Essays Tagged: "parisian"

Erik Satie

ik Satie was born on May 17, 1866, and died on July 1, 1925, was the son of an English mother and a Parisian music publisher.He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1879 but failed to benefit from academ ... chestra of Plato's account of the death of Socrates. The young composers who formed the essentially Parisian group known as Les Six regarded Satie as a kind of tutelary genius, and in 1923 one of them ...

(1 pages) 41 0 4.2 Apr/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Voltaire, Author and Philosopher

at a Jesuit school. He left school at 16 and soon formed friendships with a group of sophisticated Parisian aristocrats. Paris society sought his company for his cleverness, humor and remarkable abil ...

(2 pages) 75 0 3.9 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Comparing paintings of picasso, Titian, and Manet.

se painters, Tiziano Vecelli(Titian) a great Venetian artist of the Renaissance, Edouard Manet, the Parisian who abandoned traditional painting techniques, and the Spanish born Pablo Picasso, one of t ...

(5 pages) 123 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Charitable programs of the st. vuncent de paul society in georgia.

iety in 1833 in Paris, France. Ozanam and a small group of fellow students visited the homes of the Parisian poor, taking them bread and clothes, while offering friendship and concern. Ozanam chose as ...

(10 pages) 136 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

This Report is about the "Scarlet Pimperne"l. Main characters, setting, ten important events in the plot, and a lesson I learned from this book.

rope, who risked his life for the sake of others.Lady Marguerite St. Just, a member of the artistic Parisian circles, was lavishly gifted with talent and beauty. She was thought by many to be the most ...

(7 pages) 24 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

L'oral's sales structure.

f L'Oreal began. Eugene Shueller formulated and manufactured his own products which he then sold to Parisian hairdressers. Before long, Eugene Schueller was exporting his hair-coloring products to oth ...

(14 pages) 352 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Outline for what happened after Napoleon got defeated and exiled.

by a short and almost bloodless revolution in 1830-Charles X-Ignored both middle-class liberals and Parisian radials-Tried to rule as an absolute monarch; he had nothing but contempt for a limited mon ...

(3 pages) 45 1 2.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Franz Marc: a brief frames analysis

Munich with Gabriel Hackl and Wilhelm von Diez.Was introduced to Japanese woodcuts and the work of Parisian Impressionists during a visit to France. This marked a turning point in his artistic life.I ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Germany disliked the "Treaty of Versailles" only because of the following reasons: a) Loss of land b) Cuts in their armed forces c) Reparations Do you agree with this statement?

's problems. He stated his views in "Fourteen Points". In answer to this a conference was held in a Parisian suburb, called Versailles, to discuss the peace. This was the Paris Peace Conference.The co ...

(14 pages) 114 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Why Did the Paris Commune Fail?

implemented and therefore it had some success. But the defeat that the Commune suffered, while the Parisian streets were overrun by Versailles soldiers, is undeniable. Paris would never again hold su ... uld be remembered for its make up, characteristics and failure, rather than another victory for the Parisian multitudes. The reasons for the collapse of the Commune are many. Both ideological and prac ...

(8 pages) 46 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Eugene Grandet Quote Style Analysis

ime."Chapter Two:I. "Now if you would understand the mutual surprise of the Saumurois and the young Parisian, and visualize perfectly the radiant gleam cast by the traveler's elegance into the midst o ...

(5 pages) 23 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

To What Extent Was Socialism the Inspiration for the Paris Commune?

e of their abandonment of Paris and even Versailles. However this caused an outburst of anger among Parisians who were still reeling from the effects of their siege by the Prussians. Further news in M ... negotiations with the Prussians, which included the ceding of Alsace and Lorraine greatly increased Parisian hatred of the provisional government. When news followed that the National Assembly had sin ...

(6 pages) 39 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Jean-Paul Sartre

larity of his scandalous public lecture "Existentialism and Humanism," delivered to an enthusiastic Parisian crowd October 28, 1945. Though taken as a quasi manifesto for the Existentialist movement, ... tried to gather up within myself. This is how I would like to be remembered."As the headline of one Parisian newspaper lamented: "France has lost its conscience."Philosophical BackgroundSartre was bor ...

(20 pages) 200 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

A brief look at Georges Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon on the Grang Jatte" and "Young Woman Powdering Herself."

trialization and the segmentation of social class between worker and upper class inundated Seurat's Parisian world of the late nineteenth century. Freed from the financial constraints of a working cla ... , this is not a scene of classicism; it represents more of Seurat's fascination in the modernity of Parisian popular culture. Like impressionism, Seurat uses filtering light shining through the single ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Voltaire

arned nothing but "Latin and the Stupidities." He left school at 17 and soon made friends among the Parisian aristocrats. In 1717, his sharp wit got him into trouble with the authorities.In 1759, Volt ...

(1 pages) 1357 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Voltaire - "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him". Agreeing essay.

arned nothing but "Latin and the Stupidities." He left school at 17 and soon made friends among the Parisian aristocrats. In 1717, his sharp wit got him into trouble with the authorities.In 1759, Volt ...

(3 pages) 16 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

The Hemmingway Code: An analysis of the Hemingway Hero Code in major Hemingway short stories.

s not think about chance, luck, or happenstance, but rather lives as he breathes. He is born of the Parisian expatriates; he lives materialistically and feeds on "sinful" pleasures. We see these quali ...

(4 pages) 43 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Marie Curie

Marie would like to stay with them and they also offered her the chance to study at the Sorbonne, a Parisian university. At the Sorbonne Marie studied physics and mathematics. She did very well in bot ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.2 Feb/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

St. Vincent De Paul Background information: How is it funded? What kind of work it does.

iety in 1833 in Paris, France. Ozanam and a small group of fellow students visited the homes of the Parisian poor, taking them bread and clothes, while offering friendship and concern.

(1 pages) 11 0 3.3 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Critical Appreciation Of Down And Out In London And Paris

important for getting Orwell's message of reform across. From the opening Orwell presents us with a Parisian scene which seems almost Dickensian (another writer who challenged established society). Th ...

(4 pages) 2088 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers