45 résultats pour "academy"
- United States Military Academy.
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Academy
- Paul Newman Paul Newman, born in 1925, American actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who won an Academy Award for his role in The Color of Money (1986).
- Tom Hanks Tom Hanks, born in 1956, American motion-picture actor, a two-time Academy Award winner who is acclaimed for both his comic and dramatic performances.
- Jodie Foster Jodie Foster, born in 1962, American motion-picture actor, director, and Academy Award winner, who began her career as a child actor.
- Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), American actor, winner of four Academy Awards for best actress, noted for her unique combination of timeless beauty, wit, and fiery passion.
- ROCK ACADEMY
- James Cagney James Cagney (1899-1986), American actor and Academy Award winner, noted for his tough-guy roles.
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1929: Les awards puis les oscars récompensent les meilleurs du cinéma
Quatre oscars dorés, à l'entrée du Shrine Auditorium de Los Angeles, évoquent la remise de ces récompenses. Les awards puis les oscars récompensent les meilleurs du cinéma Le 16 mai 1929, l'hôtel Roosevelt à Hollywood accueille la première remise des prix décernés par l' Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. En quelques années, cette récompense -baptisée plus tard oscar -devient le prix cinématographique le plus important. L' idée de d...
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George Frideric Handel
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Handel's Water Music
In addition to his popular operas and oratorios, German-born composer George Frideric Handel wrote music in the 1700s
for the church and for royal celebrations.
During the 1720s and 1730s Handel worked primarily as a composer and producer of operas for the London stage. This extremely productive phase of his career beganwith the opening of the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1719. The Royal Academy was founded with the support of the king and aristocratic subscribers for theproduction of Italian operas. Its directors sent Handel to continental Europe to hire some of the world’s greatest singers. Handel was not the only composer writingoperas for Aca...
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Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg
The imaginative films of Steven Spielberg are known for their technical creativity and memorable characters.
Courtesy of Everett Collection Spielberg teamed up with writer-producer George Lucas in the 1980s to make the action-adventure Indiana Jones film series: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Other directorial projects during this period included the science-fiction fantasy E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial , at the time the highest-grossing film ever made; The Color Purple (1985), a drama based on the novel...
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Titanic (motion picture, 1997)
Titanic (motion picture, 1997), drama about the sinking of a luxury liner during its first transatlantic voyage, based on the true story of the Titanic disaster that
occurred in 1912.
Derrick Lea (Leading stoker Barrett)Richard Ashton (Carpenter John Hutchinson)Sean. M. Nepita (Elevator operator)Brendan Connolly (Scotland road steward)David Cronelly (Crewman)Garth Wilton (First class waiter)Martin Laing (Promenade deck steward)Richard Fox (Steward no. one)Nick Meaney (Steward no. two)Kevin Owers (Steward no. three)Mark Capri (Steward no. four)Marc Cass (Hold steward no. one)Paul Herbert (Hold steward no. two)Emmett James (First class steward)Christopher Byrne (Stairwell stewa...
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1750 - 1899 : CHRONOLOGIE ARTISTIQUE
l'Académie San-Fernando (succès en 1766). Traditionnel voyage en Italie ensuite et participation en 1771 auconcours organisé par l'Académie de Parme avec Annibal passant les Alpes. Lichtenberg fait ses études à Göttingen,et se lie d'amitié avec ses maîtres Meister et Kästner. Mort de Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux le 12 février,à Paris. Voltaire publie son Traité sur la tolérance.1764Ann Radcliffe naît le 9 juillet, à Londres. Départ pour Londres de Johann Heinrich Füssli et début...
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ocars
Each year, one or two artists host the ceremony starting by an opening number or a monologue. And then the concerned movies are presented and the artists who recorded the nominees for Best Original Song quite often perform those songs live at the awards ceremony, and the fact that they are performing is often used to promote the television broadcast. In each category, one of the 5 nominees is awarded of the Oscar given by another artist. This year, it was special because it was Michelle...
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Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.
national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...
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Condorcet, Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat de
years he also came under the influence of Euler, Fontaine, the Bernouillis and, above all, of the distinguished mathematician and academician, Jean Le Rond D'Alembert , who became his patron. He was elected Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1773, and in 1782 became a member of the French Academy. An enthusiastic supporter and theorist of the Revolution, he played an important role in the drafting of the Déclaration des droits in 1789. Suspected later of being a Girondin, he w...
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Plato
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Plato (428?
one of the individuals escapes from the cave into the light of day. With the aid of the sun, that person sees for the first time the real world and returns to the cave withthe message that the only things they have seen heretofore are shadows and appearances and that the real world awaits them if they are willing to struggle free oftheir bonds. The shadowy environment of the cave symbolizes for Plato the physical world of appearances. Escape into the sun-filled setting outside the cave symbolize...
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Plato.
one of the individuals escapes from the cave into the light of day. With the aid of the sun, that person sees for the first time the real world and returns to the cave withthe message that the only things they have seen heretofore are shadows and appearances and that the real world awaits them if they are willing to struggle free oftheir bonds. The shadowy environment of the cave symbolizes for Plato the physical world of appearances. Escape into the sun-filled setting outside the cave symbolize...
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Walt Disney
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated
movies and world-renowned amusement parks.
Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...
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Joseph Mallord William Turner (Histoire de la peinture) : UN PRÉCURSEUR DE L'IMPRESSIONNISME
EN QUlTE D'INDÉPENDANCE • Dans la décennie 1810, Turner poursuit sa course aux honneurs : il est ainsi nommé membre du conseil d'administration de la Royal Academy, puis membre du comité d'accrochage. • En 1807, il devient professeur de perspective dans cette école. • Toutefois, afin d'échapper aux querelles intestines qui agitent ce haut lieu de l'art londonien, Turner décide dès 1806 de participer aux expositions de la British Institution, cré...
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Madrid - geography.
stores and offices on the first one or two levels. While many people rent their apartments, most own them and participate in cooperatives that maintain the building.Because living spaces are small by American standards, madrileños do most of their socializing in the streets, bars, restaurants, and parks of their neighborhoods. Onlya few very wealthy areas north of the city have single family houses with gardens and yards similar to those in American suburbs. Many of the newest neighborhoodsare c...
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Carneades
these works - all of which are lost. Carneades was persuasive, but he was also elusive; and his pupils disagreed on how to interpret him: his successor Clitomachus, who wrote voluminously about his master, confessed that 'he could never understand what Carneades believed' (Cicero, Academics II 139 ); and Metrodorus claimed that 'everyone has misunderstood Carneades' (Philodemus, History of the Academy XXVI 8-10 ). Also like Arcesilaus - and Socrates - before him, Carneades argued ag...
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind, motion-picture epic about a tempestuous Southern belle and the changes in her life due to the American Civil War (1861-1865), based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Mitchell.
Isabel Jewell (Emmy Slattery)William Stack (Minister)Robert Elliott (Yankee major)George Meeker, Wallis Clark (His poker-playing captains)Irving Bacon (Corporal)Adrian Morris (Carpetbagger orator)J. M. Kerrigan (Johnny Gallagher)Olin Howlin (Yankee businessman)Yakima Canutt (Renegade)Blue Washington (His companion)Ward Bond (Yankee captain Tom)Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler)Mickey Kuhn (Beau Wilkes)Lillian Kemble-Cooper (Bonnie's nurse)Si Jenks (Yankee on street)Harry Strang (Tom's aide) Award...
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London (England) - geography.
In the northern part of the West End is Bloomsbury, the city’s traditional intellectual center, with its concentration of bookshops and homes of writers and academics. Inthe early 20th century a number of famous writers, critics, and artists who lived here became known as the Bloomsbury Group. Here, too, is the British Museum, one ofLondon’s chief tourist attractions. Nearby is the giant complex of the University of London, whose various colleges and departments have taken over much ofBloomsbury...
