most people: The Boston Art Heist. What makes this event so interesting is that not very many people seem to know what actually happened or have never even heard of it. The Gardner Art Heist remains a mystery today. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was opened in 1903 by Isabella Stewart Gardner who lived from 1840 - 1924. The museum is located in Boston‚ Massachusetts and has been around for almost 113 years. In the year of 1990 on March 18 early in the morning‚ there was a theft
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Jacques Cartier was born on December 31‚ 1491 in St. Malo. St. Malo is an island seaport on the coast of Brittany. He grew up around the water‚ and was most likely fishing. Jacques spent very little time at home‚ as he was often sailing. In 1520‚ Cartier married Catherine Des Granches. They did not have any kids though. Cartier spoke Portuguese which leads us to think that he may have been on a portuguese ship that explored the coast of South America. Some claim that in 1532‚ Cartier was a master
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The Spanish Golden Age:In the context 1474 to 1598‚ to what extent did Ferdinand and Isabella lay the foundations for a Spanish Golden Age? By the end of the 16th century Spain had within the space of 100 year risen to become the greatest power in Europe and as quickly and dramatically as it had risen out of a divided peninsular it came crashing down back into despair. By the end of Philip II reign the country had been become bankrupt several times due to excessive spending through his
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Nowhere is this more clearly depicted than in Titian’s painting of Isabella d’Este. At the time the painting took place‚ Isabella D’Este would have been in her 60’s‚ yet at her request‚ Titian created the painting instead as she would have appeared in her 20’s (cite book). Even when the subject is from within the artist’s own mind‚ such as Venus in
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n 1478‚ King Ferdinand II of Argon and Queen Isabella I of Castile established the Spanish Inquisition. Many people from other religions‚ such as Judaism and Islam‚ converted to Christianity and the Inquisition guaranteed that those who converted really left their old religion behind. Specifically‚ there were Jews who converted to Christianity that were called the conversos‚ who were also known as the New Christians or Crypto-Jews. The conversos converted to escape anti-Semitism‚ to gain high positions
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Spain‚ A failed industrial revolution? By the 1850s‚ Spain’s population was near 12‚500‚000 people; of which more than two thirds still worked and lived in the countryside. Meanwhile‚ the most powerful European countries like England or Germany were undergoing a series of political‚ economic and social changes known as the Industrial Revolution. This was propelled by their liberal ideas‚ engaged investors and ever-growing market. It created a new era in history‚ urban areas started to develop and
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Between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ a countless number of European explorers navigated the globe in search of new lands and new treasures. The era‚ known as The Age of Discovery‚ gave fame to some of history’s greatest seafarers—Ferdinand Magellan‚ Vasco da Gama‚ and John Cabot to name but a few. Of all the great explorers‚ though‚ none are as celebrated as Christopher Columbus—the man who “discovered” America. The Making of an Explorer‚ 1451-92—Beginnings Christopher Columbus was
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Giovanni da Verrazzano is a french explorer who was sent to explore the coast of America.He was born in 1485 during the 15th century and he settled down in Dieppe a port in France. He was funded by the french king at the time and was sent with four ships. Giovanni explored the coast in boats and there was 4 boats sent to explore the coast but only two of the 4 ships made it to the coast line‚ the other 2 ships made it but were severely damaged from the storms they encountered. Giovanni set sail
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The year was 1600‚ and Spain was unquestionably at the zenith of its power. After a successful Reconquista and explosion of colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one
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