Rubens‚a Baroque painter‚ has contributed so much to art more than any other artist‚ because of his unique expression of form‚ composition‚ and color. He created about 3‚000 works of art throughout his life‚ all of which are now scattered in museums across the world. He is well known for his allegorical references‚ pyramidal composition‚ landscapes‚ and depiction of the human form through his depiction of corpulent women. He influenced many painters as well as avante-garde movements such as the Impressionist
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The Fall of Rome The early Roman state was founded in 509 B.C after the romans drove out the Etruscan king. Rome was known to be the center of the world which lasted for several centuries and the thought of such a worldwide power could decline was unheard of. Rome started out from a cluster of villages and into a great empire. It covered most of Europe‚ North Africa and parts of Asia. It was so powerful and seemingly unstoppable but as the aspects that made Rome so dominant started to fade
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an important city for the South because it was in front of Richmond and their major supply lines. The Union would starve the South and soon the Union would break the right front of the south. Grant then wanted to attack all the front lines and they did‚ and Lee would retreat. When Grant went into the South’s Capital he found something that was odd. The South had burned down and torched the city‚ their own
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dried up. British North America was so afraid of the fact that the U.S would expand into their land and take over New Caledonia‚ Governor James Douglas had declared it a British colony and renamed it British Columbia. And it was a good thing that they did‚ BNA is exceptionally large and the defence was immensely weak. So‚ if the Americans had decided to expand into Canada it would be quite easy to get past the border. And besides Britain was not going to help if an invasion was in place‚ they were becoming
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and in the translating of the Bible. According to Pettegree‚ Luther was a person who was very social and got along with everyone (3). He was a humble man and took no pride or expected no fame from his involvement with the reformation. Martin Luther did not expect fame to come with his work; however‚ he ended up becoming one of the most famous people in the Lutheran religion. In fact‚ Martin Luther is what the Lutheran religion is based on and named after. God‚ Wittenberg‚ the printing press‚ and Luther’s
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Trouillot’s argument is that the Haitian revolution is ignored for a significant portion of history because it was a slave revolution. During this time‚ France was undergoing its revolution and enlightenment ideas were becoming central to the French assembly’s philosophical positions. The Declaration of Rights of Man did not apply to the slaves because they were black and a civilized man could never be black. Even though the Enlightenment was occurring at this time neither in America nor France was
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Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) dove into progressive activity not long after his landing in New York from the West Indies in 1773. He served in the Continental Army and afterward in the Confederation Congress. Perpetually discontent with the Articles of Confederation‚ he was an early advocate of established change. A firm promoter of an in number‚ even blue-blooded‚ brought together government‚ he took an interest in the Constitutional Convention‚ composed a large number of The Federalist papers
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wars. Nationalism contributed to the unification of Italy in the 19th century. Nationalism contributed to the fall of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires. Nationalism also contributed to the outbreak of World War 1. These contributions all show how powerful nationalism was back then. Nationalism contributed to the unification of the Italian empire in the 1880s. “Between 1815 and 1848‚ fewer and fewer Italians were content to live under foreign rule.” Nationalist wanted unity‚ but regional differences
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Jackson Pollock is an artist who is commonly acknowledged as someone who helped pave the path for contemporary artists. Pollock turned life and circumstance into a visual representation‚ giving way to ultimate expression and subjectivity. Jackson Pollock had many influences in his life: family (or lack thereof)‚ teachers‚ friends‚ and other artists who all contributed to his work in some way. These influences of Pollock were a cocktail that helped to produce some of the greatest examples of modern
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Helen Keller’s story is one of inspiration. Helen became deaf and blind after an illness at 19 months old‚ but with hard work and determination‚ she learned to communicate through sign language beginning at age 6. 10‚ Helen began to learn to speak verbally‚ and would go on to be the first blind and deaf person to graduate from college. Helen wanted to share her experiences with the world in hopes of bringing attention to people with disabilities. Her goal was to improve the lives of those who lived
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