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Aristotle (384-322 BC)
to support any detailed intellectual biography of Aristotle. A few points, however, may suggest a partial chronology.(1) Some of Aristotle's frequent critical discussions of Plato and other Academics may have been written (in someversion) during Aristotle's years in the Academy. The Topics may reflect the character of dialectical debates in the Academy. (2) It is easier to understand the relation of the doctrine of substance in the Categories and Physics I-II to the doctrine and argument o...
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William TURNER (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)
EN QUlTE D'INDÉPENDANCE • Dan s la décennie 1810 , Turner pour suit sa course aux honneurs : il est ainsi nommé membre du conseil d'administration de la Royal Academy , puis membre du comité d'accrochage . • En 1807, il devient professeur de perspective dans cette école . • Toutefois , afin d'échapper aux querelles intestines qui agitent ce haut lieu de l 'art londonien , Turner décide dès 1806 de participer aux expositions de la British Institution ,...
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From Bulfinch's Mythology: Charlemagne - anthology.
The titles of some of Archbishop Turpin's chapters will show the nature of his history. They are these: 'Of the Walls of Pampeluna, that fell of themselves.' 'Of theWar of the holy Facundus, where the Spears grew.' (Certain of the Christians fixed their spears, in the evening, erect in the ground, before the castle; and found them,in the morning, covered with bark and branches.) 'How the Sun stood still for Three Days, and the Slaughter of Four Thousand Saracens.' Turpin's history has perhap...
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Aristotle
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Aristotle (384-322
BC),
Greek philosopher and scientist, who shares with Plato and Socrates the distinction of being the most famous of ancient philosophers.
succession of individuals. These processes are therefore intermediate between the changeless circles of the heavens and the simple linear movements of the terrestrialelements. The species form a scale from simple (worms and flies at the bottom) to complex (human beings at the top), but evolution is not possible. C Aristotelian Psychology For Aristotle, psychology was a study of the soul. Insisting that form (the essence, or unchanging characteristic element in an object) and matter (the commonu...
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Aristotle.
succession of individuals. These processes are therefore intermediate between the changeless circles of the heavens and the simple linear movements of the terrestrialelements. The species form a scale from simple (worms and flies at the bottom) to complex (human beings at the top), but evolution is not possible. C Aristotelian Psychology For Aristotle, psychology was a study of the soul. Insisting that form (the essence, or unchanging characteristic element in an object) and matter (the commonu...
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São Paulo (city) - geography.
universities include the State University Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1976), and the even larger University of São Paulo (1934), which incorporates the city’s famousand influential Faculty of Law. Important private universities are Mackenzie University, originally founded by Presbyterian missionaries from the United States (1870);the Paulista University (1972); the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1946); and the University São Judas Tadeu (1971). The city is home to the São Pau...
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Detroit - geography.
of German and Irish immigrants. In the first half of the 20th century, the percentage of foreign-born residents declined, even though many immigrants arrived fromeastern Europe. During World War II (1939-1945), both whites and blacks were attracted from the South to work in the city’s defense industries. In 1950 foreign-bornand black residents each made up about 16 percent of the total population. In the five decades after 1950, the city lost almost half of its population, as many white resident...
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Tajikistan - country.
by more than 100 percent due to a high birth rate and improvements in medical care. During the early 1990s, however, the growth rate began to decline due to civilwar and emigration. A Ethnic Groups and Languages Tajiks constitute the largest ethnic group in Tajikistan, making up about 65 percent of the population. The peoples who live in Gorno-Badakhshan, located in the Pamirs,are classified as Tajiks, although their languages and customs are distinct. The largest minority group in the country...
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Ukraine - country.
a major hazard, especially to Ukraine’s water supply. The Chernobyl’ complex was finally shut down completely in December 2000, with the financial assistance ofWestern nations. The funds were to pay for the completion of two other nuclear power plants that would produce enough power to make up for the loss of the powersupply from the Chernobyl’ plant. III PEOPLE OF UKRAINE The population of Ukraine was estimated in 2008 at 45,994,287, giving the country a population density of 76 persons per s...
