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literature
Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) is the Renaissance writer. In 1530, Rabelais studied medical science in university. He spent only two months to get a bachelor’s degree in university and became a physician in Lyon. During this time, he completed and published the first three parts of giants Gargantua and Pantagruel. After the publication of the book, it was welcomed by the urban bourgeoisie and lower class people, but it was pushed out by the church and nobility. the book became the officially banned book after published. Gargantua and Pantagruel is a satiric novel, and that shows the anti-feudalism and humanism.

Ballon
The Montgolfier brothers are well-known French inventors, and they were engaged in paper industry. They had invented the new type of artificial parchment paper. Their most famous invention is balloon. In 1782, J.M. Montgolfier developed the first hot-air balloon, but the first balloon can only reach the ceiling. After repeated tests, on June 4, 1783, they showed the balloon in the suburb of Lyon. On September 19th,  King Louis XVI invited the m to perform the balloon in Palace of Versailles in Paris, Balloon floated in the air for 8 minutes, and that was recognized as the first hot air balloon in the world. The balloon not only mean the invention of aviation, but also show achievement and glory of nobility and French King. That encouraged more people to believe the power of science.

Movies
Auguste and Louis Lumiere are the inventors of films and movie projectors. They have transformed the "Diorama" created by Edison, a U.S. inventor. The new movie projector can zoom in on their motion picture by projection so that more people can watch at the same time. In 1870, the Lumiere brothers moved from Besançon to Lyon with their parents. They worked in the photo studio managed by their father. During this time,  Auguste and Louis Lumiere invented the Cinematographe, a combination of camera, printer, and projector. After that, movie become their career. The Lumiere brothers took a more realistic attitude. First, the scene of their movie is open and natural space, rather than limiting to the photostudio. In 1903, Auguste and Louis Lumiere invented the first generation of color film.