Grand Siècle and Enlightenment (second half of the 17th end of the 18th centuries)
International recognition of French creativity in the arts, literature, and science formed an integral part of Louis XIV s strategy to dominate European culture. Recognizing that political power lay in cultural superiority, and assisted by his minister, Colbert (Controller General of the Finances, 1662–1683), Louis XIV (1643–1715) initiated an all-encompassing cultural program designed to glorify the monarchy in his person. Fueled by state patronage, this cultural initiative channeled the creative forces of French elite culture into academies, luxury goods, industries, technology, engineering projects, and imperial expansion.
State control of culture reached unprecedented
Campbell s honors Community Champion Principal Jason Rivers Feb 24, 2021 at 05:30 AM Copied!
Campbell s® Chunky® is recognizing and celebrating everyday champions in our lives and communities for their tremendous work through the challenging times of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Today s spotlight is on Principal Jason Rivers, a true Community Champion.
Rivers has served as the principal of P.S. 165 Ida Posner School in Brooklyn, N.Y., for the last five years. When he initially walked through the doors of P.S. 165 as a first-year principal, his mission was to save the school from closing. But as he quickly realized, it did not need saving. Instead, the school and its staff just needed a boost to help the teachers once again find their passion.
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This is a c. 1830 George Philip and Son comparative chart of the world s rivers. Divided geographically, the world s rivers fall into four groups: European, Asian, American, and African. Philip employs boulders, ridges, forests, and mountain ranges to divide the groups. The rivers originate in fantasy mountain ranges. All the rivers empty into a sea along the bottom of the chart. Here, it is worth noting that Philip also pays close attention to the mouths of the rivers and illustrates their deltas in some detail. Among these are the Rhine, Volga, Indus, Niger, and Nile. The mouths of the Amazon and the Rio de la Plata receive exceptional treatment. Numerous sailing ships ply the waters of this vast imaginary sea and a lighthouse occupies a point of land in the foreground on the right. A table situated in the upper left provides the length of each river in miles. A smaller table compares the length of the Thames (an Englis