_Excellent paper‚ one of my best‚ I spent several hours researching Albrecht Durer This is the best paper in the class._ Albrecht Dürer Leonardo of the North Michael Wise Art 5 Frank Turduci Impressive though others may be‚ the great German artist of the Northern Renaissance is Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). We know his life better than the lives of other artists of his time. Dürer traveled‚ and found‚ he says‚ more appreciation abroad than at home. The Italian influence on his art was of a
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The world is round. Seems like pretty common knowledge‚ right? Well‚ without the circumnavigation of the globe performed by Portuguese native Ferdinand Magellan‚ people might still believe that the world is flat. Magellan is very much responsible for a good part of what we know about the world we live in. First Circumnavigation of the Globe‚ begun in 1519‚ was an attempt to prove that the Moluccas were actually property of Spain. Finding a route between the Moluccas and Spanish Peru would be argument
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and hospitality. Mexico has hosted civilizations like Olmecs‚ Teotihuacans‚ Zapotecs‚ Toltecs‚ Mayas‚ and Aztecs. Olmecs being the oldest of the pre-colonial civilizations‚ the period spanned from around 1500 BC to the last civilization of Aztecs in 1521. Olmecs centered around todays Veracruz and Tobasco states. They invented mathematical language and calendar system. Teotihuacans was formed
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In 1521‚ the Aztecs tirelessly defended their capital against Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his convoy of fellow Spaniards and native allies. Founded in 1345 on the shore of Lake Texcoco‚ Tenochtitlan became the capital city and religious center for the Mexica people of the Aztec empire. An Aztec eyewitness describes in detail the final days of the once powerful city as it fell to the Spaniards. When Christopher Columbus arrived to the Indies in 1492‚ he opened the gates for Spanish
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otherwise known as El Greco‚ was born in Crete in 1541 and died in 1614‚ Domenicos was a talented Cretan painter‚ architect‚ and sculptor. He was given the name El Greco‚ translated literally as "the Greece"‚ because he was born on the island of Crete in 1521 and at that time Crete belonged to Greece. El Greco lived on the island of Crete until the age of 25 when he left to explore the world. In Venice‚ El Greco worked under Titian who was considered the Great Master of Venice. After a couple of years
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Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that
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Summoned the following response from Cortes; “The majority of Spaniards who come here are of low quality‚ violent and vicious.” This ultimately led to Charles backing down in 1526 and allowing Cortes‚ and later Pizzaro‚ to issue temporary encomienda’s to their men. It is therefore evident that whilst Charles did make attempts to tackle challenges specific to individual countries through diplomatic means‚ he was perhaps too preoccupied with tackling an array of other matters to possess genuine‚ universal
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- Martin Luther‚ 1483 to 1546‚ and he was from Germany. Protestant reformation would not have happened without him. The protestant reformation began in 1517; this fits in with the Northern Renaissance. This reformation was part of the Northern Renaissance‚ which was a more religiously oriented movement than was the Italian Renaissance. The reformation was also involved with an increase in education and literacy. Education was growing and by 1500s‚ there were more literate people in Europe than there
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empires: the Spanish Empire during the age of Imperialism‚ the United States after the Spanish-American War of 1898‚ and the Japanese Empire during World War II‚ until the official Philippine independence in 1945. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 marked the beginning of an era of Spanish interest and eventual colonization. In 1543‚ Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in
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History of Diocese of Borongan The historical beginnings of the diocese can be traced as far back as 1595 when the Jesuits from mission centers in Leyte evangelized the southern portion of the island of Samar. The eastern coastal inhabitants‚ on the other hand‚ were evangelized by the Jesuits from their missions. In Catubig‚ or Palapag on the northern coast of the island of Samar.The missionaries educated the inhabitants in the faith‚ raised stone churches‚ and protected the people from the Muslim
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