Marie Antoinette

borrow money from foreign nations increasing their debt and leading to their inevitable bankruptcy. Then they had a poor harvest of wheat in 1788 and had high bread prices in 1789 this made it hard on struggling families. Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were unaware of the extent of their peoples suffering.The Enlightenment brought this ideal of people having new ideas thought of by themselves. Different philosophes influenced a new idea of equality between all men and government. France…

though the people in the third estate had less money, they were obligated to give half of their income to the government, which was superior to everything. It was a “fight” between the poor, the rich and the powerful. King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette…

Introduction. The French Revolution was a period of ideological, political and social overturn in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French polity, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, suffered radical change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of republicanism, citizenship, and rights. These changes were accompanied by violent confusion, including executions and repression during the Reign of…

The Rococo period of French Style began in 1715, during the reign of Louis XV. The word Rococo simply means rocks and shells. This was a time of tranquility and enlightenment, but most importantly a time when women gained notable power. As a result, the Rococo period was characterized by its use of pastels and feminine designs. The flowing, free-form curves and delicate details provided a sense of openness and a fresh outlook compared to the more heavily decorated rooms of the Baroque period.…

The great social theorist and philosopher, Isaiah Berlin once stated, “Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.” In simpler terms, Berlin is saying that to cure injustice and poverty, men may use revolution and reform but they cannot “live only by fighting evils”, they must also live by…

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The American and French Revolution sparked some new ideas and gave way for change in two different countries and two different parts of the world. While it is true key events and reasons for the revolutions differentiate the two, both revolutions share a few full of things in common. Both revolutions started on the ideas of Enlightenment Thinkers, the demand for rights and equality, and proved that even the common man can make a change. Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in…

The French Revolution was an extraordinary and violent revolt by the French people against their absolutist monarchy. By the people taking action they were able to free themselves from the heavy strains of peasantry and change their country for the better. In addition to this revolution there was another force sweeping Europe, the enlightenment. This was a period in time where man was beginning to shift away from the blind faith of religion and gravitate towards logic and science based thinking,…

The Subjective Side of the Art The art is various in its manifestations. The style and topics of human paintings differ trough ages. The social taste and the need to sell the pictures influence the style of artists and thus the certain styles are being created and followed. The style inherent to the epoch can be seen through a comparison of pictures made in the certain time, by the different artists. The personal style of an artist also plays a significant role in the creation of the masterpiece…

The monarchy had previously been seen as a ‘Representative of God’ and had unlimited power. Members of the Third Estate did not like King Louis XVI, as he was influenced by his wife Marie Antoinette and their boasted extravagance lifestyle and ignorance of his starving subjects. Additionally, corrupt politics meant that the peasants were subject to discrimination in courts and had to pay extortionate amounts of tax whilst the clergy were…