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Agrippina. c16-59. Roman princess, who poisoned husband Claudius. Killed by son Nero.
Appian Way. 312BC. Appius Claudius’ road from Rome to Brindisi.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.
Bernard, Claude. 1813-78. French physiologist and logician. Influenced Pavlov. Intro. to Experimental Medicine 1865.
Berthollet, Claude. 1749-1822. French chemist. Chlorine Bleach 1785. Ammonia 1785.
Britannicus. 41-55. Son of Claudius, poisoned by Nero.
Cabal. 1667-73. Charles II’s advisers: Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale.
Chappe, Claude. 1763-1805. French engineer, physicist: Aerial telegraph 1792.
Christo, (Gabrovo Javacheff). 1935-. Bulgarian/US artist with wife Jeanne-Claude. Pont Neuf Packaged 1985. Reichstag 1995.
Claudel, Paul. 1868-1955. French writer: Satin Slipper 1924.
Claudian. c370-404. Classic Latin poet. Rape of Prosperine.
Claudius I. 10BC-54AD. Roman Emperor 41-. Added Britain to empire.
Colette, Sidonie. 1873-1954. French descriptive novelist. Claudine Stories 1900-03. Chéri 1920. Gigi 1944.
Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.
Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.
Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.
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.
Falla, Manuel de. 1876-1946. Spanish composer influenced by folk music, Debussy. Nights in the Garden of Spain 1916.
Graves, Robert. 1895-1985. English poet and novelist. I, Claudius 1934.
Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-71. French Materialist philosopher. All actions based on self-interest. De l’ésprit 1758.
Impressionism. 1867-86. European art movement named 1874 for Monet’s Impression Sunrise. Direct from nature with colors to render surfaces and lighting effects. Rejected primacy of subject. Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Cezanne, Manet. Music: 1892-1910. Restraint and ambiguity. Mood music. Debussy.
Laud, William. 1573-1645. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45. Supported Charles I. Beheaded.
Lauder, Harry. 1870-1950. Scot singer/composer: Roamin’ in the Gloamin’.