French

FRENCH GENERAL
Define the french language and its organs.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
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French (français, ) is a Romance language(not because the french are considered Romantic but because the Language comes for Rome.) This language is spoken around the world by around 90 million people as first language, by 190 million as second ...most live in France but many live in Canada.
Origins: Gaul is now France, then the land had a tribe called the Franks and the land was named after them.In 1914 France battles Germany in World War I.Later in the war around 1940 Germany invades France during World War II. In 1945, Britain, France, the U.S. and other allies defeat Germany, Japan and Italy.During 1944 After four years about, Paris is needs to be feed by German.1981:François Mitterrand is elected president. He is in office for 14 years, becoming the longest-serving president in French history. 2003 the U.S.-France relations are strained when France does not support the U.S. and Britain's use of military force in Iraq.
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What is the Fleur de lis and a picture?
In French, fleur de lis literally means "lily flower". It is widely thought to be a stylized version of the species Iris pseudacorus. Decorative ornaments that resemble the fleur-de-lis have appeared in artwork from the earliest human civilizations.It has consistently been used as a royal emblem. It is an essentially graphic theme found on Mesopotamian cylinders, Egyptian bas-reliefs, Mycenean pottery, Sassanid textiles, Gaulish and Mameluk coins, Indonesian clothes, Japanese emblems, and Dogon totems.(Wikipedia)





Find a picture of the Louve and what is it:

an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
louver: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain (wordnetweb.com)

One of the most important museums in the world, the Louvre was constructed by King Philippe-Auguste in 1190 as a fortress. ...(clevelandart.org)

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French grammar
Define pronoun: pronoun - A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

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Words that take the place of nouns. Example: he, she, it, they, we; She called her mother.
pronoun - a word that can substitute for a noun phrase (eg he can substitute for John).
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Define adjective:a word that expresses an attribute of something
adjectival: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"
the word class that qualifies nouns
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
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In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's ...
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Review of DVD lessons (one and two) beginning French

You many use your notes
How do you ask someone what their name is? COMMENT T'APPELE TU?
Define in french the following words
formal you=Vous
informal you=Tu
charmed=Enchante
mother=Mere
here is= presente
hello=Bonjour
Ok Comme ci comme qa
hows it going=ca va
not bad= Pas mal
my name is= Jem'appele
we=Nous
they=Ills
he=Ill
she=elle
to be=etre
my=ma
but=mals
I=je
yes=oui
no=non
and=et
never=jamais
watch=Montre
my familiy=ma famille
nice=gentille

COLORS AND NUMBERS

colors:

black: noir male/noire female (nwahr)
white: blanc male/blanche female (blahng/blahnsh)
gray: gris male/grise female (gree/greez)
red: rouge both (roozh)
blue: bleu male/bleue female (bluh)
yellow: jaune both (zhawn)
green: vert male/verte female (vehr/vehrt)
orange: orange both (oh-RAHNZH)
purple: violet both (vee-oh-LEH)
brown:marron both (mah-ROHNG)
pink:rose both (rose)

numbers:
0 zéro [zay-ro]
1 un [uh]
2 deux [duhr]
3 trois [twa]
4 quatre [katr]
5 cinq [sank]
6 six [sees]
7 sept [set]
8 huit [weet]
9 neuf [nurf]
10 dix [dees]
11 onze [onz]
12 douze [dooz]
13 treize [trez]
14 quatorze [katorz]
15 quinze [kanz]
16 seize [sez]
17 dix-sept [dee-set]
18 dix-huit [dees-weet]
19 dix-neuf [dees-nurf]
20 vingt [van]
21 vingt et un [vant-ay-uh]
22 vingt-deux [van-duhr]
30 trente [tront]
40 quarante [karont]
50 cinquante [sank-ont]
60 soixante [swa-sont]
70 soixante-dix [swa-son-dees]
71 soixante et onze [swa-sont-ay-onz]
79 soixante-dix-neuf [swa-son-dees-nurf]
80 quatre-vingts [kat-ra-van]
81 quatre-vingt-un [kat-ra-vant-uh]
89 quatre-vingt-neuf [kat-ra-van-nurf]
90 quatre-vingt-dix [kat-ra-van-dees]
91 quatre-vingt-onze [kat-ra-vant-onz]
99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf [kat-ra-van-dees-nurf]
100 cent [son]

Astromony-Fingerprints of Atoms,

From DVD Lecture UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE: AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELY) and teacher instruction (3 1/2 hours)















Show an image and define radiation in terms of electric charge:
In physics, radiation describes any process in which energy emitted by one body travels through a medium or through space, ultimately to be absorbed by another body. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation

