Palace of Fontainebleau

Louis failed to do that, he was self centered, and needed to have everything. All through his reign, he needed complete control of everything. No matter how much he had, it was never enough. Then, he so desired to have the biggest, most beautiful palace that he used tax money and ultimately caused his kingdom to be plunged into poverty and indirectly caused the French Revolution. He foolishly used the wealth of France for to satisfy his own desires and caused so much destruction. Despite that absolute

Louvre was the one of most important architecture in the seventeen century. The Façade is the main entrance for royal palace in its original proposal. However, Louis XIV, who decided to build this architecture with his finance minister, moved to the Château de Versailles as his royal palace. Nowadays, this side of the Louvre is an inconspicuous entrance of the Louvre Museum. As a palace entrance, the eastern Facade of the Louvre responded the traditional chateau in France by the space’s quality and its

Mom played innocent, but she may suspect I’m not. She probably spies on me, like Leda spies on her. You can trust the snoop you know, so Leda doesn’t bother me. Until I find out how my mom spies on me—she’s my worst enemy. Dr. Prime’s death went nastier than planned, thanks to Commodus, but all my plans for postmortem disgrace went well. Herms obeyed, so she’s a controllable recruit. Ionia’s smart, I like her. Too bad she had to go back because I trust her as much as Lil who keeps to the whore’s

took him 10 years to complete her lips. Although da Vinci began work on the Mona Lisa while living in Italy but he did not finish it until he moved to France. The French king displayed the painting in his Fontainebleau palace where it remained for a century. Louis XIV removed it to the grand Palace of Versailles. In the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte kept the painting in his boudoir. It wasn't until it was stolen in the summer of 1911 that it would capture the attention of the general public. They

The Effect of Absolutism on Daily Life In 1655, an adolescent Louis XIV famously remarked “L'état c'est moi,” meaning “I am the state.” This quote encapsulates the fundamental principles of absolutism. Absolutism is a form of government in which a sovereign holds unrestricted government power. Coming just after the Era of Exploration, the Age of Absolutism was an effort by monarchs to consolidate power in their newly expanded empires. Though France is viewed as the pioneer of absolutism, the idea

Napoleon’s Farewell Address To The Old Guard A truly dramatic moment in history occurred on April 20, 1814, as Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and would-be ruler of Europe said goodbye to the Old Guard after his failed invasion of Russia and defeat by the Allies. By that time, Napoleon had ruled France and surrounding countries for twenty years. Originally an officer in the French Army, he had risen to become Emperor among the political chaos following the French Revolution in which the old

Political 1) Louis XIV was the French ruler that took the view of absolutism to the extreme by justifying absolute power and treating treason like blasphemy. This monarch would become the most famous example of absolutism in the kingdom of France, which became the most imitated regime in Europe under his rule. 2) Frederick William I was relentless Prussian ruler that was in pursuit of a strengthened absolutism at home and Europe-wide influence abroad. In fact, he disdained court life, dismissed

Louis XIV: A Machiavellian Ruler? Louis XIV followed many Machiavellian teachings but conspicuously disregarded others, due to some of his fiscal policies (or lack of them) and personal tendencies. Louis XIV is the longest reigning monarch in European history, and during his impressive reign, France enjoyed a Golden Age of arts and commerce. He expanded its territories and shifted the balance of power to France becoming one of the most powerful European countries in the 17th century. Machiavelli

Among the European countries, France has been one of the most influenced by the Catholic Church. During the Ancien Regime, France was considered Catholicism's “Eldest daughter” because France was the first country to take in Catholicism as the nation’s religion. Due to the relationship between the country and religion, the pope and king formed a closely knit connection between each other. As it is written in the book “The French Revolution and the Church,” the idea of the state and church being independent

1. The Last Supper is a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Lodovico Sforza. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as depicted in the Bible. The painting is based on John 13:21, in which Jesus announced that one of his 12 disciples would betray him. The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; unlike many other valuable paintings, however, it has never been privately owned because it cannot be moved. Тhe painting measures