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    columns along the sides like seen in Rome‚ Italy. In architecture as well we see a similarities in interior’s with large mirror making‚ starting in Venice then later brought to France as seen in sample 21.14 of the Galerie des Glaces in the Palace of Versailles. The interior in the French Classicism time are more extravagant as single strong pieces where as Italian interiors are taken as beautiful pieces as well but taken as a

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    Pyxis of al-Mughira 58. Church of Sainte-Foy 59. Bayeux Tapestries 60. Chartres Cathedral 61. Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX from a Bible moralisee 62. Rottgen Pieta 63. Arena Chapel at Padua 64. Golden Haggadah 65. Alhabra Palace 66. Merode Altarpiece 67. Pazzi Chapel 68. The Arnolfini

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    Just wars are very important because one of the main goals is to protect the civilians and their rights. Without Just wars ‚our nation’s civilians would be in extreme danger ‚ with wars occurring based on biased reasons like a person or group of people’s ethnicity or religion. Also without Just Wars the nation would not be providing us any form of safety or protection. To prevent this danger‚the Just War Doctrine states‚ many important criteria that our nation has to follow. Without ‚these rules

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    Comparative matrix Style | Definition | Authors | Constructions | Classical | Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity‚ enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance | Kallikrates‚ Iktinos‚ Publius‚ Vespasian | Parthenon‚ Colosseum‚ Pantheon | Early Christian and Medieval | Medieval architecture is a term used to represent various forms of architecture

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    c’est moi”- The sate- it is I- King Louis XIV of France “Sun King”- Louis XIV wanted to call himself as ‘sun king’ comparing himself to the Greek god Apollo‚ which gives life to all things and god of peace and arts. Versailles- in 1682‚ the Royal Court moved to Versailles palace‚ it took more than 2o years to build it. It is the symbol of the absolute monarchy in France. Jean Baptiste Colbert- finance minister of Louis XIV‚ a strong advocate of mercantilism policy in France; established French

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    French Revolution The Old Regime was the way the French society was organized before the French revolution. It was more of the political system of France and separated people into three different social classes. These classes were the first estate‚ second estate‚ and the third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy from the roman catholic church. The first estate was only one percent of the population. The second estate included the nobles‚ they made up about two percent of the population

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    this landmark so expect the lines to be long.   Musee du Louvre The Louvre is the world’s largest museum and one of the world’s greatest art collections in the world. The palace stretches for about half mile between the Seine and rue de Rivoli. Some of the kings used it as their residence before the court moved to Versaille. Louvre was first opened to the public in 1793 and has been used as a museum ever since. The Louvre’s collection is overwhelming in size and it includes paitings‚ drawings

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    He spent half of the annual budget on building the Palace of Versailles. The remainder was spent on fighting wars with Britain‚ specifically aiding the American colonists in overthrowing Britain to prove France the superior country. However‚ King Louis XVI’s attempts at proving his (and the entire country’s) masculinity

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    likely only be able to afford wool tunics. King Louis the XIV from the 17th century who was the grandfather of Louis XVI (Marie’s husband)‚ began to make fashion an important thing in France and to men. He became King at age 5 and moved the court to Versailles. He loved extravagant things and took France into a deep debt. He was the original leader of fashion and was part of the most stunning‚ beribboned‚ bejeweled‚ and bewigged period of all time. During the early 19th century in England there was a

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    Creation Thai theatrical puppetry was invented in 1901 by the legendary khon dancer‚ Krae Saptawanit. Maestro Krae was inspired to create puppets when he saw the grace and ingenuity of the royal puppets and of the puppets of the deputy king’s palace. The first puppet that was created was the character that he portrayed on the khon stage‚ the principal male character. This puppet stood two feet tall. However‚ he found that in order to make its movements realistic and approximate the movements

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