El Greco’s Assumption of the Virgin is a masterful and imposing piece of art‚ spanning almost 7 feet in width and standing over 13 feet tall. The work was commissioned by the church of the Cistercian convent of Santo Domingo in Toledo to be the central panel of the church’s high altar‚ thus it should be imagined in its original form not as a single piece but one flanked by other religious artwork and alters including paintings of individual saints and the trinity. The painting depicts the Virgin
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suffrage in the 19th and 20th century. Roughly two decades before the Civil War‚ a group of women and some men came together to discuss women’s right including those to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness and notoriously the right to vote. These pre-feminist‚ also labeled abolitionist‚ were
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Clayton C. Mamele 4889-8901 “The Football War” In Brief The El Salvador-Honduras War of 1969‚ referred to also as the Football War or Soccer War‚ was an armed conflict between the Sanchez Hernandez regime of El Salvador and the Lopez Arellano regime of Honduras. The war began on July 14‚ 1969 when El Salvadoran Armed forces launched air raids and a ground invasion of the main highways connected El Salvador and Honduras. Fighting ended 4 days later when a ceasefire was negotiated on July 18th. It
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está na Internet O ato abusivo e a falta de ética na web podem trazer muitos transtornos aos internautas Em que situação estaria o Brasil se todos pudessem escrever‚ divulgar imagens e vídeos da maneira que desejassem? Pois é‚ a história não é bem assim. Fraudes‚ calúnia e difamação na internet também são crimes. O número de pessoas que tem acesso à internet aumenta a cada ano que passa‚ ocasionando um crescimento de orkuts‚ blogs‚ e-mails e também‚ divulgação de vídeos. O que muitos não sabem é que
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• Historia de la empresa Citroën Cuando un apellido se convierte en marca‚ entra dentro de la historia. Lo relevante es el símbolo en el que se convierte‚ fruto del reconocimiento‚ permanencia y reflejo de su adaptación al mundo. Citroën entró en la historia en 1919. Cerca de 90 años después‚ la Marca acompaña los grandes movimientos de la sociedad‚ dentro de sus corrientes más diversas‚ en sus acontecimientos más cotidianos… Visionario‚ André Citroën es sin duda una de las grandes figuras
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CELTA-Pre course Task Answers/Solution Muhammad Ali Asad Task 1: Q1 Teacher with non-English speaking background‚ full time course Q2 Multilingual‚ Mixed ability group‚ day classes Task 2 Q1 * I learn a lot from the adults * They bring in the class rich experience * They understand different analogies * They are motivated for their reason to learn new language * They are Self disciplined Q2 * I bring to them different ideas * Help them to list down their specific goals
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Forbidden Lives The movie El Norte is a sad story about a brother and a sister -- Rosa and Enrique from Guatemala and their struggle of getting out of ethnically and politically repressed Guatemala and trying to fit into American society and fulfilling their dream the American Dream. On the other hand‚ this movie is a great depiction of the struggle faced by many people from Central and South America who are trying to get inside the United States. The main reason for Enrique and Rosa coming
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There is also a lack of evidence for sources beyond 1 or 2 generations (as most as most history of dress is relied upon by oral cultures‚ folktales‚ and folklore and formal writing was not introduced until the late nineteenth century). Most of the pre-colonial clothing evidence is shown to belong to the ruling class. The aforementioned is logical in that most people (even today) who can afford art are those who are well off and have some type of surplus currency that can afford the luxuries. Because
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References: Carey‚ B. (2011‚ March 23). El Chupacabra Mystery Definitively Solved‚ Expert Claims | Fox News. Fox News. Retrieved October 24‚ 2012‚ from http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/23/el-chupacabra-mystery-definitively-solved-expert-claims/ Chanel‚ O Davenport‚ M.‚ & Murphy‚ J. (n.d.). Expedition. Princeton University. Retrieved October 24‚ 2012‚ from http://www
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PRE-SPANISH PHILIPPINES It is believed that the first inhabitants of the Philippines arrived over 300‚000 years ago. It is commonly thought that they migrated over a land bridge‚ which existed at that time‚ from the Asian mainland. The next known inhabitation is when the Negrito or Aeta arrived in the islands around 25‚000 years ago. However‚ they were driven back by several waves of immigrants from Indonesia‚ only to be followed by the maritime peoples of the Malayan islands. Although there
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