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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke
Chiefly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the struggle against King George III that led to the American Revolution, as well as for his strong opposition to the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jean Jacques Rousseau
A philosopher whose ideas influenced the French Revolution and the American Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lafayette
A French military officer who led the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution, as well as fought in the American Revolutionary War as a general.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marquis of Lafayette
A French military officer who served as a general in the American Revolutionary War, as well as the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre (6 May 1758 - 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known figures of the French Revolution. He studied at College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris and became a lawyer. His supporters called him "The...
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Paris & Helen / David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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Lictors & Bodies / David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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A. A. Bernard / David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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Telem. & Eucharis / David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1796
A colored outline map of Europe in 1796 just after the French Revolution and the Division of Poland. Territories are numbered and referenced on the map.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Europe After the Congress of Vienna, 1815
A color map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which redrew the continent's political boundaries after the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This map is color-coded to show...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Europe at the Beginning of the Modern Era, 1792
A map of Europe in 1792 during the French Revolution and the beginning of the Modern Era. This map is color-coded to distinguish between various countries throughout the continent, including Great Britain, France, United Netherlands,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Flight to Varennes, 1791
A map to illustrate Louis XIV's flight from Paris to Varennes during the French Revolution (June 21, 1791). The goal of his unsuccessful escape was Montmedy, a Royalist citadel in northeastern France under control of Bouille's Army of...
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Etc: Eastern Frontier of France, 1792 1795
A map of the eastern frontier of France during the National Convention period of the French Revolution, subtitled "Revolutionary Campaigns 1792-1795." This map is color-coded to show the territories of eastern France, the United...
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Self Portrait / David
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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Bonaparte Crossing the Alps / David
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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Portrait Showing Edmund Burke
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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Napoleon at Arcola
Ambitious effort to cover the French Revolution and the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Site contains an impressive amount of information, key terms, books, images. etc.
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Napoleonic Guide
Ambitious effort to cover the French Revolution and the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Site contains an impressive amount of information, key terms, books, images. etc.
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Photograph:louis Xvi, Oil on Canvas by Antoine Fran
Through encyclopedic article on the life of King Louis XVI of France. Follow his life from child hood to his execution during the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Henry Count D'estaing
(--1793) Member of the Assembly of Notables in the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Danton
A leading figure in the French Revolution, as well as the first President of the Committee of Public Safety.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Lafayette
Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Iii, King of England
George III (1760-1815). The first two Hanoverian kings were ignorant of English politics and obliged to rely on their ministers. Moreover, they cared more for Hanover than for England. But George II had English ideas. He was born and...