Bennington she studied with the abstract painter Paul Feeley‚ and with the Australian cubist‚ Wallace Harrison during a term in New York‚ with the Australian cubist Wallace Harrison. Frankenthaler later noted that Harrison’s methods helped foster her understanding of pictorial space‚ a method she maintained throughout her career that was a crucial element in her work. She received a graduate degree in art education at Columbia University‚ and by the time she was a mature painter she was married to Robert
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Around the time of the Reformation‚ societies suffered profoundly from The Black Death. The plague caused the deaths of 50-60% of Europe and 500 million deaths worldwide. People were intensely fearful and many turned to religion to cope. Many questions arose about God and the Church‚ which became a spotlight of attention. What effect was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God
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Humanism and Christianity The Renaissance was a time period which originated in the city-states of Italy that marked the starting point of the modern era. The Renaissance was characterized by a rebirth of interest in the humanistic culture and outlook of classical Greece and Rome. During this time period‚ a secular attitude was achieved‚ thus causing Western Civilization to deviate from the strict religious atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Although religion was not forgotten‚ it was no longer
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tavern owners in the colonies" (“The Daughters of Liberty”). The Stamp Act was a starting point for the Women of the Daughters of Liberty to use their skills to singlehandedly bring down one of the most successful grips the British had on America. They did this because they felt that they were being taxed unfairly on goods that were important to women specifically and that the system was very sexist. “The Daughters of Liberty popularized the idea of boycotting the stamps and taxing goods‚ effectively
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Mary Calkins made numerous contributions to the field of psychology and laid a solid foundation that later psychologists relied on as the field grew. Mary was a pioneer in the Psychology field & the first American Psychological Association woman president. During the late 1800s &the early 1900s‚ she concentrated her efforts and willpower to become an inspirational figure to others and to help develop a new science in the field of psychology. Despite the challenges faced by women during her times
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René Descartes was a Frenchman who was one of the first two people to bring to action the new scientific method along with Francis Bacon. The new scientific method was a new way of thinking and doing experiments. René Descartes thought very differently than anyone before. He didn’t use the same methods as the universities did to discover something new. René Descartes did not believe that the truth is known when a theory is formed. He believed that the truth is known after lots of investigation
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with the Lamp.” Her work was known for “[reducing] the hospital’s death rate by two-thirds” (History: Florence Nightingale). By using her mathematical skills she was able to calculated the mortality rate in the hospital which proved that sanitary methods would decrease the number of deaths. In an article by J.J O’Conner and E.F Robertson‚ the claim that Nightingale lowered the mortality rate from 60% to 42.7% by 1855. This article also mentions that later Nightingale used this information to create
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He also experimented with x-rays and short range radio communication before Guglielmo Marconi did. In other words‚ Marconi just picked up where Tesla left off. And as an extra‚ he discovered the rotating magnetic field; which was the basis for AC machines. Tesla invented many things and contributed to life immensely. I’m quickly going to go to the
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other significant periods. The Renaissance‚ which began in the early 14th century in the city of Florence‚ Italy‚ is a clear example of the latter mentioned; the following question arises: What is the Renaissance? Jam-packed with overbearing innovative elements and personalities the Renaissance or re-birth in English is probably the most artistic‚ therefore resourceful
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