It was an unlikely place for a revolution. Down in the basement of a café in Paris, two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumière, presented a short film to a select audience. It showed workers leaving the brothers’ factory for their dinner hour and it was the first film to be presented publicly on a screen. The date was 1895 and it is a nice coincidence that Lumière is the French for light. – How did the Cinema commence?
One of the greatest British painters, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in 1727 at Sudbury, Suffolk. He was the fifth son of a cloth merchant, John Gainsborough, and showed an early interest in painting. He sketched both his mother and father while still a child. The Blue Boy
Every day newspapers, books and magazines — millions and millions of them — carry the printed word and picture to each and every one of us. Printing is a vital part of our lives. Through it we are informed, amused, guided and taught. Through printing, knowledge of all kinds has spread widely. The Gutenberg Bible
The French Revolution (1789-94) and the Napoleon Wars that followed it, affected the arts as well as politics. The “classical” arts of the 18th century, though not unromantic, obeyed certain rules. “Romantics” regarded these as less important than vivid colours and vitality. The leading French Romantic was Eugène Delacroix, born in 1798. A frail, lonely child, he first showed talent at his Bordeaux school for the violin. – Eugène Delacroix
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