By Mary McAuliffe PhD
ISBN-10: 1442209275
ISBN-13: 9781442209275
ISBN-10: 1442209291
ISBN-13: 9781442209299
''A humiliating army defeat by means of Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising--Paris in 1871 was once a shambles, and the query loomed, 'Could this impressive urban even survive?' Mary McAuliffe takes the reader again to those perilous years following the abrupt cave in of the second one Empire and France's doubtful enterprise into the 3rd Republic. by way of 1900, Paris had recovered and the Belle Epoque used to be in Read more...
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His only course at present was to enter local politics, which he did with characteristic energy. Paris had been left with only a municipal council, which served merely as an advisory body under the prefect of the Seine. But it was better than nothing. In late July, Clemenceau stood for election and won a seat on the council, where he soon began to play a leading role in the matters that concerned him most—public health, education, and assistance to the poor, especially to impoverished and abandoned children.
It is here,” he cried, “it is here, the place of the martyrs . . ”18 Which martyrs did Guibert have in mind? Montmartre had throughout history suffered its share of martyrs, the most famous being St. Denis, who according to legend was beheaded there. But as everyone knew, other names held in reverence by the political right were also linked to this particular spot on the top of the Butte: the two generals of the National Guard who had been executed there at the Commune’s outbreak, and Guibert’s predecessor as Archbishop of Paris, who died at Communard hands.
After two years in Africa and a severe case of typhoid, his aunt came up with the money to have him released from his remaining years of service. At this time his father, who was facing unexpected financial demands, promised to continue Monet’s allowance only if he would agree to enroll in an official studio. It was upon entering the studio of Charles Gleyre that Monet met Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille. Gleyre pretty much left his pupils to do as they wanted, but even an indulgent teacher such as Gleyre was far too restrictive for Monet, who longed to be free and out-of-doors.
Dawn of the Belle époque : the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and their friends by Mary McAuliffe PhD
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