Pierre Toussaint born 27 June 1766 and died June 30, 1853. He was a previous slave from the French settlement of Saint-Domingue now Haiti who was conveyed to New York City by his owners in 1787. Pierre Toussaint came to New York from Haiti in 1787. He was enrolled as a disciple to one of the city's driving hairdressers. Toussaint had an ability for the entangled craft of style. Pierre Toussaint hairdressing business was very successful which made him very rich, so he used that money to help take care his master’s wife after he died. He purchased his wife freedom and his sister. Pierre Toussaint was a devout Catholic so he believed in the doctrine of giving to the poor and needy. In fact, he gave lots of money to various charity organizations.
He helps out whoever in need black or white it does not matter and also He and his wife opened their home to orphans and educated them. He donated money to help rebuilt the Saint Patrick church after it was severely damaged by fire. Amid that period of time blacks people were not allowed to enter the church. He was buried outside the church. His holiness and the prevalent dedication to him brought to his body to be moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. Pierre Toussaint was declared Venerable in 1996 by Pope Jean Paul II. I needed to do my paper on him yet tragically there is not that numerous data expounded to him.
He had been a slave for a great majority of his life, and was freed only by his owner. His considerably sized ego was becoming a threat to his leadership. In his defense though for many of these slaves their minds were their safe haven. It was their own independence that they maintained for much of their lives. The extent depended on their personal experiences. For many slaves whose minds had been engulfed with the years and years of domination they had suffered through their lives there was still a spark of their own self-worth. For Toussaint he felt he was destined for great things, as if he had been called upon by God, and this internal spark through God was not solely unique to Toussaint. Many other leaders of the slave rebellion felt that they had also been called upon by God. This could definitely relate to why Toussaint gave himself the title of Dictatorial Governor for Life of Saint Domingue. The article in the Haitian Constitution names Toussaint the Chief General of the St. Domingue army and also gives him the right to choose his
Samuel de Champlain, who’s known as “The Father of New France” was a French explorer during the 17th century. He also was a navigator, cartographer, soldier, administrator, and chronicler of New France. He is famous for discovering Lake Champlain, Quebec City, and he helped establish the governments of New France.
Samuel de Champlain, who is referred to as the Father of New France, was born in the Brouage, Saintonge province, Western France. He was born to a protestant family around 1570. His father Anthoine de Champlain was a sea captain. The fact that his father worked in the high sea as a navigator, gave Samuel a strong desire to be a sailor and an explorer. This came when he was barely twenty years, under the guide of François Grave, he made his first voyage trip to the North America. Samuel Champlain never acquired a formal education in either Greek or Latin literature, but he learnt to navigate, drawing art of nautical charts, and writing. He also learnt the fighting techniques as part of a requirement for French sailors and later he was enrolled as a soldier in the army under King Henry.
François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture was an educated former slave and soldier of the king that would eventually lead the revolution against French rule in Saint-Domingue. The prime objective of Toussaint’s letter to the Directory of France was to end colonial tyranny and declared an end to slavery in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) by utilizing the language of freedom and equality in reminisce of the French revolution. Toussaint fiercely pursued the abolition of slavery, as his letter warned the Directory of France against the reinstatement of slavery. Although Toussaint was captured in 1802 and executed in 1803 by the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, his movement lived on. The French ultimately failed to recapture the island of Saint-Domingue, declaring the independent state of Haiti in 1804.
It is difficult to determine exactly what François did in terms of work after he arrived in the providence of Quebec. There is evidence that he was contracted in 1688 and again in 1692 to go west, which usually meant the person was to go and trade with the natives wherever it was considered most beneficial. However, François later changed his profession to agriculture and can be found by 1694 in St. Paul living the life of a farmer.
