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Salvador Dali an artist born in Spain, is the one who created the famous painting known as The Persistence of Memory in 1931. He has overcome many obstacles at a young age, such as the loss of his mother when he was just 16 years old and that he and his father were never close. He later enrolls in an Arts Academy at Madrid, Dali dressed differently than others and had many eccentricity ideas that were both influenced by different famous artists at that time. Such as Metaphysics and Cubism, where…

that are associated with surrealism, such as Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Frida Kahlo. However, Salvador Dali is undoubtedly the most famous surrealist artist of his time. Salvador Dali, born May 11, 1904, was an amazing surrealism artist born in Catalonia, Spain. He was known as a very successful draftsman, along with a painter. Dali accounted his weird art and fashion sense to the Arabic people, claiming his ancestors were Moorish. Salvador used symbolism all throughout his artwork. For…

George Orwell is one of the most perused writers from the 20th century who led a captivating life and had complex political views. George Orwell’s life was reflected in his books Down and Out in London and Paris and An Homage to Catalonia. 1984 and Animal Farm are also both works of literary art that Orwell wrote which reflect his political views. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Soviet Union and its ironies, and 1984 is a dystopian novel that shows a not so distant future from our own.…

government to be of one accord and of one mind, to focus its attention solely on the war effort (Nelson). However, opposite to what was intended, the violent acts committed within the Popular Front led to a breaking down of spirits among the resistors in Catalonia (Nelson). Another dissension occurred within the Republican forces, as the majority advocated to fight to protect “republican institutions” and a minority of communists advocated to finish the Civil War first and foremost…

Salvadore Dali Biography Flamboyant, mischievous, undeniable skills of artistry, and a key factor of the surrealism movement. He was born May 11th, 1904 in Figueres Catalonia, Spain. He enrolled in different art schools, where he experimented with different types of art styles. He later travelled and made connections with other artists which, in turn, sparked his interest in the psychoanalytic methods of surrealism. Salvador Dali lived with his mother, father, brother, and sister. They were a…

Saint Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain. He was born on June 26, 1581. He studied first at the Jesuit college of Barcelona. Claver always carried around a notebook that he wrote, “ I must dedicate myself to the service of God until death, on the understanding that I am like a slave. He entered into the Jesuit Novitiate at Tarragona in 1602. When Claver entered the Society of Jesus he was twenty years old. He studied philosophy at Majorca after taking his final vows on August 8th,…

from melting cheese. Another fact is that he also expressed his belief in Einstein’s theory about time being relative and not fixed. Also the location of the painting refers to the rocks represent a tip of Cap de Creus peninsula in north-eastern Catalonia. The melted clocks seemed to also look more like melted…

Throughout the Islamic empire there were many forms of regulation used to keep society civilized and organized in a manner that benefited those in power--whether they be Christian or Muslim. The more obvious forms of regulation include political, social and religious, all of which are easily identified in the sources studied this semester. One of the more uncommon forms of regulation that was not touched upon is sexuality; examples of sexual regulation can also be found in the poems and…

“From 1936-1939, a civil war raged in Spain between those loyal to the newly-stablished Republican government and those who favored a conservative, militaristic system”. The people, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish Republic, were called the Loyalists or Republicans. This group of people fought for the democracy in Spain, that has being gained after the fall of the monarchy. The opposite group, who favored a conservative and militaristic system, also was a fascist rebel group…

territories. In some cases, this was only moderately successful. According to Gellner, in areas where homogenization did not achieve the wanted result, peripheral nationalist liberation movements can occur, such as in Scotland, Ireland, Corsica and Catalonia. Especially in the United Kingdom, the gravitational pull of London is immense. London is the political, cultural and social center of the United Kingdom and as Samuel Johnson has declared the noblest prospect a Scotchman ever saw was the…