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Conte Fantastique
Conte may refer to: * Conte (literature), a literary genre * Conte (surname) * Conté, a drawing medium * Conte, Jura, town in France * Conté royal family, a fictional family in Tamora Pierce's Tortallan world * Conte, the title of Count#Northern Italian states, Count in Italy and other European countries See also * Comte (other), Comté * Contes (other) * Contessa (other) * Del Conte (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conte (literature)
Conte () is a literary genre of tales, often short, characterized by fantasy or wit. They were popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries until the genre became merged with the short story in the nineteenth century. Distinguishing contes from other literary genres is notoriously difficult due to the various meanings of the French term ' that span folktales, fairy tales, short stories, Oral tradition, oral tales, and fables. Definition Conte comes from the French language, French word , "to relate". The French term ''conte'' encompasses a wide range of narrative forms that are not limited to written accounts. No clear English equivalent for conte exists in English as it includes folktales, fairy tales, short stories, Oral tradition, oral tales, and to lesser extent fables. This makes conte notoriously difficult to define precisely. A conte is generally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. In this sense, contes can be called novellas. Contes are contrasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conte (surname)
Conte is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Conte (born 1969), Italian football manager and former player * Carmelo Conte (born 1938), Italian lawyer and politician * Chris Conte (born 1989), American football player * Claudia Conte (born 1999), Spanish heptathlete * Gian Biagio Conte (born 1941), Italian classicist * Giuseppe Conte (born 1964), Prime Minister of Italy 2018–2021 * Hugo Conte (born 1963), Argentine volleyball player * Ignacio Conte (born 1969), Spanish footballer * Antoine Conte (born 1994), French-Guinean footballer * Lamine Conte (born 1998), Guinean footballer * Lansana Conté (1934–2008), former President of Guinea * Maria Pia Conte (born 1944), Italian actress * Maureen Conte, American biogeochemist * Miriana Conte, Maltese singer * Mirko Conte (born 1974), Italian footballer * Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer * Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conté
Conté (; ), also called the Conté stick or Conté crayon, is a drawing medium composed of compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with a clay base, square in cross-section. It was invented in 1795 by Nicolas-Jacques Conté, who created the combination of clay and graphite in response to the shortage of graphite caused by the Napoleonic Wars (when the British naval blockade of France prevented import). Conté crayons had the advantage of being cost-effective to produce, and easy to manufacture in controlled grades of hardness. They are now manufactured using natural pigments (iron oxides, carbon black, titanium dioxide), clay (kaolin), and a binder (cellulose ether). Conté crayons are most commonly found in black, white, and sanguine tones, as well as bistre, shades of grey, and other colors. Colors sets are especially useful for field studies and color studies. Some artists create entire paintings with them, using them more like pastels than like a drawing med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
