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5 days ago · Introduced in 1850 by Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, albumen paper is a slow printing-out paper (i.e., paper that produces a visible image on direct exposure, without chemical development) that had been coated with egg white before being sensitized.
4 days ago · Louis XIV showed great courage in letting himself undergo surgery. To be sure, he was cornered – he really had no choice, either politically or personally. In 1686 France was in a difficult position, isolated and resented, and facing an alliance of the majority of European countries (the League of Augsburg) (8) .
5 days ago · Hyacinthe Rigaud’s “Portrait of Louis XIV” serves as an idyllic artistic illustration of the mechanisms of Absolutism which Louis XIV established in France. The monarch, who was well into his sixties during the time of this portrait, is depicted in the classic style of an Absolutist ruler.
Dans ce Lohengrin monté à Saint-Etienne par Louis Désiré, la jeune Brabançonne s’accroche à un gros volume relié qui doit contenir les récits de la Table Ronde et qui explique sa confiance en la venue d’un chevalier servant.
45 minutes ago · The Enigma of Desire was created when surrealism was gaining its' foothold in France. The painting, an oil on canvas, 110.2 x 149.8 cm work was finished by Salvador Dali by 1929 and was called The Enigma of Desire, My Mother, My Mother, My Mother.
3 days ago · His cause was won by Lafayette, who found a constitutional monarchy safer than the risks of Jacobin rule; Lafayette appeared on the balcony with Louis-Philippe and, wrapped in a tricolour flag, embraced the duke as the crowd cheered.
5 days ago · The French King Louis XI. Louis XI was King of France in the latter half of the 15th Century. He did much to restore prestige in the monarchy and solidify its control over the realm. He was born on July 3, 1423, in Bourges. His father was Charles, whose father had been King Charles VI.