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West Side Story
West Side Story, motion-picture musical about star-crossed lovers from different cultures in New York City, based on the 1957 stage play by Arthur Laurents and
Jerome Robbins, which was inspired by Romeo and Juliet (1595?
Trivia The actors in the rival gangs were instructed to play pranks on each other off the set to keep tensions high. Quote Riff (singing): “When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way!” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Schindler's List Schindler's List, motion picture about a German factory owner who saves a large number of Jewish people from death during the Holocaust, based on Thomas Keneally's book about Oskar Schindler.
- Lawrence of Arabia (motion picture) Lawrence of Arabia (motion picture), box-office hit motion picture about the adventures of British soldier T.
- Star Wars Star Wars, science-fiction movie about a young man who joins a rebel group and helps them battle the evil empire.
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On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront, motion picture about a down-and-out boxer who finds courage to stand up to a corrupt labor union through the friendship of a woman and a priest.
Terry: “You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you,Charlie.” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Turner, Joseph Mallord William - vie et oeuvre du peintre.
Très influencé par l’œuvre du peintre français Claude le Lorrain, Turner entreprend en 1807 la vaste tâche de répertorier à son tour sa propre production dans le Liber Studiorum (1807-1819), un recueil de gravures, resté inachevé, qui propose une classification des types de paysages à l’image de celui de l’artiste du XVII e siècle. Bientôt il répond à des commandes d’illustration de textes littéraires : illustrations du poème « Italy » de Samuel Rogers (1828), gravures de Picturesque Views...
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MOOC aux États-Unis et étude en ligne en Afrique
grâce à l'utilisation d'une plateforme web. La Khan Academy existe encore aujourd'hui et ses cours, sous forme de vidéos d'apprentissage, se retrouvent tous sur le site d'hébergement de vidéos Youtube. Aux États-Unis, les études supérieures ne sont pas abordables pour tous : en effet, les prix d'une seule année d'université s'y étaleraient entre 15 000 et 50 000 dollars, par étudiant. Ces frais ont énormément augmenté depuis les 30 dernières années et représentent un frein à beaucoup d'étudiant...
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- The Sound of Music The Sound of Music, motion picture about a religious young governess who brings music and happiness to a widower's large family, set in Austria during World War II (1939-1945).
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George Frideric Handel.
Handel’s most important contribution to music history undoubtedly lies in his oratorios. Although the genre had existed in the 17th century, Handel seems to haveinvented the special type known as English oratorio, with its dazzling choruses. His influence on later generations can be seen most clearly in the history of the oratorio:Handel’s Messiah is one of only a few 18th-century works to remain in the performance repertory from its composer’s lifetime until today. The oratorios of later comp...
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Moscow (city, Russia) - geography.
V RECREATION About 30 percent of Moscow’s territory is occupied by parks and public gardens, which were important elements of Soviet city planning. Gorky Park, which providesactivities such as amusement rides and boating, sits on the right bank of the Moscow River; the park’s display of a retired Soviet space shuttle dominates the riverside.The Moscow Zoo is located just west of the city center. The Botanical Gardens, administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences, offers a diverse display of...
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Athens (Greece) - geography.
At the heart of the modern city is Syntagma (Constitution) Square, located east of the Acropolis. The square is bordered by the national Parliament Building, originally aroyal palace completed in 1842 for King Otto I. Nearby is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which features a daily changing of the guard. Several of the city’s principalhotels as well the offices of major banks and airline companies also face the square. Behind the Parliament Building is the National Gardens, a public park that i...
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San Francisco - geography.
recognized symbol of the city, opened in 1937. It connects San Francisco to Marin County to the north, one of the wealthiest suburban areas in the nation. With the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and other links from the city to its suburbs, the San Francisco Bay area has become one large metropolitanregion. San Francisco itself is only 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of land area, but the city’s Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (defined by the Census Bureau as SanFrancisco, San Mateo,...