El Greco was born in 1541 in Heraklion‚ Crete‚ Greece. He is one of the most recognized people from the renaissance and he was known to many as an artist but he is also an architect and a sculptor. His original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos but he is widely and most famously known as El Greco which meant the greek in spanish. He was trained to be a painter when he was very young‚ later he moved to Venice because at that time Crete belonged to Venice. He then decided to move to Rome and lived
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The song we are going to analyze is track 20‚ which is “El Ahualulco”. The composer is anonymous and was performed by the Conjunto Hueyapan. This genre music came from the Son Jarocho‚ where insturments such as the harp‚ jarana jarocho‚ and requinto jarocho are being played. The harp is something very noticeable in son jarocho. The harp is a 36-string non pedal harp‚ it functions as a lead and bass instrument. Another instrument used is the jarana jarocha which is an 8-string small and flat instrument
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What is Romanticism? Romanticism was a movement in the 19th century in where art‚ literature‚ and music experienced a growth in not only popularity‚ but also creativity‚ in the form of intuition‚ inspiration‚ imagination‚ individuality‚ and idealism. There are many characteristics of Romanticism that can be recognized within many aspects of literature. The few characteristics that are widely common in literature will be shown here. In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” written by Washington
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El Velador‚ or The Night Watchman‚ is a 2012 documentary directed by a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker named Natalia Almada. Almada’s works mainly focus on Mexico’s history‚ politics‚ and culture. In El Velador‚ she observes how the Mexican drug wars has affected the city of Culiacán in Mexico. She not only displays the violence caused by the war‚ but rather what it means to live in violence. Throughout the documentary‚ the overall theme of violence is displayed and indirectly spoken
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The El Paso community can be said to be peaceful in terms of violence and drugs. In certain aspects however‚ our community suffers. I live on the Far East side of El Paso which is now currently growing at a huge rate. Because of this‚ streets as well as restaurants and stores are getting more and more populated. Along with this is the fact that since we are growing so fast‚ construction is taking place in order to allow a “better” flow of traffic. The result from this is catastrophic. Instead of
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soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s select‚ American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote‚ where they murdered hundreds of men‚ women‚ and children‚ often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and photographs of its victims -- appeared in the United States‚ the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end‚ El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued‚ with American funding. When Mark Danner’s reconstruction of these events first
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El Chapo Good or Bad? El Chapo has been transporting drugs since he was a young kid. Chapo was born into this world of the drug cartels‚ when his dad use to transport drugs and take Guzman on his trips to take the drugs. In recent discussions people are debating on if El Chapo should be extradited to the United States on his charges that are drug charges. Most people say he should be able to stay in mexico because he is seen as a robin hood like figure. El Chapo should be extradited to the United
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I. Title: El Presidente II. Characters: Jorge ER Estregan – Emilio Aguinaldo Nora Aunor – Maria Agoncillo Christopher De Leon – Antonio Luna Cristine Reyes – Hilaria Del Rosario Cesar Montano – Andres Bonifacio III. Director: Mark Meily IV. Summary The Philippines‚ 1896. After witnessing atrocities by the Spanish military government and its friars to his constituents‚ the young town mayor of Cavite el Viejo‚ Emilio Aguinaldo feels powerless when he could not help his fellow Filipinos
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The Massacre at El Mozote was the killing of hundreds of Salvadorans by the Atlacatl‚ an American-trained battalion. They Atlacatl entered the town of El Mozote and massacred estimates as high as 1‚000 people‚ including men‚ women‚ and children. A war was being fought in El Salvador between the government army and guerrillas‚ with funding from the American government being sent to the El Salvadoran army. The United States is at fault for the lives lost at the town of El Mozote and those surrounding
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El Camino College - Compton Center Intermediate Algebra - Mathematics 73 - Hybrid Spring 2010 Course Syllabus MISSION STATEMENT El Camino College offers quality‚ comprehensive educational programs and services to ensure the educational success of the students from our diverse community. Professor: Dr Jose M Villalobos‚ Ph.D. Class: Math 73 Credit Hours: 5 Section: 9647 Course Dates: February 13‚ 2010 - June 11‚ 2009 Date/Time: Saturday 12:30p.m – 2:50p.m Location:
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