid perspective‚ and plentiful historical references‚ to convey the important skills required to be an effective prince. The way Machiavelli used deductive reasoning was to portray the importance of doing a certain task and doing it properly‚ to have the correct effect. “He must‚ therefore‚ never raise his thought from his exercise of war‚ and in
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home to an abundance of historical monuments and locations. A particularly grand example is The Sainte-Chapelle. The Sainte-Chapelle is an extremely old monument‚ having been built during the years of 1246-1248. Its existence was funded by Louis the 9th‚ who was the King of France at the time. His purpose for this building was to house the many valuable‚ sacred‚ and historical artifacts he had collected over the years. Additionally‚ the creation of this chapel would push the Kingdom of
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Fine Arts Theatre Research Paper: Moliere In all the works of theatre there has always been a list of names that created stories that transcended all other works. These stories and their authors would go on to become timeless and world renown. Among these masterful writers sits Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His stage name however is what most people remember him by‚ and that name is Moliere. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was born in Paris on January 15‚ 1622. His father
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mentioned (the Louis) was established in 1640. And since now specific time references are mentioned‚ we can assume the play takes in ’modern times’ i.e. during the time it was written (the 1660’s). The action of the play takes place in a single day. Tartuffe takes place undoubtedly in France as shown by the currency‚ the use of French throughout the script and our assumption of it’s modernity as mentioned above. The currency points exclusively to France because it is named after King Louis XIII of France
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Baroque 1) Rococo was a style preeminently evident in small works such as furniture‚ utensils‚ and small sculptures. Rococo is the last style of the French monarchies and was carefree and playful. Rococo art centered on romance and love and emphasized tonality‚ softness and rich colors. Rococo art contrasted Baroque art as it tended to avoid heroic events and religious iconography and emphasized Hedonism. The word Rococo derives from Rocaille‚ which means shell‚ and Rococo art used curvaceous
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humanist‚ Niccoló Machiavelli believed that religion should not be added to the political spectrum. His ideals revolve around human nature and how it causes people to be merciless‚ selfish and foolish and hopes that a prince does not follow the lead of these negative traits. There are two different sides that a prince should have; he must be able to maintain and punish his people (for those who deserve it) but also to be kind when needed (but to be mostly cruel when necessary). Machiavelli explains that
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poetry from his mother‚ Louise of Savoy (Knecht 1994). The Duchess of Angoulême‚ Louise of Savoy‚ had been a considerable patron of writers and intellectuals herself (Richardson 2002). Another immense influence on Francis’s taste came from the court of Louis XII. Francis’ predecessor redecorated the royal château at Blois with Italian Renaissance style interior (Richardson 2002). In 1504‚ at the age of ten‚ the soon-to-be king directly requested pieces of art from Italian masters‚ according to Niccolò
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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527) was an Italian historian‚ politician and philosopher based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science‚ and more specifically‚ political ethics. He wrote his masterpiece‚ The Prince‚ which is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that
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