Girl with a Pearl Earring By Tracy Chevalie Chevalier‚ Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring. New York: Dutton‚ 1999. Print. Girl with a Pearl Earring “A portrait of radiance... Tracy Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel.” -Time magazine Set from 1664- 1676 this slanting novel illustrates the life of Griet‚ a common maid living in Delft‚ as she works for the family of the city’s most renowned painter. At only the age of sixteen when
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Chapter 14: Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church Homework The Great Schism: The Babylonian Captivity was the blasting fuse of the Great Schism. It was a period of division when the popes resided in Avignon‚ where there were three rival popes holding their own administrative offices and own followers. The schism weakened the religious faith of Christians‚ and discredited the Roman Catholic Church’s prestige. The Conciliar Movement was the outcome. Absenteeism: It was one of the Church
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Chelsea Kim Mr. Brewer AP European History‚ Period 5 4-2-13 Chapter 26 Outline * An Uncertain Peace * The Decline of the West by German writer Oswald Spengler (1880-1936): reflected the idea that something was drastically wrong with Western values when he emphasized the decadence of Western civilization and posited its collapse * The Impact of World War I * As over 10 million people died in the war‚ an immediate response to these deaths was ceremonies to honor the
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During the Old Regime‚ food riots were the common form of protest for peasants. George Rudé indicates that he regards 1709 as a "great" famine year‚ which caused hundreds of people to die of starvation from poor grain harvests. Bread prices during August of 1725 were higher than the maximum price in 1709. Per Barbier‚ who Rude quotes‚ this price may have been as high as 32 sous for a four-pound loaf. This angered the populace and forced the removal of the minister of finance‚ M. d’Ombreval‚ from
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Chapter 23 Essay The years between 1815-1848 saw the rise of a number of related and competing ideologies‚ one of them being Socialism. Socialism sought economic equality for all‚ and was very much against the the Laissez Faire ideal of liberalism. There were different forms of socialism as it evolved over the years. Throughout the 19th century‚ Europe saw an uprising and evolution of socialism led by key names Karl Marx‚ Henri de Saint-Simon‚ Charles Fourier‚ and Robert Owen. It created equality
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Allegory: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances 1. Botticelli: One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance‚ developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus 2. Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch humanist scholar who studied early Christian as well as classical culture; criticized the Church. 3. Fresco: the art or technique of painting on a moist‚ plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater
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Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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Although many consider the Old West violent and bad‚ it was actually a mix of the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly. The Old West began in the 1860’s up until 1890. It was also called the Great Plains and stretched from west of the Mississippi River all the way to Rocky Mountains. Many Americans traveled out west in search of adventure and a fresh start. There were a variety of job opportunities available‚ such as becoming a farmer‚ miner‚ or railroad worker. In the Old West‚ violence was prevalent‚ but
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DBQ: Peasants’ revolts From 1524 to 1526 peasant revolts were occurring throughout the German states. Many causes and responses brewed out of these revolts. One cause is from religion issues (1‚3‚6) ‚ Luther’s idea of equality. Another cause is the peasant gaining power (2‚8‚9). As a result of these causes came out response‚ the most common response was riots and chaos (5‚11‚7). These revolts would end in thousands of rebel deaths and others are also killed. In the early 1500s religious reforms
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order to equalize wealth and power‚ Communists would put an end to private property‚ substituting government ownership of factories‚ railroads‚ and other businesses. The Red Scare -Began in 1919‚ after the Bolsheviks overthrew the czarist regime in Russia. -Led by Vladimir Lenin.
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