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    Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French Impressionist painter whose eye for beauty made him one of the movement's most common practitioners. He is best known for his paintings of bustling Parisian modernity and leisure in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Renoir discover Renaissance painting in the middle of his career, which led him to incorporate more line and composition into his developed works and create some of his era's most timeless canvases. He could influence from…

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    In The World Who God Is (Tattoos on the Heart, p. 67) I am a spiritual non-theist who has come to treasure a parable-filled memoir celebrating a vision of God in the world, authored by a Jesuit Priest. In 2010, Father Gregory Boyle, pastor of Dolores Mission since 1986 and founder of Homeboy Industries, serving to uplift the lives of gang members in Boyle Heights near downtown Los Angeles—a thoroughly savvy, engaging, astonishing writer and man, who holds degrees in English, and has been…

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    The Liar Play Analysis

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    The play “The Liar” by Pierre Corneille, is a French comedy and love play that was first performed in 1644. Based on The Suspicious Truth by Mexican-Spanish playwright Juan Ruiz De Alarcon, Corneille abruptly produced his comic masterpiece. It starts off by introducing a young promiscuous young man who has come to Paris after claiming he has returned from the wars in Germany. Throughout the play Dorante continuously tells preposterous lies, getting himself into trouble. The new alteration of the…

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    Edgar Allen Poe and Honore Balzac. Furthermore, he enjoyed biking, and playing chess. Maurice’s privileged early years was a strong start to his future career. Maurice had a variety of jobs and educational experiences. He went to school at Lycee Pierre Corneille in Rouen and studied in Germany and Italy. In addition, he attended law school; however, he did not become a lawyer. After law school, he worked…

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    Guy De Maupassant Essay

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    Guy de Maupassant, is regarded as the master of the shortest stories including the novel writer. His impact is evidence and well known globally.He was born on August 5, 1850, somewhere in Normandy, France.Gustave, his father, existed as a member of the ancient nobility of French origin.Apart from this, he was a renowned gambler, stockbroker and also a painter of amateur tools.Laure le Potvin, her mother, was a staunch and active woman .she was also so domineering. Maupassant parents marriage…

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    throughout the ages such as Livy. Horace’s Odes were appreciated by educated Romans, and they became school textbooks with ‘few ancient lyrical successors…’ (Britannica, 2015). They also profoundly influenced later writers including Goethe, Voltaire, Pierre Corneille and Alexander Pope. The fact that they were so widely read had an enormous impact…

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    18th Century Religion

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    History and Religions (A) If I had to reside in either the 17th or 18th century I would reside in the 18th century. There are many reasons I would rather live in the 1700s than than the 1600s starting off with the “Thirty Year’s War” that occurred in the 17th century. The Thirty Year’s War was on ongoing destructive war that was held in central Europe from 1618 and 1648 which caused about 3-11 million deaths from online sources. Another reason I would rather live in the 18th century is the…

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