La NatureLa Nature (English: Nature) was a French language magazine aimed at the popularization of science established in 1873 by French scientist and adventurer Gaston Tissandier. The magazine also received an enormous amount of time, effort, and contributions from his brother, Albert Tissandier. From 1873 to 1914, each year's volume started at the beginning of December. The second six-month period began with the first issue in June. Starting in 1915, La Nature'''s publishing year was brought in sync with the calendar year.
La Couronne, Bouches-du-RhôneLa Couronne is a village in the south of France on the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast, notable for its ancient quarries and lighthouses. La Couronne, formerly known as Queyroun, is a village in the commune of Martigues in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the south of France. It is situated on the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast. Primarily a bathing resort, on the small coastal railway line connecting Martigues and Marseille, it is also known for the ancient quarries and lighthouses on nearby Cap Couronne.
Société des Artistes IndépendantsThe Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists) or Salon des Indépendants was formed in Paris on 29 July 1884. The association began with the organization of massive exhibitions in Paris, choosing the slogan "sans jury ni récompense" ("without jury nor reward"). Albert Dubois-Pillet, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac were among its founders. For the following three decades their annual exhibitions set the trends in art of the early 20th century, along with the Salon d'Automne.
Architecture of ParisThe city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, Classical revival, the Flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III, the Belle Époque, and the Art Nouveau style. The great Exposition Universelle (1889) and 1900 added Paris landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower and Grand Palais.
The System of NatureThe System of Nature or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World (French: Système de la Nature ou Des Loix du Monde Physique et du Monde Moral) is a 1770 work of philosophy by Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (1723–1789). The work was originally published under the name of Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud, a deceased member of the French Academy of Science.
The French Union of Modern ArtistsThe French Union of Modern Artists (Union des artistes modernes; UAM) was a movement made up of decorative artists and architects founded in France on 15 May 1929 and active until 1959. Initially made up of around 20 dissidents of the Société des Artistes-Décorateurs (SAD) and led by Robert Mallet-Stevens, the UAM offered a strong and militant alternative to the SAD. Motivated towards making a clean break from the past and struggling against objects in style, artists of the union proclaimed 'We must rise up against everything that looks rich, against whatever is well made, and against anything inherited from grandmother.
Michel PinçonMichel Pinçon (18 May 1942 – 26 September 2022) was a French sociologist. He served as Director of Research at CNRS and taught at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis. Most of his work was written in collaboration with his wife, Monique Pinçon-Charlot, and devoted to the study of the upper middle class and social elites. Pinçon was born in Lonny, Ardennes, on 18 May 1942 into a working-class family. His father was a polisher in Nouzonville. In 1967, he married fellow sociology student Monique Charlot, with whom he had a son.
Noëlla RougetNoëlla Rouget (25 December 1919 – 22 November 2020) was a French Resistance member and teacher. She spoke of her experiences in the 1980s in Switzerland, Haute-Savoie, and Ain. Noëlla Rouget was born Noëlla Poudeau in Saumur to Clément and Marie (née Bossard) Poudeau. Her brother, Georges, was a Catholic priest and six years her senior. Noëlla attended the Scolarité au pensionnat Saint-Laud d'Angers. She was involved in Scouting with the Girl Guides of France, of which she was a leader.
Canadian Artists' RepresentationCanadian Artists' Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is a non-profit corporation that serves as the national voice of Canada's professional visual artists. The mandate of CARFAC is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.
Le RhôneLe Rhône was the name given to a series of rotary aircraft engines built between 1910 and 1920. Le Rhône series engines were originally sold by the Société des Moteurs Le Rhône and, following a 1914 corporate buyout, by its successor company, Gnome et Rhône. During World War I, more than 22,000 nine cylinder Le Rhône engines were built, with the type far outselling Gnome et Rhône's other main wartime engine series, the Gnome Monosoupape.
