rebirth of antiquity. It was a time in which learning was transformed‚ and became an age of daring experimentation. Some of the most important literary figures in Spain’s history came from this golden period‚ one of them being the famous Garcilaso de la Vega. His sonnet‚ Sonnet XXIII‚ perhaps one of the most significant sonnets of this epoch‚ focuses on the relationship of beauty and time. The message is successfully conveyed through the careful use of structure and poetic devices. This particular
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The Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is by Miguel Cabrera and was created around 1750. The artwork depicts a portrait of a Catholic nun‚ Sor Juana. The artwork is located in Latin America in the Spanish colonies of Mexico. Sor Juana joined the religious order of the Catholic Church and became a nun in order to pursue her intellectual interests. Sor Juana is depicted looking straight at the view and the iconography of the portrait is quite typical of nun portraits from 18th century Mexico. She
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La Routa de los Cenotes The Yucatan Peninsula is famous for its abundance of cenotes‚ which are spectacular sinkholes and caves formed over millennia among the striking karst and limestone landscape. Although cenotes are found in every nook and cranny of this peninsula‚ the local government has gone to much effort to establish and advertise a bona-fie ‘Cenotes Route’ which guides visitors along a route which stretches over 300kms between Puerto Morelos (about half way between Playa and Cancun)‚
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the Middle East April 13‚ 2011 The 2006 Lebanon War The Lebanon War of 2006 began on July 12th‚ when Hezbollah launched a rocket attack on Israeli military positions stationed near the border between Lebanon and Israel. In the minutes during the ensuing chaos‚ Hezbollah militants crossed the border into Israel‚ and kidnapped two Israeli soldiers who they intended to use as collateral in a prisoner exchange with Israel. The war lasted until August 13‚ 2006‚ at which point the United Nations
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The book‚ Resumen de La Tierra del Tiempo Perdido by José María Merino‚ is about a man named Miguel. In the beginning of the book‚ Miguel’s grandfather asked him if he wanted to join him on a business trip for the King of Spain. Miguel decided to go with his godfather to Spain and during his trip to Latin America‚ he learns not only a deeper connection with himself‚ but also how to connect with others on a deeper level. When they first arrived‚ they felt a lot of prejudice from the natives. Since
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un poco la avaricia‚ que realmente lo que hay que hacer es compartir y convivir con las personas‚ la solidaridad. Si en una comunidad se comparte y se busca el bien común‚ de todos‚ se progresa y avanza; mientras si en una comunidad si se preocupa cada uno por sus intereses sin un proyecto común‚ no se consigue avanzar sino que se destruiría esa comunidad y serian incapaces de hacer cosas juntos todos a la vez. La Flor: representa la amistad cuando ya hay una plena confianza entre las personas
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Domenicos Theotocopoulos‚ otherwise known as El Greco‚ was born in Crete in 1541 and died in 1614‚ Domenicos was a talented Cretan painter‚ architect‚ and sculptor. He was given the name El Greco‚ translated literally as "the Greece"‚ because he was born on the island of Crete in 1521 and at that time Crete belonged to Greece. El Greco lived on the island of Crete until the age of 25 when he left to explore the world. In Venice‚ El Greco worked under Titian who was considered the Great Master
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Viewing the Globe in 2006 and 2056 U.S. software engineer living in 2006 I am an Indian male earning a living as a software engineer in Houston‚ Texas. I earned my degree in India prior to moving to the United States‚ and came here on an H1B visa. I went to work for Merrick Corporation‚ a large company that provides oil and gas companies with leading edge information technology‚ software‚ hardware and services to increase the efficiency of their drilling and production operations. The hours were
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“Les Tiroirs de la nuit” by Adolf Dehn translated as Night Drawers in French‚ was produced in 1976-78 this is a Oil on linen painting. The painting represents a depth effect with the observer in a baby’s room staring outside onto a balcony at a boy and dog with a door leading to the small figures. The room the painting places you in is a light blue room that has a light bleached wooden night drawer with round wood bleach handles night drawer that is on the left of the painting and it extends outside
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Tittle: El Presidente Characters: Jorge Stregan--------------------------------------------------------------Emilio Aguinaldo Nora Aunor----------------------------------------------------------------Maria Agoncillo Christopher De Leon----------------------------------------------------Antonio Luna Christine Reyes-----------------------------------------------------------Hilaria Del Rosario Cesar Montano----------------------------------------------------------Andres Bonifacio Alicia Mayer
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