world 2009) it has been a major feature of Spanish Culture. With cinema rapidly increasing and the amount of theatres reaching to almost 3000 by 1930’s (Jordan 2002) visual culture of Spain became a massive demand for Spaniards. With the rising of Francisco Franco and the Civil War rules towards film making were really powerful and with censorship being put up towards propaganda war and documentaries cinema was discouraged. Not only after Franco’s death that cinema became again a major factor of Spain
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The first electric streetcars in San Francisco began operation in 1892 under the auspices of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. At that time‚ it was estimated that it cost twice as much to build and six times as much to operate a line with cable cars as with electric streetcars. By the beginning of 1906 many of San Francisco’s remaining cable cars were under the control of the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR)‚ although Cal Cable and the Geary Street Company remained independent
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have been able to visit different cities all over the world‚ but only two of them have completely captivated me‚ San Francisco‚ California and Miami‚ Florida. Even though these two cities are located in the same country‚ both have many differences such as in the public transportation‚ food-population‚ and lifestyle. Both cities have public transportation‚ but in San Francisco is more convenient and people give more use to it because you can find a stop in every corner‚ and also because there
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Saturn Devouring His Son Saturn Devouring His Son is a name given to a mural painting painted by Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes during year 1820 to 1823 at his house Quinta del Sordo (Villa of The Deaf Man) which is located at Spain. He used al secco technique (also called fresco-secco) which means the color pigments are mixed with water and egg york and applied on the moistened plaster. This painting was painted in oils on one of the wall of his dining room. Goya showed Saturn crouched in
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In the journal article‚ “Catalonia and Spain at the crossroads: financial and economic aspects” (2014)‚ author Antoni Castells states the negative economic consequences Catalonia would face if they were to secede. He does this by giving the numerous statistics on Catalonia’s role in Spain and how secession would end up in hurting the economy of both states such as how Catalonia makes up 18.9% of Spain’s GDP (282)‚ which is the equivalent to 200 billion Euros (2012)‚ and secession would not only be
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occurred on Luzon in the present-day provinces of Cagayan and Ilocos Norte in 1589 Magalat Revolt (1596) The Magalat Revolt was an uprising in 1596‚ led by Magalat‚ a Filipino rebel from Cagayan Igorot Revolt (1601) By order of then Governor-General Francisco de Tello de Guzmán an expedition was sent to the Cordillera region for religious conversion serious purposes with the aid of Padre Esteban Marin Tamblot Revolt (1621-1622) The Tamblot Revolt or Tamblot Uprising was a religious uprising in the island
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most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His full name was Francisco José de Goya‚ Born in Fuendetodos‚ he later moved with his parents to Saragossa and‚ at the age of fourteen‚ began studying with the painter José Luzán Martínez who live from 1710 to 1785. Goya came to artistic maturity during this age of enlightenment. The painter brothers Francisco and Ramón Bayeu y Subías had set up shop in 1763 and Goya joined their shop/studio‚ eventually marrying
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Stanley Ruvinov English 271 Symbolic Analysis 2/16/13 Existence‚ Demise and Reawakening Destruction‚ chaos‚ violence and death along with numerous other tragedies are the results from War. The film Pan’s Labyrinth‚ by writer/director Guillermo Del Toro‚ depicts a story of hero’s quest in a time of disarray. The film is based in 1944‚ about a princess’ journey to return home. She came from an underworld‚ escaping to the real world because of her foolish curiosity. Similar to the myth
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had on their artmaking practices. Both of the artists l have chosen have grown up with a form of trouble which has affected their artmaking practice. I have chosen two artists born approximately 200 years apart. The first artist l have chosen is Francisco Jose De Goya. Goya was born in Spain on the 30th of March in 1746. Goya was a portrait painter and a visionary. At the time when Goya was born the environment around him was highly religious and war –torn. During the early stages of Goya’s life
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July 1936 and ended on 1 April 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists to wrest the dominated power. When progressive Popular Front government was elected in February 1936‚ Nationalists gathered to plan resistance and they were led by Francisco. The rebel force predicted that the war would end with a victory quickly and take the entire country. However‚ that was their miscalculation; the war spent much time than their expectation‚ and they got the Republicans’ withstanding strongly and
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