Dr. Jose Rizal JOSE RIZAL is also the national hero of the Philippines. He is dubbed as the pride of the Malayan race. He was born on June 19‚ 1861‚ in Calamba‚ Laguna‚ Philippines and was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls). At the age of 3‚ Jose Rizal learned the alphabet from his mother; at 5‚ while learning to read and write‚ he already showed inclinations to be an artist. He astounded his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and sketches and by his
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Saint Sernin of Toulouse and Notre Dame of Paris When one thinks of St. Sernin and Notre Dame‚ one tends to think of two beautiful cathedrals‚ not to churches that portray two totally different styles of architecture. Those two styles are‚ of course‚ Romanesque in St. Sernin and the Gothic style of Notre Dame. Some characteristics that these two buildings share include quest for height‚ basic floor plan‚ and artistic flair. The period of Romanesque architecture‚ which lasted roughly from 1050
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HISTORY OF THE HITTITES Between 1400 and 1200 BC the Hittites established one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. At its height‚ the empire encompassed central Turkey‚ north western Syria‚ and Upper Mesopotamia (north eastern Syria and northern Iraq). Although they spoke an Indo-European language‚ the Hittites adopted many of the traditions of Mesopotamia‚ including the cuneiform writing system. At the capital‚ Hattusa‚ Archaeologists have excavated royal archives written in cuneiform
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Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen as Gil Pender‚ a man looking to find happiness through finally writing his novel. Jumping into an adventure full of movement‚ fantasy and love he experiences the night time of Paris in the 1920’s by travelling back in time. Through Gil we see the reflection of the modern man through the conflict with tradition and modernity‚ self-realization and movement. In the opening scene of the movie‚ we see the city of Paris in its honest form; a city of filled with history and
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200 dances by Mozart are still preserved. The modern edition of the dances as published by the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (see External Links below) runs to about 300 total pages in score. For a complete listing of Mozart ’s dances‚ see this list. [edit]History Mozart began writing dances when he was five years old; see Nannerl Notenbuch. In 1768‚ when Mozart was 12‚ his father Leopold reported that Wolfgang had composed "many minuets for all types of instrument".[1] Mozart continued to write dance music
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Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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French-Canadian businessman and his mother was of Scottish ancestry. He studied law at the University of Montreal. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University and went to Europe for post–graduate work at the Ecole des SciencesPolitiques in Paris and the London School of Economics. He served on the Privy Council for three years as a desk officer in Ottawa‚ and in 1950 he helped found the Cité Libre (free city) a monthly critical review. “We wish nothing more‚ but we will accept nothing less
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On 9 August 1930‚ a jury‚ created to select the best design honoring the Supremo of the Katipunan‚ met. The designs were entered under pseudonyms. The winning entry was under the pseudonym of Batang Elias – Tolentino was Batang Elias. He won the design for the Bonifacio Monument and was granted a commission for its installation. He completed the figures for the monument in 1932. Then‚ he sent the figures to Italy for bronze casting. In 1933‚ he completed the Bonifacio Monument. apoleon
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DID THE PARIS PEACE TREATIES DESERVED THE HARSH CRITICISM THEY HAVE RECEIVE? The Paris Peace mostly deserved the harsh criticism it was given for that it failed to provide a long-term peace and led to an even more horrifying war twenty years later. The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the victors of World War I to set the peace terms for the Central Powers‚ yet many of the terms did not show intensions of peace but the hope to benefit from the reparation that will be paid. The Paris Peace
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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning is about an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic‚ geologic‚ and organic history‚ but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. History as well as ancient geometrical applications of history can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative
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