The Baroque Era is an age of artistic achievements during the 17th and 18th century that is mainly characterized by the expressive and exaggerated use of motion‚ vibrant color‚ bold ornamentation‚ and intense contrast of light and darkness in a piece of work. Regard of one of the most known personality of this time‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini dominated the art world with his sculptures. One of them‚ titled David‚ is a marble statue in the Baroque style that is executed during 1623. Made for Cardinal Scipione
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sports‚ pick up a book to read‚ or have play time. One thing that has carried through the centuries is athletics. Although the types of athletic activities have altered somewhat‚ a few have stayed alive and are performed today. In the Victorian Era in England‚ people played two kinds of sports: recreational sports and competitive sports. Recreational sports included games like croquet and cycling. Competitive sports would be like football and lawn tennis. Croquet was introduced in England in
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In the Elizabethan era women were portrayed as less than equals to men. Male seemed to be the dominate gender and women were to be seen-not-heard. They existed within a patriarchal society. As a feminist himself‚ Shakespeare shows through his plays how women are ill treated and powerless; yet possess more intelligence than the male characters. This is why Shakespeare creates overwhelming female characters; which is evident in Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ where the lead female character
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The progressive era was a history a period of social activisms and political reform. After the gilded age citizens realized that America was in desperate need for something new‚ something fresh. Many new reforms were made in order to improve our America‚ and it couldn’t be done without the presents that were under office at the time. Through the progressive era and the reforms of president McKinely Roosevelt‚ Taft‚ and Wilson america slowly began to progress. President William McKinley was the
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Apparently‚ as well as their magical connection in protecting us from evil spirits‚ they also encourage the return of spring. Christmas in the Victorian Era are about what went on or what all it is. Christmas in Victorian Era is a lot different from I’ll time. But even tough that’s were all the Christmas carding and a lot of more stuff begin in the Victorian Era it’s still going on now. The night before Christmas came popular the Jolly
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kept appearing all other the world‚ in all the different ages‚ from the times of Roman Empire to Middle Ages to Renaissance. There is one thing in common in all descriptions‚ it was specific to women and attributed to “traveling womb”. In Victorian era female purity was strongly emphasized and the society supported the idea of ideal woman being a wife‚ a mother‚ and a keeper of the house. As guardians of the home women were believed to be more dependent‚ gentle and emotional by nature. These perceptions
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Due to which of the six social classes you belonged‚ (Monarch- being the highest‚ Nobility‚ Gentry‚ Merchants‚ Yoemanry‚ or Laborers- being the lowest)‚ your punishment could be the sole difference between life and death. The Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)‚ ran by Queen Elizabeth I‚ in London‚ is portrayed to be similar to that of “walking on eggshells” because any day could have been one’s last (Tomecek). She was known to be “vain‚ fickle‚ unreasonable‚ hard‚ vacillating‚ and contradictory
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The modern era was a time of nationalism as countries were beginning to expand their territories. During 18th and 19th centuries‚ nationalism in North America and Europe began to increase due to various episodes of political unrest and turmoil. The colonists in North America united to gain independence from England‚ while countries in Europe sought to overthrow their existing monarchies. The seeds of American nationalism were planted during the French-Indian war‚ where the colonists initially joined
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Fashion of the Elizabethan Era The Elizabethan era was a time period centered around the life of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558-1603). This period in time is considered the peak of English history and is the beginning of when people began to think and believe differently. That brought along changes in the way people dressed. How people‚ particularly rich ones‚ dressed was just another way for them to express themselves. Social classes are also very much prominent in the era. These social classes
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Johnvir Pangli The Era of Good Feelings isn’t correctly named‚ it started post the War of 1812. After winning this war it brought and increase in nationalism thus the name‚ but political problems arose‚ sectionalism increased‚ and most importantly many lost money or all of what they had in the weak and unstable economic situation. Slavery issues arose in the western states making many afraid of a civil war. When the war of 1812 concluded many Americans had an increase in nationalism due to the
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