Europeans were searching for new routes to the east for spices‚ silk and gold. Spanish expansion was indicated by Christopher Columbus arrival in America. He was exploring the southern and western America in their quest of gold. Columbus‚ sailed from Spain in 1492 in effort to find the new trade route and instead found a "new world". This world had many items‚ which the Europeans wanted - corn‚ tobacco‚ cocoa‚ sugar and gold. After the sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish‚ one
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World trade and global mobility are thought to be a more recent phenomenon. However‚ by analyzing Johannes Vermeer’s paintings as Brook does in Vermeer’s Hat‚ it is apparent that in the 17th century is when globalization began to affect the world in big ways. Vermeer’s Hat shows an interesting way of teaching by analyzing the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. The analysis goes very deep and Brook makes an emphasis that these paintings open many doors to the discovery of the 17th century. More specific
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techniques such as body language‚ symbolism‚ lighting‚ music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto‚ the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem‚ and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is interrupted within the text
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Mozart Sonata K.545 3/25/2014 Piano Sonata No.16 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. Mozart himself catalogued this Sonata as “for beginners” and it is also known by its nickname Sonata Facile or Sonata Semplice(Froment‚ 2010). This Sonata however was not published in Mozart’s lifetime but only later on in 1805. It is a typical Classical eraSonata piece written in C major and consists of three movements: I. Allegro‚ II. Andante‚ III. Rondo. In the following essay
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In approximately 1669-1670‚ during the Dutch Golden Age‚ Johannes Vermeer completed his painting The Lacemaker in the baroque style. The artist Johannes Vermeer creates a sense of calm and solidarity in his work‚ The Lacemaker‚ by portraying the figure in a dreamy fashion‚ using dull colors‚ and by making the figure seem intent on her work and distant. The woman making lace in the work is portrayed in a dream like fashion. This is created by the slightly fuzzy edges of the shapes in the work. However
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A German blacksmith named Johannes Gutenberg was known for inventing the mechanical moveable type printing press. Gutenberg’s printing press is considered the most important invention of the modern era because it profoundly impacted the transmission of knowledge. Invented around 1439‚ initiated nothing less than a revolution in print technology. His scripts allowed manuscripts to be massed produced at relatively affordable costs. It allowed the mass printing of ideas and greatly aided education
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Sonata Allegro Form The roots of this form can be traced to the simple binary form of the baroque era. With binary‚ the two sections are thematically similar with a sameness of texture and theme throughout the movement. The term sonata originally referred to instrumental music‚ not a particular form of composition. The Baroque sonata can be traced back to an instrumental song of the late Renaissance called canzon da sonar. This leads eventually to the trio sonata‚ for four instruments
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Giraud to music. The verses had been first published in 1884 and later translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben. Schoenberg began composing on March 12 and completed the work on July 9‚ 1912. The ensemble consisted of flute‚ piccolo‚ clarinet‚ bass clarinet‚ violin‚ viola‚ cello‚ piano‚ and voice. After twenty-five rehearsals‚ Schoenberg and Zehme‚ in a Columbine dress‚ gave the premiere in Berlin on October 16‚ 1912. Reactions were mixed‚ with some criticism of blasphemy in the text‚ to which
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Johannes Gutenberg Explanation Johannes Gutenberg was born into a good family. His family and background was important on his impact to Europe. One instance would be that he was brought up in a family which taught him how to read‚ but in books that had been hand written. This impacted on his life because otherwise‚ he wouldn’t have been able to create a printing press. Without this knowledge‚ he would never have known what each letter was and could have never created the printing press. Books had
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For his time‚ Brahms was criticized as being overly technical or old fashioned; an opponent of true progress and emotion in music. However‚ what his music shows is not a lack of emotion but layers of depth. His carefully planned motifs and calculated phrases allow his audience an initial emotional experience while offering a technical structure intelligent enough to sate most musicologists. This can especially be seen in Movement One of Brahms’ Third Symphony‚ where he clearly uses a specific pattern
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