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18th Century Man Clothing Mission, The (Widescreen, Special Edition) Sweeping and visually resplendent, "The Mission" is a powerful action epic about a man of the sword (Robert DeNiro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires. It reunites key talents behind "The Killing Fields:" co-producer David Puttnam, director Roland Joffe and cinematographer Chris Menges. Winner of the 1986 Cannes Film Festival Best Picture Award, the film earned seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and won a Best Cinematography Oscar. Robert Bolt's thoughtful screenplay and Ennio Morricone's rich score won Golden Globe Awards. "The Mission" is screen storytelling that weaves a haunting spell. Scene Selection Contains Special Features Contains: Bonus documentary "Omnibus," which visits the film's South American location shoot and examines the heartrending lives of the Waunana Indians who portrayed the film's Guarani tribespeople.
Empire Fashions by Tom Tierney, This coloring book panorama of late-18th- and early-19th-century French fashions offers a fascinating survey of the clothing styles worn during and after the Revolution and in the Napoleonic era. 45 plates of detailed, accurate illustrations include representations of claw-hammer frock coats and vests for the well-dressed man, loose pantaloons and shorter skirts for the working classes, high-waisted promenade gowns for fashionable ladies, and dozens of period accessories. 45 black-and-white illus. Introduction. Captions.
A Man's A Man for A' That - The Scots song A Man's a man for a' that by Robert Burns is known for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society which may be seen as anticipating the ideas of liberalism which arose in the 18th century and socialism which arose in the 19th century. It is known in translations into other European languages, in German for example as Trotz alledem und alledem. The Man in the Iron Mask (film) - There have been several movies entitled The Man in the Iron Mask, all based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, which was itself based on the 18th century myth of The Man in the Iron Mask. Science of man - In the 18th century experimental philosophy was used as a method by David Hume to achieve his significant developments in the understanding of Human Nature, including senses, impressions, ideas, imagination, passions, morality, justice, to the point where human society as a whole could be explained through this experimental philosphy. This method was used to formulate the science of man, or the 'science of human nature' in A Treatise of Human Nature (1739). Man catcher - A man catcher is an esoteric type of pole weapon which was used in Europe as late as the 18th century. It consisted of a pole mounted with a two pronged head. 18thcenturymanclothing |
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