On November 10, 1848, his parents migrated to America. When they arrived they settled in New York where they married. His Parents were loving, caring and wise.(www.marxists.org)
In September 1791, France achieved the movement of freeing and outlawing slavery. In turn, Haitian slaves were inspired to do the same by revolting against French plantation owners. This transformative movement of 100,000 slaves was led by Toussaint L’Ouverture; unfortunately, he died before experiencing Haiti’s separation from France in 1804. However, along the way of success of both revolutions, a toll occurred on the numerous lives lost. The Reign of Terror in France was created as a way to protect the republic from its internal enemies, but instead 16,000 people were guillotined. Many documents were shown to be describing the execution of the Reign of Terror to be gruesome and wrongful such that J.G. Milligen stated, “The process of execution was also a sad and heartrending spectacle”, in The Revolutionary Tribunal. Milligen continued to describe the vivid scene of the execution, but this was only one event and many others have died in the fall of the Bastille and the attack on the royal palace. Haiti has also lost many lives as an outcome of the revolutions especially in the slave revolts and battles with French soldiers sent by Napoleon. In addition, the Haitian Revolution leader L’Ouverture died in captivity in France. Both of these revolutions were known to have successfully achieved its goals, but it was chaotic and
There is very little information about the early life of Jacques Cartier he was born in St. Marlo on December 31, 1491, which is located near the lower end of the English Channel. In this small channel there have been centuries of sailors, and adventurer’s fisherman who have made their mark on the world. St. Marlo became famous long before Cartier was born into it; the town became famous for being the headquarters of the consairs of the northern coast. Jacques Cartier’s family dates back to the fifteenth century, to his grandfather Jean Cartier. Not much has been explained about Cartier’s immediate family; Cartier is the second child out of five. Jacques Cartier was born to a family of mariners, but he received a social status when he married Catherine des Granches whose family, who owned a major ship company, the couple never had any children that were known of.
Dessalines served as an officer in the French army when the colony was trying to withstand Spanish and British incursions. Later he rose to become a commander in the revolt against France. As Toussaint Louverture's principal lieutenant, he led many successful engagements, including the Battle of Crete-a-Pierrot. After the betrayal and capture of Toussaint Louverture in 1802, Dessalines became the leader of the revolution. He defeated a French army at the Battle of Vertieres in 1803. Declaring Haiti an independent nation in 1804, Dessalines was chosen by a council of generals to assume the office of governor-general. He ordered the 1804
Post Impressionist painter, and printmaker Pierre Bonnard was born on October 3, 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses- France, he is described as " the most idiosyncratic of all the great twentieth century painters" Pierre Bonnard after his death, is noted for his unique use of color and imagery; he is also noted as one of the founding members of a Post Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Pierre finished his last painting " The Almond Tree in Blossom" a week before his death during his eightieth year on January 23, 1947 in Le Camet, France. Overall Pierre Bonnard can be described as an "intimist" because he was fascinated with the special moments of daily life around him.
The Art Nouveau movement stands as a marked shift in artistic production and artist liberties as it existed between two worlds: it was simultaneously fantastical and irrevocably real. It offered a return to the natural with characteristics like meandering curvilinear shapes and bold colorings. There is no artist within the Art Nouveau movement that was better equipped to “know and see the dance of the seven veils,” (Zatlin, 8) than Aubrey Beardsley. To attempt discussions of the complexity of Art Nouveau without including Beardsley is to not fully envelop the movement and style, as Beardsley himself moved between the two worlds of the fantastical and the real. He illustrated the sexuality and grotesque decadence of the era while maintaining
recognized as a writer. He became one of the most famous and well paid French
In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Dedalus defines beauty and the artist's comprehension of his/her own art. Stephen uses his esthetic theory with theories borrowed from St. Thomas Aquinas and Plato. The discourse can be broken down into three main sections: 1) A definitions of beauty and art. 2) The apprehension and qualifications of beauty. 3) The artist's view of his/her own work. I will explain how the first two sections of his esthetic theory relate to Stephen. Furthermore, I will argue that in the last section, Joyce is speaking of Stephen Dedalus and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as his art.
Impressionism is arguably the most beloved and famous of all the artistic styles to date, which is celebrated for its bright colour and new, imaginative view of the world and society. However, originally in Paris in the 1870s, this kind of art was viewed as controversial and undisciplined, it was considered to threaten the values that fine art was meant to uphold. Then in 1874, a group of artists got together to make their own exhibition, mostly of quite small, informal pieces of art that would not have attracted any notice in the Salon (the big annual art exhibition in Paris). They did eight shows altogether, the last one being in 1886. In the first show, the critics picked up on the title of one of Claude Monet's Paintings, Impression Sunrise, and decided to call the whole group 'Impressionists'. The name stuck, and what was supposed to be just a nickname, ended up being the accepted name of the group.
The Expressionists What do we mean by Expressionism? Expressionism is when a person or a group of people portray their feelings and emotions over a particular matter in such a way that their message is delivered across the board. Whether this is in the form of singing/dancing, art, acting, debating or by physical methods. We say that they are expressing their feelings. When they are expressing their feelings, you can clearly see the look on one’s face which can explain the way they are feeling and what they are expressing.