BAROQUE NATURALISM IN SPAIN: VELAZQUEZ The greatest master of Spanish painting and one of the greatest painters of the Baroque was Diego Velazquez. Inspired by the simple‚ realistic paintings of Caravaggio‚ his approach to art would fly in the face of the flamboyant trends in his day and go even further in the direction of “naturalism.” Surprisingly‚ when he was twenty-four‚ the honest realist was appointed the court painter to the king. More surprisingly‚ Velazquez succeeded in his new role without
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name 5/17/13 Per.7 Spain Fresh tensions emerged between Germany and southern Europe as Spain and Italy criticised Berlin’s proposals for a European Union super commissioner with powers to police national budgets and punish those with large deficits. "This is an idea‚ that considered on its own‚ I personally don’t like‚" said Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy after meeting his Italian counterpart Mario Monti in Madrid. Monti claimed not to have read a Der Spiegel interview
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Spain (Listeni/ˈspeɪn/; Spanish: España [esˈpaɲa] ( listen))‚ officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España)‚[c][7] is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France‚ Andorra‚ and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic
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Spain Distribution channels A. Distributing a product * Evolution of the sector The distribution market in Spain is very focussed and specialized.. In 2005‚ the turnover from retail trade increased to 194 billion Euros which was an increase of 5.6% compared to 2004. Some Autonomous Communities impose restrictions for the establishment of superstores and shopping centers. * Market shares Distribution in Spain is still characterized by a large number of retailers and traditional stores
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enforcement of the rule‚ the Spanish administration has to apply a restrictive fiscal policy without having left the recession‚ while keeping one of the lowest indebtedness levels in the euro zone countries. Key words: fiscal policy‚ fiscal rules‚ Spain. In a recent article‚ Auerbach indicated that “the current recession provides compelling circumstances for renewed fiscal policy activism. But the strong support for fiscal policy intervention reflects a renewed belief in policy activism that had
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Distribution Channels of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care Products in Chinese Economic Transition -- A Case Study Don Y. Leea ‚ Gangling Chaob and Weiling Yec aHong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong b‚cShanghai University of Finance and Economic‚ China Address for Correspondence: Don Y. Lee PhD Associate Professor of Marketing Department of Business Studie Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom‚ Kowloon Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China Telephone: 852-2766-7119 Facsimile:
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General History of the Things of New Spain Bernardino de Sahagún And after the dying in Cholula‚[1] the Spaniards set off on their way to Mexico‚[2] coming gathered and bunched‚ raising dust.... Thereupon Moteucçoma[3] named and sent noblemen and a great many other agents of his...to go meet [Cortés]...at Quauhtechcac. They gave [the Spaniards] golden banners of precious feathers‚ and golden necklaces. And when they had given the things to them‚ they seemed to smile‚ to rejoice
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Unusual festivals in Spain La Tomatina La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ’World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The week-long festival features music‚ parades‚ dancing‚ and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight‚ participants of the
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Philip Morris USA Inc. & Corporate Social Responsibility - going up into flames? Katrine Brusvang Supervisor: Sandro Nielsen International Virksomhedskommunikation Handelshøjskolen‚ Aarhus Universitet May 2012 Number of Characters: 54812. Philip Morris USA Inc. & Corporate Social Responsibility - going up into to flames? Abstract Today businesses should do more than just generate maximum financial returns. It has become important that businesses operate in a socially responsible way
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CHAPTER THREE 3.0 HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE MULTELATERAL TRADING SYSTEM By the end of World War II [1939-1945]‚ the World was in total political and social-economic disorder. It quickly occurred to the major powers that there was urgent need to establish and build institutions to assume global governance. The United Nations [UN] was founded on the belief that there was need for collective action at the global level to cause and guarantee political stability. In the same belief the International
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