Pisa Katedraal‚ Pisa‚ Italië. Argitek(te): Onbekend Invloede: Die grootste invloede wat verband hou met die bou van hierdie kerk is die religieuse- en sosiale invloede. Die mense van Pisa wou eerstens dit oprig as ‘n monument van die grootheid van God‚ en tweedens om te wys hoe magtig hulle stad was (Kleiner & Mamiya‚ 2005:487). Argitektoniese karakter: Romaanse geboue het ondermeer beskik oor absoluut ronde gewelwe‚ sterk fasades en gekruisde koepels. Die basiliekplan is ook baie prominent
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-_Gustave Caillebotte_ In this Oil on canvas painting Gustave Caillebotte is revealing the amazing talent he got to turn a real life picture into a painting. In this painting _Paris Street‚ Rainy day_ the artist selected a complex intersection in Paris near Saint Lazare train station. This painting was painted during the time Napoleon III government was transforming old streets into new system. It was first exhibited in 1887 and it ’s now exhibiting at the art institute of Chicago. The general scene
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“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace.” With reference to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919‚ discuss the extent to which this is true. At the ending of World War I in November 1918‚ the Allied Powers were found victorious‚ while the Central Powers were defeated. The Allied Powers were Britain‚ France‚ U.S.‚ Italy and Japan‚ while the Central Powers were Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Decisions were taken to officially make peace through a conference by the Allied Powers
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Oli Impan by Alberto S. Florentino After the liberation of Manila‚ hundreds of indigent families settled in the squalid‚ cramped space of the bombed ruins of an old government building of Juan Luna. For more than a decade these “squatters” tenaciously refused to move out in spite of court rulings. The “casbah”‚ as the compound was popularly known‚ became a breeding place for vice and corruption. The city government was able to evict the “squatters” only on December 20‚ 1958 – five days before Christmas
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national status‚ Nationalism is often associated with war or a struggle to national liberation‚ as seen in the case of the German Confederation and the Congress of Vienna. Instead of struggling and competing against other states‚ the European states should focus and concentrate on their common interests and goals. Parallel to the ongoing nationalism in Germany‚ similar movements were founded in Spain and Italy. The liberation movement in Spain and the national unification in Italy both contributed to the
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Gaulle on 22 November 1890 in Lille‚ France (Fenby‚ 2010). Charles De Gaulle rose from a young college student at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr (Fenby‚ 2010)‚ to war prisoner‚ to President of the Fifth Republic (Fenby‚ 2010). During the Liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany in 1944‚ Charles De Gaulle had identified France’s greatness with his own. De Gaulle had selvedge France’s honor through the force of charisma and tenacity. Much like the influences of Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Charles De Gaulle
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these was the liberation of Paris. When Germany had taken over the French city in the May of 1940‚ it had left France unable to help the Allies in their fight. It seemed it would remain that way until August 28‚ 1944 when Allied troops broke through the German lines that surrounded the city‚ causing the Germans to fall further back into Europe (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training‚ 2015). After the German retreat‚ the Allies continued to move towards Berlin through Paris and were met with
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Jimmy C. Sansom Joining heart‚ mind and soul to divine justice and social justice within the African American community transpires in a number of ways. Looking back in history we find many individuals and movements vying to reach the goal of liberation and equality for al without basis to color‚ class or sex. Harriet Tubman risked her life while working the Underground Railroad to help free enslaved Africans. Sojourner Truth fought for abolitionism and women ’s suffrage. Rosa Parks stood her
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A Vietcong Memoir The book A Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang gives a first person account of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Vietnamese revolutionary. Tang tells of how he was a pharmaceutics student in Paris and was inspired to join the nationalist movement when he met Ho Chi Minh. This newfound pride in his country led Tang to become the Minister of Justice for the Vietcong. His story revolves around the themes of nationalism and sacrifice. In the years leading up to and during the
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went to Paris on a "post-chaise‚" which is a horse‚ instead of traveling on a train as they do presently. He also talks about how life was before the serfs were freed and even though he was born a slave on Madame Ranevsky’s property and was freed‚ he stayed on the estate because he had no where else to go like many others. They had been given the freedom but they lacked the tools to be successful on their own. Firs questions the effectiveness of the Liberation: "And when the Liberation came I was
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