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UNWRITTEN CONFESSIONS: THEATRE and PLAY of EXPECTATIONS
Rococo was the elegant and cynical expression of the ideas of the eighteenth-century.In the twentieth century, art historians use Rococo to designate the art of the eighteenth century, mainly in France, and characterized what could be termed ”fun of out-of-place … Continue reading
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ROYAL FLUSH & BLUSH WITH THE SUN KING: idiot bastard sons?
It was the world of Saint-Simon. In his insultingly tiny Versailles room a noble diarist recorded life in the court of the Sun King. Prudery, malice, and consideration of status filled his pages and produced a masterpiece that recorded the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Levi, Antonia Fraser, Carlos Perez, Charlotte-Elizabeth Duchesse d'Orleans, Claude Lefebvre, Duc de Saint-Simon, Duke of Marlborough, Gérard Corbiau, Hyancinthe Rigaud, Jamie S. Rich, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jonathan Spangler, Kathe Robin, Louis XIV, Louise de La Valliere, Lucy Norton, Lully, Paul Scarron, R.J Knecht, roberto rossellini, Saint Simon, Seigneur Colbert, Winston Churchill
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RITUAL & POMP WITH THE SUN KING:WHO WILL REMOVE THE ROYAL DUNG?
We know a vast amount of what went on in Versailles at the court of the Louis XIV, especially between the years 1691 and 1723, when the French monarchy, having reached the apogee of its power, was descending and slowly … Continue reading
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SCROOGE AND A MAYAN CHRISTMAS
When the Spanish conquered Guatemala in the 1500′s they overcame a series of independent highland tribes known as the Mayans. The conquered Mayans were allowed to speak their language, but their religion was banned and,in the inquisition style of Spain, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Carl marx, Charles Dickens, Dickens, Engels, Geoffrey Clarfield, Maximon, mayan culture, mayans, National Post, Peter Foster, Robert Heilbroner, Saint Simon, Sherman Howard, Steve Wilson, The Worldly Philosophers
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