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96 matches to Jean de Meung
Chardin, Jean. 1699-1779. French painter of still life and domestic scenes. Le Buffet 1728.
Charles VI, the Well-beloved. 1368-1422. King of France 1380-. Insanity led to Civil War. Berry.
Christo, (Gabrovo Javacheff). 1935-. Bulgarian/US artist with wife Jeanne-Claude. Pont Neuf Packaged 1985. Reichstag 1995.
Clouet, Jean. 1485-1540. French portrait painter.
Cocteau, Jean. 1889-1963. Montparnasse poet. Provençale figurative painter. Filmmaker.
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste. 1619-83. Louis XIV’s Finance Minister.
Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.
Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.
Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.
Cousin, Jean the Elder. 1490-1560. French painter. Eva Prima Pandora, early French nude.
David d’Angers, Pierre-Jean. 1788-1856. French sculptor.
Deism. Theory that God’s existence can be proven by reason, not just known by revelation (Theism). Rousseau. Voltaire. Jefferson.
Duvalier, Jean-Claude. “Baby Doc”. Haitian dictator 1971-1986, son of Papa Doc. Overthrown, exiled.
Encyclopédists. 1751-72. Group who wrote encyclopaedia under Diderot. Voltaire, Helvetius, D’Alembert. As sceptics, they popularized social ideas which led to the French Revolution.
Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.
Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.
Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.
Fouquet, Jean. 1420-70. French miniaturist. Book of Hours 1450. Charles VII 1445.
Fourier, Jean. 1768-1830. French mathematician/ physicist. Flow of heat 1822. Analysis of cyclical phenomena.
Fragonard, Jean. 1732-1806. French Rococo painter of hedonistic Provençale scenes. Swing 1766.
Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.
Genet, Jean. 1910-86. French dramatist. Theatre of the Absurd. The Blacks 1958.
Gobelins Tapestry Works. 1440. Established by Jehan Gobelin. Colbert reorganized 1662. Louis XIV sumptuous style. Le Brun. Versailles interiors.
Goujon, Jean. 1510-68. French sculptor. Fontaine des Innocents 1548/9.
Grolier, Jean. 1479-1565. French collector of 3000 book library.