To begin with people built Romanesque churches because that is all they knew how to make without the churches collapsing. Soon enough they made advancements and were able to build Gothic style churches; which were taller‚ with more windows‚ and more support. “Gothic architecture has three distinct characteristics which set it apart from Romanesque; pointed arches‚ ribbed vault‚ and flying buttresses. These developments allowed the architects
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dancing career in Stockholm ’s Cullberg Ballet[2] and one year later he joined‚ Nederlands Dans Theater‚[3] with artistic director Jiří Kilián and remained with the company for ten years. In 1983 he choreographed the Jardí tancat ( Shut Garden in Catalan) to music composed by Maria del Mar Bonet. They were awarded with the first prize in the Internationaler Choreographischer Wettbewerb‚ Köln. In 1988‚ Duato was appointed steady NDT choreographer together with Hans van Manen and Jiří Kilián. Nacho
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also called‚ the medieval period was a span of about one thousand years and took place approximately from around the 5th century to the 14th century. There are two art forms of the middle ages which I would like to discuss. The first one is the Romanesque art‚ which was popular from the 10th century to the 12th century and dominated Europe. 2. Describe the later period. Your description should include the characteristics of the style‚ and social conditions that may have contributed to the advent
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amendment rights guaranteed to us by the constitution. At the beginning of both men’s reigns‚ they both outlawed labor unions: which are protected under the first amendment in the right to assemble portion. Also‚ Franco outlawed the speaking of the Catalan and Basque languages which also infringes your freedom of speech. Franco also outlawed every religion except for Catholicism. This also infringes on first amendment rights‚ and would not happen in our country. The 22nd amendment‚ which states that
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The Dark Ages In this paper‚ I will talk about how The Middle Ages‚ also known as the Dark Ages‚ was considered to be a time of death‚ disease and despair. Just as the name the “Dark Ages” advocates‚ this era of European history appeared to be bounded by gloom and desperateness. Unfortunately‚ most of the people only see this side of the Middle Ages when‚ in fact‚ the Middle Ages was a far more significant era. Mainly during the late Middle Ages‚ one can find a alteration in orthodox social structure
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are surrounded by sculptures depicting scenes from the life of Jesus and Mary as well as a Colossal Rose Window‚ which is above the doors. The Western Portal also called the Royal Portal is the oldest part of the church and mostly built in the Romanesque Style that was a precursor of Gothic. After a fire in The southern transept portals’ sculptures are of the New Testament and depict scenes from the Last Judgment while the Rose Window is a stain glass masterpiece of The Glorification of Christ
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The “Decline” of Spain in the Seventeenth Century Dr Christopher Storrs‚ University of Dundee One of the most striking phenomena of the early modern period was the rise and then the decline of Spain between the late fifteenth and the late seventeenth centuries. Spain’s rise to be a European and global power began with the marriage (1469) of queen Isabel of Castile (1474–1504) and king Ferdinand of Aragon (1479–1516)‚ whose realm included Aragon proper‚ Valencia and Catalonia. They not only united
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The Causes of the Spanish Civil War What were the causes of the Spanish Civil War? Between 1936 and 1939 over 500‚000 people were killed in the Spanish Civil War so this cannot be considered a ’little’ war that was overshadowed by the problems that were occurring in Europe during these years. In 1920‚ Spain was a constitutional monarchy. The king was Alfonso XIII. However‚ the government was inefficient and corrupt. In 1921‚ an army was sent to Spanish Morocco to put down a rebellion. It
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The busts were made to give honor to the saints for their contributions of martyrdom and spreading their faith through good deeds. These reliquary busts may had contain fragments of each saint’s remains. For St. Baudime‚ it was his blood and for St. Balbina‚ it was her skull. While the bust may seem similar‚ they differ in more ways than previously mentioned. The bust of St Baudime was made in Auvergne in present-day France. Meanwhile‚ the bust of St. Balbina was possibly made in Belgium‚ near
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Case Study ‘FC Barcelona: More than just a club’ Case Study ‘FC Barcelona: More than just a club’ On 26th August 2009‚ Lander Unzueta‚ FC Barcelona’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)‚ was sitting in his office with his early morning cup of coffee in front of all the day’s newspapers. The day before‚ Jorge Valdano‚ General Manager of FC Barcelona’s archrival‚ Real Madrid‚ had declared to the German news agency DPA (Deutsche Presse Agentur): “Each [club] aims to occupy a place in the world from
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