Guillotine

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun Throughout history there have been, and always will be, artistic groups with differing ideas and morals, which causes them to clash. The art produced by these groups offer a visual representation of their beliefs, along with other insight on the social issues of the time period they are associated with. Women’s and human rights have been some of the most prevalent issues throughout history, and continue to be today. Artists tended to create artwork that reflected…

Social Outcomes Throughout the course of the French Revolution many results came from the event. One of the many causes of the French Revolution was the inequality between the Third Estates and the First and Second Estates. The middle classes soon realized that the king was an ineffective leader, even if King Louis XVI did suggest equal taxation but the idea was disregarded by the First and Second Estates. King Louis XVI was not a true leader, he was easily persuaded and very indecisive. Not…

counter revolt. Although this began as a period of trials against those who seemed to oppose the revolution, it quickly altered into morbid confrontations where those accused were not allowed to defend themselves. Many were killed through the use of guillotine, an execution method of beheading. The Reign of Terror caused the citizens to be fearful of their government, and ultimately caused instability in France. The most similar program China had to this was the Cultural Revolution led by Mao…

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). Painted in 1768, oil paint on canvas, it serves to express the Industrial Revolution (An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). The painting’s dimensions are 183 centimeters tall and 244 centimeters wide (An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). This paper’s purpose will be to analyze and interpret not only Wright’s art, but his life and era as well in an effort to…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (WOLF-gang, ah-muh-DAY-us, MOE-tsart) was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. His father, Leopold, was a bookbinder. He was also a violin teacher and became famous when he published a method of study for the violin. Wolfgang's older sister Maria Anna was called Nannerl by the family. Her father began teaching her to play the clavier when she was seven years old and Wolfgang also showed an interest very early. Both…

Schindler Paragraph 6: Oskar Schindler is one of the most famous Jewish liberators in the Holocaust. He was forever immortalized through Academy Award winning movie, Schindler’s List. The movie truly paints him in a heroic light. Placed in the late 1930s-40s, Oskar Schindler was a Czech man that bought Rekord Ltd, a previously jewish owned business. With that business, he employed over 1000 jews from the Krakow ghetto. Later, numerous Jews of the ghetto were being liquidated to Camp Plaszow. In…

got rid of many of their economic controls, let prices increase, and heavily regulated political organizations. Members of the Convention demanded that Robespierre was arrested and killed and the Reign of Terror then ended when he was sent to the guillotine. The French Reign of terror had the impact on the French Revolution of giving it a bad image due to many new corrupt ways being implemented. It also resulted in the reasonless arrest and execution of many individuals because there were no…

THE DEATH PENALTY 3 The Death Penalty and Its Justification under the Constitution One of the biggest topics up for political discussion today is the death penalty. For years people have tried to argue whether or not the death penalty is actually justified under the United States Constitution. One side argues that it clearly does go against the Constitution on the basis of the Eight…

The French Civil Code established under Napoleon I in 1804 focused much of its structure and efforts on equality, equality in the eyes of the law that was. This meant that the written law would be available to everyone, and it was also thought that privileges would not be a problem because social classes would not exist or be of importance. However, it is known that this was not entirely true. This was only true under the written law but in practice it was very much different. Equality did not…

The revolution begins in earnest when these cadres have assembled to themselves a great following of the discontent, from a spectrum of classes and interests, and commit illegal acts and direct challenges to the sovereignty of the old regime. Previously formulated demands are placed before the ruling class, radical changes which would require the “virtual abdication of those governing” (253). To quell the unrest, the government contemplates and applies military force. “One is impressed...…