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    why an art piece belongs into one of those two classifications. The first painting we could classify into the emotional category is Jan Van Eycks‚ “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride‚” from 15th century Flanders.

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    How power is the Black women? In Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping” she examines multi-facets of the Black empowerment. The poem was published in the 70’s during the Black Power movement. During this time period the Black communities were focused on the uplifting and cultivation of Black culture. The Black Panther Party played an essential role in the development for civil liberties for Blacks. The theme of this poem is Black empowerment which is the building and uplifting of the Black community. One

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    Giovanni Boccaccio “While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens‚ ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.” A famous quote written by Giovanni Boccaccio in his famous work ‘The Decameron’. An italian poet and scholar that helped develop the foundations of humanism and vernacular literature. Without him‚ the history of Italian Renaissance’s literacy would be unclear. With his famous poems and novels‚ he inspired many future writers like Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer. Giovanni

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    Giovanni Da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland‚ including New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni was born around the year of 1485 in Val di Greve‚ 30 miles south of Florence‚ Italy. He began to pursue his maritime career in about 1506 or 1507 and in the 1520’s he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New

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    Giovanni and the Wife of Bath appear to have very different ideas regarding the confidentiality of their relationships in their early stages. The Wife confides all her secrets in her best friend Alisoun‚ telling her audience “She knew myn herte‚ and eek my privetee… To hire biwreyed I my conseil al”‚ which instantly highlights the ease with which the Wife discusses issues close to her “herte”. Giovanni‚ however‚ prefers to speak to Annabella alone in the comfort of isolation‚ without the listening

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    Renaissance Legacies

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    Ms. Christensen World History 12‚ Period 6 12 September 2012 Legacies of the Renaissance Beginning in the late 14th century‚ European researchers became involved in learning about the world around them. Their discoveries issued in a dawn of a new age—the Renaissance/“rebirth.” New ideas such as humanism‚ perspective‚ republicanism‚ and advances in fields of art‚ science‚ and more resulted in the nature of the era. The legacy of the Renaissance was art‚ education‚ and technology. The Renaissance

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    Medici Legacy

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    Medici Legacy: Renaissance Ideals and Scientific Revolution The Medici legacy brought a reform of new ideas by allowing great minds to express and contemplate the universe. The Renaissance allowed the Medici to fully grant a new form of thinking that led to effects that have split the church and science defining a new era of human worth. The Medici wealth and taste in art endorsed the ideas that many thought moved away from the Vatican Church orthodox way of thought and caused such controversy for

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    Beowulf's Legacy

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    behavior is the ambition for a lasting legacy. Self-centered behavior creates an aspiration for a legacy because people want their own names to be well remembered. Therefore‚ a legacy can create an illusion of immortality and have an eternal impact on future generations. In the epic poem Beowulf‚ Shield Sheafson‚ Hrothgar‚ and Beowulf display a will for a legacy. The Scop reveals the desire for a lasting legacy as an archetypal human trait because a legacy decreases the fear of death by providing

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    Legacy System

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    Annals of Software Engineering 9 (2000) 293–313 293 Encapsulation of legacy software: A technique for reusing legacy software components Harry M. Sneed Prellerweg 5‚ D-82054 Arget‚ Bavaria‚ Germany E-mail: Harry.Sneed@T-Online.de The following paper reviews the possibilities of encapsulating existing legacy software for reuse in new distributed architectures. It suggests wrapping as an alternative strategy to reengineering and redevelopment. It then defines the levels of granularity at

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    Legacy of Slavery

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    Legacy of Slavery According to the legacy of slavery thesis‚ slavery in the United States portrayed black males as insignificant within their families. The male’s traditional role as provider or “breadwinner” within the family was not recognized. Also‚ the female’s traditional role as homemaker was not often seen in black families. The thesis argues that many African American families were female headed or matriarchal and that this was because fathers and children were sold and separated‚ destroying

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