French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave
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The reign of Louis XIV is often associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a centralized regime. However‚ his desire of absolutism and indulgence of war “disturbed and harried mankind during more than fifty years of arrogant pomp” which ultimately aggravate the burden of French and lead to the overthrow of absolute monarch of France. Louis held his simple views regarding religion that catholic church is an essential tool for maintaining the control of people and that it should serve the
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achieve. Another autocratic ruler was King Louis XIV of France‚ King Louis fit perfectly for the characteristics of an autocratic ruler. Louis limited the nobility‚ he used the military to increase his power‚ tried to control religion constructed palaces for himself and the nobility. To limit the nobility he built
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expand his empire through the use of his army‚ his tolerance of religion‚ his role as a “man of the people”‚ and his control of his nobles through taxation‚ differed from Louis non-tolerance of religion‚ control of his nobles through attendance at Versailles‚ use of an army for protection‚ and his divine right to rule. Louis and Peter had similar goals such as to establish a large professional army within their empires. These armies differed from armies in previous centuries because they contained
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Dsn S 183: Lecture 11 (October 3): Kitsch‚ Camp‚ and the Double Eagle Slide Identifications. Be prepared to recognize‚ identify‚ or discuss any of these images in a future exam: 1-3. Examples of kitsch: pink flamingos‚ garden gnome‚ Hello Kitty stationery‚ Precious Moments figurines‚ painted plaster Pietà. 4. Photo of Thomas Kinkade with one of his works. 5. Thomas Kinkade. Happy Valley‚ c. 1990. Mass-produced lithograph copy of original oil painting. 6. Photo of Jeff Koons with one of his works
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Victoria Flores World Civilizations H. Gleason England and France through the 17th Century At the beginning of the 1600s‚ England and France had one goal in mind‚ complete and absolute power. In the second half of the seventeenth century‚ we see England evolve from an absolutist monarchy into a monarchy that could only rule by consent of the parliament. France‚ on the other hand‚ continued with an almighty king. When Louis XIV came into power‚ he was too young to rule the nation on his own
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Absolute monarchies were a very popular form of government in the 1600s in European nations. Power‚ selflessness‚ and order had to be executed thoroughly for an absolute monarch to efficiently control their kingdom. To this day‚ it is still debated weather or not absolute monarchies were overall beneficial or detrimental to their victims. Although absolute monarchies were detrimental in England‚ France‚ and Prussia because they did not improve the lives of the citizenry‚ Russia benefited from its
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Louis XIV‚ the Sun King Historians over three centuries have both defended and criticized Louis XIV’s controversial reign. Many people hailed him as a great king; supreme as the sun he deemed his emblem. A great king is an unselfish one who is able to consider the people’s interest before their own. This is a direct contrast to how Louis XIV ruled France‚ but he still accomplished a remarkable amount for France. Even with his selfish agenda and lavish spending‚ it is without question that Louis
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located in the Loire valley while others were built where the cities are today. Usually royalty had the castles built by hiring masons and other workers to do the job for him or her. Some of the most famous chateaux are Chambord‚ Chenonceau‚ and Versailles. Chambourg is one of the nicest castles. It has 440 rooms‚ 365 chimneys‚ 800 steeples‚ and a 13‚000-acre park all for the kings and queens who wanted to go hunting. King François I created this particular castle. This castle was used as a “tool
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necessary and did not care about their well-being. Louis XVI s second goal was that during the French Revolution was to stay King and keep France a monarchy. He found out that‚ his position as king was in danger and that it was very risky being at the palace. Louis XVI could have stopped the revolution by asking the peasants what they want and supplying them with their needs however this never happened‚ this could have been achieve by making taxes lower and allowing people to have freedom of speech. Louis
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