All matter is composed of atoms and many atoms are unstable. In fact, over half of the elements in the periodic table including uranium, are in a constant process of rearranging themselves. This is not something that humanity can control.
When the nucleus of an atom attempts to become more stable, it releases energy, known as radiation. Once this happens the original atom changes into a new atom. In some instances, a new element is formed and in other cases, a new form of the original element, called an isotope, appears. The spontaneous change in the nucleus of an unstable atom that results in the emission of radiation is called radioactivity and this process of change is often referred to as the decay of atoms. (google.com)

Show an image and define Magnetic energyThe potential energy of a magnetic field
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Define an Isotope (image if available):one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
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Define an Ion:a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
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Define Ionization:Ionization is the physical process of converting an atom or molecule into an ion by adding or removing charged particles such as electrons or other ions. This is often confused with dissociation (chemistry).
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Define Plank's equation E= hv
This equation shows the property of light. The equation above is a fundamental equation to spectroscopists. Energy is equal to Planck's constant times nu (the Greek letter). Where E=energy in J or calories, h=Planks constant [6.022 x 10^-34 J·s, and v is the frequency of the photon (light) in Hz (or reciprocal seconds). Note also that another fundament equation is c=v·lambda (c=speed of light, lambda is wavelength of light).You could use the above equation, for example, to find out how much energy (in kilojoules) is carried by one einstein (one mole of photons) of red light with wavelength of 650nm. Some conversions need to take place, it you do the right maths you get 184 kJ/mol. Similarly blue light of wavelength 400 nm is 299 kJ/mol.
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Define Ultra violet light and upload an image:Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than x-rays, in the range 10.
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Define Infra red light and up load an image:A color of light redder than the human eye can see. Infrared light has wavelengths that are at least twice as long as green light. Besides visible light and infrared light there are many more types of light. These differ from each other by their wavelength. ... (isc.astro.cornell.edu/~spoon/crashcourse/glossary.html)
Define an upload an image of Continuous Spectrum:Continuum of emited wave lengths.
" Bright line spectrum" and Continuous spectrum with dark lines


How can Astronomers know with absolute certainty that a particular star has Helium or any other element in it?
Because they use spectrum's. Each element has their own pattern within a spectrum. Therefore scientists recognize each elements pattern when they view light spectrum coming from a star. They analyze either the emission, absorption or continuous spectrum patterns.This is an image that shows how each element has a different line pattern.

Are all elements that are on the periodic table also found in the Universe, how do we know this?
yes,because they have not found any new elements in the universe at this time.They know this by using spectrum's.

Art History- Toulouse Lautrec

Review


The Post impressionists-Toulouse Lautrec (51 Min's)

Give a brief summary of how he lived and died , in your own words.(ex. what artists influenced him, his childhood his lifestyle, were he liked to go etc.) Remember be thoughtful, like the art historian you art Miranda.
Toulouse Lautrec was born in 1864 on Christmas eve.He was born very rich, in Paris. When he was a child his legs were cripple. Toulouse Lautrec in his teen years, broke his left leg and soon after he broke his right.His legs never healed right, this stunted the growth of his legs.His legs were as a child but his body was of a grown man.As an adult he went to Moulin Roung almost every day painting all the women he loved and adored looking at.Gauguin and Van Gogh influenced him a lot.He continued painting through out his life, including when he was in a asylum, to stop him from drink, when he got out soon after he die, at the age 36.
Did he live a bohemian lifestyle and why?
Yes because he believed in the Bohemian lifestyle and also believed in Truth ,Beauty,Freedom, and Love, which is the Bohemian mod-do.He also owned no land and drank a lot which is a lot like a Bohemian.
Define Lithograph: is a method for printing using a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Lithography originally used oil or fat.
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Moulin Rouge means what?Red windmill
Describe what it was? Moulin Rouge (French for Red Windmill) is a cabaret built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the facsimile of a red windmill on its roof.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_Rouge) When the Moulin Rouge opened on October 5, 1889, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had already gained much popularity within the bohemian community and was one of the invite-only guests at the opening night party. The Moulin Rouge, which means "red mill," was just that: a huge windmill painted red. It became a landmark, and a symbol of the joie de vivre — the joy of life — in Paris at the time.
The Moulin Rouge was the "rendezvous du high life." It was a theater, a concert hall, and a dance hall — all at the same time.
People came from all over to dance, to watch the dancers, and to watch each other watching the dancers. And Lautrec was there, at the same table every night, drinking and sketching everything which caught his fancy, particularly the dancers.
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TRADITIONAL CAN CAN DANCERS

Define hedonist:Hedonism is a school of philosophy which argues that pleasure has an ultimate importance and is the most important pursuit of humanity.
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Define decadent :decadency - Degeneracy: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
decadence - A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decadence
See if you can use these words in describing his life.
Toulouse Lautrec believed in Hedonism because he thought everything should be fun,easy and beautiful.He was also Decadent because he was artistic.
lithograph posters , what one(title) made him famous. hint: can can girl what did her name mean, try to find an image of this work and post
The Poster La Goulue for Moulin Rouge, her name means "The Glutton" Here is a video of her during her time.

