Charles X of France

in 1960 and is performed by a string orchestra. This is an example of Modernism, and was turning point for Polish Musical Compositions. Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix was painted in 1830. It depicts the French revolt against King Charles X. Delacroix uses colors to emphasize Liberty’s power, and show how Liberty united the people. He also uses the light to show those who…

October 27, 1927 and the young industrialist, Albert Champion, has returned to his birth home to receive an award for his company's part in Charles Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic. It is the roaring twenties and in his short life, Albert Champion has become an international celebrity. Albert is the former bicycle racing champion of France, who went to America and became the very successful spark plug industrialist of the new automobile age. This night as the festivities begin…

In Spain, King Charles V and his son Phillip II spent much of their lives fighting wars that emerged due to the Reformation, such as the War with the Huns. King Charles “undertook the war with greater energy and better equipment than before” and it showed as the desert palace of Khan “no longer has a trace of human population, which testifies…

Conservatism during this time was rooted in the formation of societies and governments similar to the Old Regime, in which the aristocracy ruled. These governments seemed democratic because they weren't being controlled by an absolute ruler, but they weren't truly democratic. As shown by the ratification of the Carlsbad Decrees, which limited the spread of different liberals ideas and beliefs, conservatives did not want revolution and they especially did not want people to speak out against the…

Albert is a millionaire many times over and quickly recovers from the divorce and is off to France where he meets the beautiful and popular cabaret singer, Edna Crawford. After a whirlwind courtship, they marry and the roller-coaster marriage begins. Albert is an egocentric, jealous man, quick to go to the fists to defend what he believes is…

this essay the paintings Charles, I at the hunt and The Blue Boy will be compared to one another specifically in subject matter, media and composition in relevance to their eras and styles. Anthony Van Dyck created the painting Charles, I at the Hunt and later Thomas Gainsborough created The Blue Boy after being inspired by Van Dyck’s artwork. Both pieces share similarities, as well as distinct differences. Van Dyck created Charles, I at the Hunt in the images of King Charles I in 1635 during…

During the nineteenth century, Europe began seeing a number of ideologies emerge. However none more so than Liberalism and Conservatism have managed to affect European politics and split Europe in its progression into the nineteenth century and away from the events experienced in the eighteenth century. Despite both ideologies being important in structuring Europe, it would be Liberalism that would achieve a more effective path in nation building and unification as the pressing issue of…

Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks) that stood out from the rest in leading the fight for equality. What sparked the uproar in the east that eventually lead to the beginning of “The Great War”? On June 28th, 1914 a Serbian nationalist assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, while he was visiting Sarajevo a city in the Bosnia-Herzegovina province. This gave them an ample reason to declare…

Despite being politically conquered by France, Algeria was still able to preserve their culture within their own homes. Although France attempted to prevent Algeria from continuing the practices of their culture by creating laws that were meant to set the people of Algeria to how they wanted them to be, they were unsuccessful in conquering a culture that did not see in them the purifiers that the French thought they were. For France, they took complete control of Algerian government, and annexed…

Imperialism of France and Algeria Imperialism was a powerful force around the world throughout the 1800s. One place that was greatly affected by Imperialism was Africa. Imperialism is when a country exploits a weaker country for resources, new markets, or Nationalist gain. Powers such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal were scrambling for land in Africa. These European powers wanted the resources and land in Africa. The European’s were able to defeat African tribes due…