The artwork by James Gleeson is stunning. A piece of his that stood out the most to me was “Spain”. Painted in 1951 with oil on a w470 x h670 canvas. The painting has ten figures in the scene‚ with colors ranging from different spectrums of reds‚ oranges‚ blues‚ and blacks. I chose this painting‚ because as soon as I saw it‚ I felt eerie‚ and some type of heaviness. The very first thing I saw was a woman floating above the blood red ground‚ and she looks to be made of stones. I look further into
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Christmas in Spain History of Tradition The history of Christmas starts over 4000 years ago. This christmas traditions were celebrated many time before Jesus was born. The 12 days of Christmas‚ the giving of gifts‚ singing songs while going from house to house‚ the parties‚ and going to the church. Since old times‚ the Spanish people have celebrated the coming of winter with a very special tradition called Hogueras. With influence of the Roman holiday of Saturnalia and the Northern European
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(1936-1939) was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans‚ who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic‚ and the Nationalists‚ a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed‚ and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years‚ Spain was thus left
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After the chaos of the sixteenth century‚ absolutism‚ or an absolute monarchy‚ looked more like a viable option to straighten out social and political order. Nowhere was the philosophy more aptly applied than in France‚ and by no one other than King Louis XIV. However‚ leaving all power in the hands of one person left France’s government vulnerable to the flaws of that one person. Louis’s theatrical rule was undoubtedly influenced by the turmoil of his early childhood‚ but those theatrics cost him
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ECONOMY OF SPAIN and sovereign debt of spain whilst in the european union and eurozone 1. Research question: What is the basic problem in Spain’s economy? One of the core reasons is the selfmade banking crisis. The real estate sector became a big overkill which has been caused by the banking crisis. The construction industry has become a large-scale losses for banks and in the public sector unemployment has risen and housing prices have fallen. Spain also has a problem with competitiveness
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In medieval Spain the Umayyad’s existed with faiths that sprung from Jewish‚ Christian and Arabic backgrounds as well as many smaller faiths and focused on religion as a life path. In ancient Rome‚ the empire was focused on religion as knowledge and only had a religion that would contribute to the overall knowledge that Rome required. If a religion worked against this principle then the Romans would eradicate it from the empire. This was the way the Umayyad Empire in medieval Spain thought of religion
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A notable aspect of history during the 15th century was the emergence of two of the greatest European empires: Spain and Portugal. Their curiosity for what lay beyond the vast seas of the Atlantic is responsible for the world in which we live today. As these empires embarked on their journey overseas‚ their accidental discovery of the New World yielded many profitable resources. European colonization of the American began with the Spanish landing in the islands of the Caribbean and the Portuguese
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The United States: America’s New Spain As much of Latin America shed itself of Spanish colonial rule‚ the British and Americans soon preyed over the region much similarly to Iberian powers as portrayed in the 1914 Chicago Tribune cartoon‚ “What the United States has Fought For.” During the nineteenth century‚ the British exerted its dominance over Latin America through investment‚ half of the region’s ten billion dollar debt owed to the British by 1914. However‚ the United States soon eclipsed
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Liberalism is a political ideology which based on individualism and equality. Liberalism has key ideas such as freedom‚ reason‚ equality‚ toleration‚ consent and constitutionalism. Liberal theories and principles had gradually been developed during the previous three hundred years. With the spreading ideas by enlightenment philosophers‚ liberalism showed up. Liberalism against to religion of state‚ absolute monarchy and religious rights of kings. The 17th-century philosopher John Locke has known
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THE FILIPINO REVOLTS AGAINST SPAIN Filipino’s love Freedom! Filipino’s rebelled! Unhappy that’s what I feel like the Filipino’s feeling when they are under the Spaniards. When I read again this chapter‚ I feel I’m one of them I’m in that time and place when the revolt against Spain is held. Fighting too. This is the causes of Revolts: 1. Love for Freedom and Independence 2. Spanish encomendors abuses 3. Tribute (Residence tax) 4. Forced Labor (Polo) 5. Land Grabbing by the friars 6. Basi
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