Notre Dame de Paris

Frankly, one week isn't enough time to explore very much of France, let alone Paris. A scant seven days will force you to make some hard choices, because all of France's major and interesting sights are scattered to the whole country. Seven days may not seem like a long time, but with the right approach, you can see the big sights such as Musée du Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame and Versailles. Our suggested itinerary takes you to some o f France’s major attractions and charming towns. Feel…

Some French castles that survived are Chinon, Château d'Angers, the massive Château de Vincennes and the so-called Cathar castles. During this era, France had been using Romanesque architecture like most of Western Europe. Some of the greatest examples of Romanesque churches in France are the Saint Sernin Basilica in Toulouse, the largest…

During my time in Paris, I was lucky enough to see various monuments that I could only dream of seeing. Each monument I saw is imperative to France as well as the city of Paris. As an American, being in France was interesting experience not only because of the cultural differences. It was interesting because many of the monumental structures I saw were the models for monumental structures back in the United States. For example, the Arc de Triumph has a similar version called the Grand Army Plaza…

designs that are specific to the regions in which they are found. They define the beliefs and culture of the residents of the place. I will be discussing two specific types of these sacred architectural buildings: The temple of Zeus, and the cathedral Notre…

government. As a result, Hugo became an important French writer who spoke out against his banishment and the oppression in France. He used his experience in exile to create several misunderstood characters in his famous novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and, as a result, he has been able to create a believable and likable group of outcasts that represent his fellow Parisians and his personal views of oppression that continue to influence people to this day. In Exile, Hugo would not only…

Inc., conceives the idea of sending his four best travel agents to different places to prove how romantic the destination is for gay men. Sean Zagorc is sent to Paris. Antoine Dupre nursed both his elderly parents until they passed. Now he has a week’s vacation in Paris before selling the family home and finding a job. Sean arrives in Paris and is walking around. He tries to get a good picture of the Obelisk and a man offers to help him. He and Antoine share a coffee and talk. They arrange to…

Next is the Les Invalides.In 1670, King Louis XIV decided to fabricate the "Hotel Royal des Invalids" for harmed penniless officers of its assorted wars. It was developed some place around 1671 and 1676 by Liberal Brunt, and after that by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cottons of the most prestigious milestone in Paris. The most essential event in the recorded background of Les Invalids is unquestionably the landing of the collection of Napoléon in 1840, from St. Helena. On 8 October 1840…

Relics, crusades and people Relics obtained in the crusades became a significant part of pilgrimage, in fact the church adapted a larger apes for better storage. Relics such as the crown of thorns justify Jesus (the son of god) and his word because many people where poor they went on crusades for relics, land, wealth, and the word of god. I intend to argue and utilize artifacts obtained in the crusades. The majority of images will come from Art History fifth edition by Maryn Stostand and as…

The primary discussion this paper will address Petrus de Cruce's Aucun ont trouve/Lonc tans/Annuntiantes and its significance both historically and culturally on the motet genre. One of significance aspects of this piece is the voice range of triplum and motetus as well as how rhythmetrically complex it is. While not completely confined to that, the paper will discuss the characteristics of the motet as well as the implication of musical content and texture that Cruce used in his piece. The…

Jacques-Albert Gérin, a local painter. Not long after, he left for Paris and found a job in a workshop at Pont Notre-Dame, where he was making copies of popular Flemish and Dutch tradition genre paintings; before developing his unique sketch-like techniques and revitalizing the Baroque style into the less formally classical Rococo style and playing a major role in shaping his century’s art.In 1709 Antoine Watteau tried to obtain the Prix De Rome, a French scholarship for arts students that was…