Effets de soirEffets de soir (also called effets de soir et de matin) are the effects of light caused by the sunset, twilight, or darkness of the early evening or matins. They appear frequently in works by such painters as Vincent van Gogh, Bernhard Fries, Armand Guillaumin, and Camille Corot. Literally, it means "effects of evening" in French. This was part of a group of techniques used by Impressionists such as impasto, en plein air, color theory, and thick strokes of oil paint on canvas.
Nicolas Lenglet Du FresnoyNicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy (5 October 1674 – 16 January 1755) was a French scholar, historian, geographer, philosopher and bibliographer of alchemy. Lenglet Du Fresnoy first studied theology but quickly left it for diplomacy and politics. In 1705, Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy appointed him Secretary for Latin and French languages to the Elector of Cologne, who lived in Lille. During the Regence, he returned to Paris and in 1718 the Regent took advantage of his skill to discover the accomplices of the Cellamare Conspiracy.
Catherine PerretCatherine Perret (born 9 July 1956 in Paris) is associate professor of modern and contemporary aesthetics and theory at Nanterre University (Paris X). She obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy and is known for her work on Walter Benjamin, most notably by her book Walter Benjamin ou la critique en effet. Dr. Perret was the director of the Art of Exhibition Department at Paris X. She served as a program director at the Collège International de Philosophie from 1995 to 2001. She is a recipient of the prestigious title Chevalier des Palmes académiques.
Pierre MorainPierre Morain (12 April 1930 – 27 May 2013) was a building worker, a trades unionist, a militant libertarian communist and an anti-colonialist activist. For most purposes he would be considered a Frenchman. However, when he faced trial in connection with a newspaper article he had written opposing the government position in respect of the Algerian War, the president of the court noticed that his nineteen co-defendants were all Algerian and felt it necessary to clarify Morain's nationality: "But you ..
Bruno LanvinBruno Lanvin is the Executive Director for Global Indices at INSEAD. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Executive Director of INSEAD’s eLab, managing INSEAD’s teams in Paris, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Lanvin was born on April 14, 1954, in Valenciennes, France. He speaks and writes French, English and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of Italian, Portuguese, Russian and some Chinese.
Jacques Van ImpeJacques Van Impe (born 15 January 1941) is a Belgian academic widely published in the field of ornithology. His research is particularly focused on reproduction in the greater white-fronted goose, the bean goose (Anser fabalis rossicus), the Eurasian oystercatcher, the pied avocet, the northern lapwing, the black-tailed godwit, and the common redshank. "Changements importants dans la distribution des Oies sauvages (Anser sp. et Branta sp.) dans le Nord de la Russie européenne.
Marc-Antoine Jullien de ParisMarc-Antoine Jullien, called Jullien fils (March 10, 1775 in Paris – April 4, 1848 in Paris) was a French revolutionary and man of letters. Son of Marc Antoine Jullien, deputy from Drôme in the National Convention, he entered the Collège de Navarre in 1785; his studies were interrupted by the beginning of the Revolution. Encouraged by his ardently patriotic mother, Rosalie Ducrolay, named "Madame Jullien", he attempted a career in journalism, in 1790 becoming a collaborator on the Journal du Soir.
Je te rends ton amour"Je te rends ton amour" (English: "I'm Giving You Your Love Back") is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The second single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento, it was released on 8 June 1999. The song became another top 10 hit in France for Farmer, and its controversial music video gained considerable attention at the time, being censored by several television channels.
Save the ClimateSave The Climate (Sauvons le Climat) is a French association created in 2004 by Hervé Nifenecker, Roger Balian, Rémy Carle and Bernard Lerouge. In May 2012, five associations are members and thousands of people have signed its manifesto. Its purpose is to fight against global warming and provide public information on topics fundamental to sustainable development, the environment, and energy, through eliminating the use of fossil fuels in France by maintaining the share of nuclear power generation in parallel with the use of "heat-like" renewable energy.
Yves de WasseigeYves de Wasseige (13 May 1926 – 2 August 2021) was a Belgian politician and economist. De Wasseige served in the 10th Notre Dame de Fontgalland scout unit during World War II. He was a volunteer for the entire war and celebrated the Liberation of Belgium in 1944. He earned a degree in economics from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1951 and subsequently worked at a Hainaut-Sambre steel plant from 1958 to 1975.
