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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (French: [lə deʒœne syʁ lɛʁb,-ʒøn-]; The Luncheon on the Grass) – originally titled Le Bain (The Bath) – is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet created in 1862 and 1863. It depicts a female nude and a scantily dressed female bather on a picnic with two fully dressed men in a rural setting.
The seven-pointed star of the Félibrige on the flag of Occitania, above and to the right of the central Occitan cross. Le Félibrige was founded at the Château de Font-Ségugne (located in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Vaucluse) on 21 May 1854 (Saint Estelle's day), by seven young Provençal poets: Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu, Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille ...
Le Temps des cerises The song was later strongly associated with the Paris Commune , during which verses were added to the song, thus becoming a revolutionary song . The "Time of Cherries" is a metaphor regarding what life will be like when a revolution will have changed social and economic conditions.
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.
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 ...
It was then accepted by Maurice Cardinal de Bonald in 1850. The inauguration of the statue was due to take place on September 8, 1852, the day of celebration of the Nativity of the Virgin. However, the flooding of the Saône prevented the statue from being ready. The archbishop, with the agreement of a committee of lay people, therefore chose ...
L'air du temps is a French expression that roughly translates to "the current trend" or "fashionable at the moment". L'Air du Temps may refer to: L'Air du Temps (perfume) by Nina Ricci; A song on the Florent Pagny albums Châtelet Les Halles and 2; A song on the Vanessa Paradis album Bliss; A non-competition section of the Cannes Film Festival ...
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.)