J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David: Empire to Exile
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...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Jacques Louis David: The Death of Marat
This resource from the CGFA provides a short essay on the history and description of the painting "The Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David. Includes a pen and ink study of Marat's head and a link to view the painting "Death of Marat".
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Public Establishment of the Museum: Welcome to the Palace of Versailles
Take a fascinating tour of the Palace of Versailles and learn much about French history, art, architecture and culture from the time of the Sun King, Louis XIV, to the French Revolution. Included are beautiful photos of this...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix is said to be the most representative painter of French romanticism. In his painting, "Liberty Leading the People" Delacroix completed what has become both a defining image of French romanticism and one of the most...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Poet Who Painted With His Words
Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mirbeau
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 - 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after relocating to Great Britain, served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the...
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Jean Baptiste Donatien De Vimeur, Count De Rochambeau
(1725-1807) In charge of the French army that joined the Continental Army and fought in the American Revolution. When he returned to France he commanded the army of the North in the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Gravier Vergennes
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (December 20, 1717-February 13, 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. His rivalry with the British, and his desire to avenge the disasters of the Seven Years' War, led to his support of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmond Charles Genest
Edmond-Charles Genet (January 8, 1763 - July 14, 1834), also known as Citizen Genet, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
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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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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...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Georges Danton
A leading figure of the French Revolution, as well as the first President of the Committee of Public Safety in France.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jean Paul Marat
(1744-1793) Involved in the French Revolution
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jules Grevy
Francois Paul Jules Grevy had a party in the French Revolution.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lafayette in 1777
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: Marie Antoinette
Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. she was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria; wife of Louis XVI; and mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined at the height of the French...