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    This essay convenes the work of two Austrian artists, Gustav Klimt and his former student Egon Schiele. Both twentieth century artists and both independent in their style, their work together embodies common idiosyncrasies. The two share many qualities in their work, especially a kind of anxiety. Although stylistically, Klimt 's work is formally ordered and decorative while Schiele 's work is unforgiving in its brutality. An example that displays this duality in their work and similar…

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    Importance of the Event Native Americans, usually comprising of the Red Indians form a paramount part of the U.S. history, considering that they were the original inhabitants of the continent. However, on the arrival of the Europeans in America, Native Americans have undergone tremendous challenges on their land. Apart from being displaced from their land, the Native Americans had other challenges confronting them, including the systematic eradication of their culture and lack of education…

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    establish stable political power. In 1871, when Germany achieved a victory over France, Bismark made a specific attempt to maintain good relationship between Austria-Hungary. The French people felt they were totally isolated after being defeated. In 1890, Germany acted against the Bismark’s effort to keep up favorable relation with Russia, however, became unsuccessful to renew a neutrality treaty which led to establish an alliance of France and Russia. Also, Germany had a serious conflict with…

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    Beautiful Swan Land

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    The Swan River has been considered one of the most important landscape features of Perth City. It has brought suburbs, hills and its people together allowing Perth to develop and expand; historically, the Swan River is known to have been used as a food source, transport route, a sewer, a rubbish dump and a place for recreation. Rivers are an integral part of our landscape as they are a major source of food, recreation and transport. In 2004, the Swan River was awarded the status of Western…

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    Zhivago On September 5, 1958 the romantic novel “Dr. Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak was published in the U.S. The book had been banned in the Soviet Union but still won the Nobel Prize for Literature that same year. Boris Pasternak was born in Russia in 1890 and by the time the Russian Revolution broke out he had become a well-known avant-garde poet. His work was frowned upon during the 1920s and 1930s when under the communist regime Joseph Stalin put strict censorship on Russian art and…

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    German Imperialism Causes

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    was a chain of occasions that prompted the battling, the main drivers of the Great war are not so simple as of one thing but an account of many things including Germany’s stride for military “defenses” to encourage the war. Militarism: Germany from 1890-1914 spent the most money than any other country in Europe with an increase 73% over time. With Russia close behind and sided with the French and the British. Britain and Germany both extremely expanded their naval…

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    1823, President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine. This document stated that “the American continents are off limits to be colonized by any European powers.” Until 1898, the United States did little to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. By the mid-1890s, the United States had been doing substantial business in Cuba. The Spanish had forced many Cuban civilians into concentration camps which lead to the United States joining the Cuban war for independence in 1898. This war later became known as…

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    Large scale industry boomed in the late 19th century as a result of the growing urbanization and immigration of the expanding metropolises of America. Historians often refer to this period of time as the “Gilded Age” from a Mark Twain novel of the same name with details of a time with growing societal problems with a light golden surface. While the industry provided many jobs for the American workforce, the employers handed these jobs to immigrants and other minority groups for extensive work…

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    my thoughts and emotions. This was liberating, and I really enjoyed practicing conversing with my family and friends. As I continued my friendship with Anne, I was motivated to build on this educational foundation and attend public school. First, in 1890, I went to special speech classes at Horace Mann School. I continued learning from 1894 to 1896. I went to the Wright-Humason…

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    Van Gogh biography The artist I am researching is Vincent Willem Van Gogh. He was born on March 30th 1853 in Zundert Netherlands. He died on July 29 1890, he was 37 years old when he died. He died at Auvers-Sur-Oise, France from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Van Gogh’s primary form of artwork was paintings. Almost all the paintings of his were oil paintings. His style of art was mostly scenery or things that he saw around him. Van Gogh struggled with mental illness and he remained poor and…

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