He is known as father of what?
Modern Posters
Define brothel:A brothel, also known as a bordello, cat house, whorehouse, sporting house and various other euphemisms, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sexual intercourse with clients. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel
Define Delirium Tremors:
The main symptoms are confusion, diarrhoea, disorientation and agitation and other signs of severe autonomic instability (fever, tachycardia, hypertension). Other common symptoms include intense perceptual disturbance such as visions of insects, snakes or rats (or stereotypically, pink elephants or tiny figures). These may be hallucinations, or illusions related to the environment, e.g., patterns on the wallpaper that the patient perceives as giant spiders attacking him or her. Unlike hallucinations associated with schizophrenia, delirium tremens hallucinations are primarily visual, but are also associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject - a phenomenon known as formication.Delirium tremens (colloquially, the DTs, "the horrors", "the fear", "the abdabs", "the jimjams" or "the rats"; afflicted individuals referred to as "jitterbugs" in 1930s Harlem slang; literally, "shaking delirium" or "'trembling madness" in Latin) is an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol, first described in 1813. Benzodiazepines are the treatment of choice for delirium tremens.
Find three works from his circus drawings, when and where did he create these?


At what age and how did he die?
36 because of syphilis and mostly alcoholism. He also had a stroke, he could not quite his drinking he suffered the DT's, his body gave out.

Load a link to a nice site on Lautrec
http://www.lautrec.info/

Art History- Cezanne

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS-Cezanne (50 MIN)


Cezanne has been called the father of what?
modern art

Where was Cezanne from and what did he like to paint a lot from this area, give its name and find a painting of one example.He was born in the south of France.He painted a mountain called Mont Sainte-Victoire is one of his many paintings of the area around his home, showing cube-like houses and bulky, round trees.
Why do you think that Cezanne is so important in art history? Be descriptive and thoughtful like an art historian.
I think he was very imporyant to art history because he was believed to have started modern art. He had a unique method with using color and his approach to nature influenced the art of Cubism.


Often called the Father of Modern Art, Cézanne continually developed as an artist. He limited his contact with fellow artists (notably the Impressionists) in order to pursue his own studies of form and color and developed a marvelous, unique style of painting. His preferred subject matter was either still life or landscape (which lent themselves more easily to color studies), although he occasionally rendered humans.(About.com)


Do you feel that if you see a work of Cezanne that you could recognize it?
yes.
Define : Still life in art"a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers"
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Define palette" the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
pallette: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor"
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Define chroma "In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_(color)
Define Realism "Realism is a visual art style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. Realists render everyday characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in verisimilitude. They tend to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and classical forms in favor of commonplace themes. ..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(visual_arts)
"Realism was a general movement in 19th-century theatre that steered theatrical texts and performances toward greater fidelity to real life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(theatre)"
Define Cubisman artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
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Find a picture of the three cone, cylinder, sphere


What artist, who was an impressionist influenced Cezanne?
Pizarro
What painting shocked the critics at the exhibition?Autopsy

Art History-Van Gogh

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS-VAN GOGH (50 MIN)

Here is a picture of his work of his famous painting
Starry Night


How did Van Gogh die and at what age?
Van Gogh's depression, (one he had for quite sometime) deepened, and on July 27, 1890, at the age of 37, he walked into the fields and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. Without realising that he was fatally wounded, he returned to the Ravoux Inn, where he died in his bed two days later. Theo hastened to be at his side and reported his last words as "La tristesse durera toujours", (French for "the sadness will last forever"). He was buried at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise.
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What color did he use a lot?
Yellow
Where is he from and where did he move to to continue his painting?
Birth Year : 1853 Death Year : 1890 Country : Netherlands then he moved to Paris.
Can you find a picture of Van Gogh with a candle in his hat?
I could not find one, but I remember seeeing a painting on the vedio.
What painting did he paint using this method?
Starry Night and other night scenes, he would put a candle in his hat so he could see at night when he would paint.
How many paintings did Van Gog sell in his life time?He sold one painting when he was alive but now he is famous and many paintings have sold and sell for millions of dollars.
Who supported him during his life ?
His brother Theo.
Van Gogh might have been mentally ill, he went to a mental hospital , it is reported that he hallucinated, how do you think this effected his art? Be descriptive and thoughtful like an art historian.
I think his depression and that he was hallucinating effected his art a lot because through out his painting nothing Is clear and I'm wondering is that what he thought his surroundings looked like.
Did Van Gogh have syphilis?
Yes, he did so did many other artist.
Van Gogh was inspired by what native or foreign countries work?
Japan
find an example of this influence and upload.


