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Charnier Arch
Charnier is a French surname, and a French word for charnel house A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a pl .... Charnier or ''variation'', may also refer to: People * Claude Charnier, Canadian musician and member of '' Headscan'' * Daniel Charnier, a Huguenot; see List of Huguenots * Madeleine Charnier (1919—2002), a French zoologist Fictional characters * Alain Charnier, a fictional character from the film ''The French Connection'' (film) Other uses * The Charnel House (french: link=no, Le Charnier), a Picasso painting that he painted while living in France * ''Les Charniers'' ( oc, link=no, Li Cadarau), an 1884 work by Valère Bernard published in French and Occitan See also * Pointe Rochers Charniers, Cottian Alps, France; a mountain * * Charnel House (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnel House
A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a place filled with death and destruction. The term is borrowed from Middle French ''charnel'', from Late Latin ''carnāle'' ("graveyard"), from Latin ''carnālis'' ("of the flesh"). Africa, Europe, and Asia In countries where ground suitable for burial was scarce, corpses would be interred for approximately five years following death, thereby allowing decomposition to occur. After this, the remains would be exhumed and moved to an ossuary or charnel house, thereby allowing the original burial place to be reused. In modern times, the use of charnel houses is a characteristic of cultures living in rocky or arid places, such as the Cyclades archipelago and other Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Monastery of the Transfiguration (Saint Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headscan
Headscan is a Canadian music duo, composed of electronic musician Claude Charnier and singer Christian Pomerleau, based in Montreal, Quebec. The pair combines dark trance and industrial dancefloor-oriented electronic and acoustic music."Headscan SHAPER AND MECHANIST" ''Release Magazine'', January 3, 2002. JOHAN CARLSSON History Charnier and Pomerleau have been active in ’s local alternative music scene, particularly within the techno industrial outfit Insurgent. Their first album, ''Shaper and Mechanist'', was released in 2001, and was a theme album based on work of novelist Bruce Sterling. In 2005 they released two singles, as well as an albu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Huguenots
Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include: Actors and film-makers * James Agee (1909–1955), American screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. *René Allio (1924–1995), French film-maker. * Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor, descended from Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands. *Dion Boucicault (1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright. * Marlon Brando (1924–2004), American actor, descended from Chretien DuBois of the Comté of Coupigny, near Lille in Artois. *Godfrey Cass (1867-1951), Australian actor, descendant of the Castieau family. * Christopher Cazenove (1943–2010), English actor. *Timothée Chalamet (1995–), French-American actor. * Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), British actor, likely to have had Huguenot ancestry but this has not yet been fully confirmed. *Cyd Charisse (1921-2008), American actress and dancer. * Jessica Chastain (1977–), American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress 2022, descended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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