Netherlands-based De Stijl movement embraced an abstract‚ pared-down aesthetic centred in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colours. Partly a reaction against the decorative excesses of Art Deco‚ the reduced quality of De Stijl art was envisioned by its creators as a universal visual language appropriate to the modern era‚ a time of a new‚ spiritualized world order. Led by the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian - its central and celebrated figures - De Stijl artists
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OF LOPE DE VEGA Lope de Vega (full name Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio) was well known throughout the world as The Phoenix of Spain. He lived his life to become one of the most important playwrights and poets of the Spanish Golden Century Baroque. Born in Madrid on November 25th 1562‚ he started showing his enormous talent for writing at an early age. During his lifetime he wrote over 1800 comedia pieces and hundreds shorter dramatic pieces of which around 500 were published. Lope de Vega transformed
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DE FACTO RECOGNITION (DE FACTO STATES: IT’S IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS) Abstract The de facto state is a secessionist entity that receives popular support and has achieved sufficient capacity to provide governmental services to a given population in a defined territorial area‚ over which it maintains effective control for an extended period of time. This paper examines the impact that de facto states have on international society and international law and assesses how they are dealt
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Jessica Cleveland Cabeza De Vaca History 102 Dr. Rezende 12 Pm Class Cabeza De Vaca In Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America the author Cabeza De Vaca describes the hardships and challenges faced of exploring an unknown region of the America’s. It goes into detail of many encounters with the Native peoples‚ and describes the problems he faced with many of his own people such as his men dying from disease and the battles with the Natives. He talks about the complications faced with
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Simone de Beauvoir Biography The life of Simone de Beauvoir closely parallels that of her colleague‚ friend‚ and lover Jean-Paul Sartre. Her life is well documented‚ due to her many autobiographical works. These works also follow the lives of Sartre‚ Albert Camus‚ and other prominent philosophers of the twentieth century. Early Years Simone Ernestine Lucie Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908‚ in Paris‚ to Françoise and Georges de Brauvoir. While Ernestine and Lucie were the
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Jr. were all boxer. 2. How he started a De La Hoya’s parents moved to the United States from Mexico before he was born. b. . He started boxing at the age of 6 c. At the of age 15‚ De La Hoya won the national Junior Olympic 119-pound title. B. Professional Career 1. With the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona‚ De La Hoya defeated Marco Rudolph of Germany to win gold and become the only U
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Neptune and Triton is a life-sized marble sculpture made by an Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini which was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti Montalto in 1622. [Figure 1] It depicts the figure of Neptune and his son Triton‚ captured mid-movement as they play out their roles in the narrative to which this scene belongs. Bernini uses his talent and artistic skills to create an illusion of action‚ an atmosphere of anticipation as we wait for the figures to come alive and break free from
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The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói — MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói‚ Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil‚ and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini‚ who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects‚ the MAC-Niterói is 16 meters high; its cupola has a diameter of 50 metres with three floors. The museum projects itself over Boa Viagem (“Bon Voyage‚” “Good
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STRATEGY: INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION Problem Set 3 1. Throughout the 1990s‚ several developments contributed to the loss of market-share of the Central Selling Organization‚ which inevitably led to diminishing profits for De Beers. In 1991‚ the Soviet Union collapsed and this disintegration brought down the exclusivity that the CSO had enjoyed for so long. Indeed‚ the fall of communism made it difficult for the cartel to protect its trading agreements. As such‚ only limited shares of the Russian
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Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing
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