Define psychiatric illness:A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_illness
define psychotic: "Person afflicted with psychosis
characteristic of or suffering from psychosis."
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80 people signed a petition to have Van Gogh recommitted to a mental hospital , why do you think they did this? Because he was a little crazy and because he wasn't like every one else.
Can you find a work of art that Van Gogh painted during this period, while he was in the asylum? Yes it is titled The assylum Garden
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Art History- Munch

The Scream

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS

-Munch (50 MIN)

Describe Munich s childhood and how did it effect his painting?
"1868 Munch's mother dies of tuberculosis at the age of 30. Her sister, Karen Bjolstad, takes over household.
1877 Sister, Sophie, dies of tuberculosis at age of 15. "(edvardmunch.com)
This effected him a lot in his art, it made his art more gloomy because he was so very little when he lost his mother and sister.
define Bohemians, Munch consider himself one -A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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or A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life.
define Kierkegaard- Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (; ) (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. What is the Philosphy?
Define Angst:In German, an emotional state of anxiety without a specific cause. In existentialism, the term refers to general human anxiety at having free will. www.bigcityart.com

Define Melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the ...
black bile: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
somber: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Munch liked pointillism define this style and try to find an example: "Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of color create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending. or a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye." (wikipedia.com)

What artist influenced him the most, Van Gogh, Pizarro, Cezanne, Monet or Gauguin.
Munch was not known for his landscapes, what was his subject matter?
He was known for his death, love and anxiety paintings.
How did he die? "1944 Shortly after his 80th birthday, on January 23, Edvard Munch dies peacefully at home in Ekely. Bequeaths 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolors, and 6 sculptures to the city of Oslo." (Edvardmunch.com)
For more info. on Munch go here!

Art History - Gaugin

Research after viewing
THE POST-IMPRESSIONISTS: GAUGUIN ( 51 min)

What did Gauguin do before he decided to become an artist?
Stock broker
He had enough money at one time to do what, what did he later do with his purchases and what artist did he favor above all else?
He had an art collection, he favored Cezanne.Later he had to sell his collection to pay for his sick son.
How many children did he have? How many wives? What do you think of how he treated his "loved ones"?
5 children. 2 wives and 2 girlfriends. I think how he treated his loved ones was "barbaric" and cruel because he just left his wife and childen, so he could go live on an island. Another reason is not only did he remarry when his wife was still alive, but he remarried a 13 year old girl.
Find a picture of Martinique and were it is ( it was french) is it an island?
Martinique is off a Cuba and this little island is owned by the French.

Find out where Brittany is, is it Brittan or some place else(optional to add map)Brittany and Brittan is the same place just a different name.

Find an image of his first masterpiece " Vision after the sermon"

Give your thoughts on it.
I dislike most of his work but this one I really dislike.I don't like the plain red parts in it and the tree right in the middle. I don't like the colors, the position he put the people and plus I don't understand the meaning of this painting.

Define primitivism in art:

Crudeness: a wild or unrefined state and a style inspired by early or tribal cultures, or children’s art.

Define Symbolism in art:

A system of symbols and symbolic representations, the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning,or an artistic movement in the late 19Th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

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Find the "Yellow Christ" and add image

Find Tahiti (load a map ) It is the the aright of America in the Pacific Ocean.

Define syphilis and what happens to someone who does not get treatment.
A sexually transmitted disease that, left untreated, can cause damage to the nervous system, heart, or brain and ultimately death.Gaugin died of this disease and so did many other artist.

Define barbarian, do you think Gauguin was one?savage: a member of an uncivilized people and yes I think he is very barbaric.
Fine his last masterpiece "Where do we come from..."

Over all give your thoughts on his work and your feelings about it and the life he led.
Most of his work I did not like, but some I did like, for example his landscapes. The picture up above I do like it because of the dark, scary features of it.
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