Philip I of France

of the nineteenth century? Ancien Regime France was the financial, demographic and cultural hub of Europe. A large unified landmass, a vast rural population and effective centralized governance, positioned the Hexagon to thrive in pre-industrial world. A combination of economic, social and political changes turned many of these strengths into weaknesses. The Industrial Revolution, meant…

Renaissance is called as the early modern period and a time of enlightenment with most famous art, discoveries, poetry, medicine, inventions and other achievements were accomplished. Even some ideas of old time were intact but many new beliefs and concepts were formed as well. The medieval time was a challenging period with too plagues and other evil acts of inhuman nature. Later, the world changed a lot and diseases and evils of old time started to disappear. This however took much time to…

order to understand the effect of Napoleon Bonaparte’s role in France, it is first necessary to understand something of Napoleon’s life, understand the ideas of The Enlightenment and understand the stage upon which the French Revolution occurred. These are massive and complex topics which can receive only the most cursory of glances in a short essay. Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica, which had only belonged to France for a year at the time of his birth. It was an Italian…

We are to watch the movie, “A Girl with a Pearl Earrings”, by the director Peter Weber, that was filmed in 2003. The movie is based on Johannes Vermeer, the famous artist’s life and what is the story behind his painting of the girl with the pearl earrings. The movie is quit modest with the way it presented that period of time with the way they dressed to the way they spoke. It also focused of how art was important, precious and a luxury to attain. It addresses the tough life of people that…

Battle of Waterloo Introduction In the early 1800’s there were a number of wars against the French while under Napoleon Bonaparte I. Napoleon I was born in 1769 and grew up in French military schools. He soon grew to become quite the idol for the French, and eventually the Emperor of the French. Napoleon engaged in a number of wars against several territories in effort to grow the French empire. He did so both on land as well as with harsh treaties. With his successful defeats Napoleon was able…

One of the most influential and well known people in the history of humanity was a man who combined invention, art, nature, and science together in a way that would revolutionize how life and creation were perceived by everyone. Leonardo Da Vinci was responsible for these contemporary contributions that changed art and science for ever. Hundreds of revolutions had occurred before his time, however the way he perceived the world allowed him to experience life in a very different way from every…

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Fig. 1) was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci on 1510. The painting depicted St. Anna, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Roma Pietà (Fig. 2) was created on around 1499. The sculpture depicted the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. Mary and Jesus are shown in both of these two artworks but in a different period of their life. Christ is shown sliding off his mother’s knee and…

The two opposing visions of government of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson cuckolded two different perspectives of American power and the American people. For Hamilton, America’s strength lays in its commerce, while Jefferson believed in independent farmers. Thomas Jefferson preferred farms and rural life, while Alexander Hamilton preferred the lavish city life style. Thomas Jefferson a native of Shadwell, Virginia. Jefferson was more than an ordinary renaissance man. He was…

the Mona Lisa is very well known. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time. Many people claim it is one of the most visited paintings. The Mona Lisa was created in 1503-1517. The painting is in the Louvre Museum, in Paris France. The Last Supper is another one of Leonardo da VInci’s famous paintings. The mural is said to have represented Jesus and his twelve disciples when Jesus say one of them will betray him. The painting covers a wall in the monastery of Santa…

Napoleon was a masterful ruler. He discovered a number of reforms that brought peace and strength back to France. Born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Napoleon was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte. Napoleon family was not wealthy. As a boy, Napoleon went to school in mainland France, where he learned French language. He graduated from a French military academy in 1785. He quickly rose through the military ranks, and through…