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Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe ( Luncheon on the Grass ) – originally titled Le Bain (The Bath) – by Édouard Manet (1862–3), represents a late variant of the genre, as does Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte ( A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande ...
Although the Canadian Doukhobors, a Spiritual Christian denomination, do not venerate saints, the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul has traditionally been a day of celebration for them. Since 1895, it has acquired a new significance as a commemoration of the "Burning of the Arms", the Doukhobors' destruction of their weapons, as a symbol of their ...
He was inspired by Pieter de Hooch and Vermeer, and painted both on wood panel and, as in the case of Le bain, on canvas. Stevens made his name in Paris as a painter of beautifully dressed ladies. [1] Unlike Franz Xaver Winterhalter, the official portraitist of the French imperial family, Stevens chose his models among the wealthy upper class ...
The first "Fêtes de Bayonne," called "The Big Summer Festival," took place on July 13, 1932. It was instigated by a group of friends belonging to the Aviron Bayonnais rugby team. They wanted to create celebrations similar to those of San Fermin in Pamplona , Southern Basque Country (famous for their Running of the Bulls ) in Bayonne.
A popular ska punk band from Saint Petersburg is called Leningrad. Leningrad Oblast retained its name after a popular vote. It is a separate federal subject of Russia of which the city of St. Petersburg is the capital. In 1996, Vladimir Yakovlev was elected the head of the Saint Petersburg City Administration, and changed his title from mayor ...
The Journal de St.-Pétersbourg or Journal de Saint-Pétersbourg was a French-language newspaper, published in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with varying periodicity and some interruptions, from 1825 to 1914.
"Le temps des sucres" is a period during springtime when many Quebecers go to the sugar shack (cabane à sucre) for a traditional meal. Traditional dishes are also the star of Le temps des fêtes (holiday season, a period which covers the winter holidays. Quebec is the biggest maple syrup producer on the planet. [48]
Les Festes Vénitiennes , Ballet en Musique, par Monsieur Campra, Maître de Musique de la Chappelle du Roy ; Représenté pour la premiere fois, par l'Academie Royale de Musique. Le Mardy dix-septiéme Juin 1710. Conforme à la Remise au Théâtre, du Jeudy 14 Juin 1731, Paris, Ballard, 1731 (accessible for free online at Gallica – B.N.F.)