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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 Jatte) by Georges Seurat (1884–6). [6]
Fête des belles eaux, or Festival of the beautiful waters in English, is a 1937 composition by French composer Olivier Messiaen. [1] The work is scored for six ondes Martenots and was commissioned for the 1937 Paris Exposition. [2] The work was written to accompany the movement [3] of the fountains at the Exhibition.
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.
Michel Fugain (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl fyɡɛ̃]; born 12 May 1942) is a French singer and composer. [1] He was born in Grenoble, Isère.He started composing after quitting medical school, and became a solo artist releasing his first album, Je n'aurai pas le temps, in 1967.
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 Turkish Bath (Le Bain turc) is an oil painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, initially completed between 1852 and 1859, but modified in 1862. [1] The painting depicts a group of nude women at a pool in a harem. [1] It has an erotic style that evokes both the Near East and earlier western styles associated with mythological subject matter.
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.)