Albrecht von Haller

Most of the people have heard alp word, but most of them have not idea about the meaning of it especially if they are not from Europe, nor English speaker. Alp means elevated or high mountain. Alps are one of the highest point people have reached in this world. "The Alps form part of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Albania"( Aubrey, Diem). It is stretching approximately "750 miles long and more than 125 miles wide and cover more than 80,000 square miles" (Aubrey, Diem). With all of these information, the Alps became one of the most tour places in the world. French Alps are portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France. They are located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others are shared with Switzerland and Italy. Mont Blanc also Monte Bianco in Italian is on the French-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European Mountain standing at 4,808 meters (15,774 feet). Mont Blanc means White Mountain. The mountain itself attracts many visitors from all over the world, as it is the tallest mountain in the Alps and in Western Europe. The town next to Mont Blanc, Chamonix, was the site of the first ever Winter Olympics. Skiing sporting activities are frequently practiced between the months of December to April (Macaulay, Thea 5). During the two-week…

Albrecht Durer is considered to be one a master of the Northern Renaissance as well as possibly being the greatest engraver of all time. All this reverence is well-deserved though, as he is one of the few artists at the time to successfully integrate the stylistic components typical of both the Northern and Italian Renaissance. Durer was born in Nuremberg and was of German-Netherlandish descent (Sayre 257-8). He traveled to Italy twice in his lifetime, once from 1494-1495 and again from…

Emile Durkheim, also known as “The Metaphysician” by his peers, was the first French academic sociologist. Durkheim was born April 15, 1858 in Epinal, located in the eastern French province of Lorraine coming from a long line of a devout French Jewish family, as his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather were all rabbis. Durkheim attended a rabbinical school at a young age, but soon realized that was not what he wanted to do. He chose to move schools and attended some of the most…

Albrecht Durer was a German painter born on May 21, 1471, and died on April 6, 1528. Not only was Durer a painter, he was an engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. Durer would make high-quality woodcuts that eventually advanced his career and influence across the European world. This was all done in his twenties! He was even considered the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. Durer’s work mostly revolves around altarpieces, religious works, portraits,…

awareness of himself and his work across Europe. Adventuring out as a young gifted apprentice, Durer traveled abroad advancing his gifts, while leaving a lasting legacy of his unique work. Albrecht Durer, 1471, was the second son out of almost 18 children that Albrecht Durer senior and Barbra Holper had, with only 3 of them surviving to adulthood. Originally, when the family came from Hungry their family last name was Ajtos, which means door in Hungarian, when they relocated to Nuremberg…

The Artist I chose to write about is Mr. Albrecht Durer who was born May 21st, 1471 in Nuremburg, Germany, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. His Parents were Barbara Holper and Albrecht Durer senior who was a known goldsmith, at the age of thirteen Durer began to apprentice under his father. The apprenticeship lasted two years before he left to pursue painting. He began to apprentice under Michael Wolgemut, one of the…

Albrecht Durer was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist during the Northern Renaissance. He became famous in his twenties for his works. His more famous artistic works include his Self-Portrait made in 1500, which features himself, but to art historian’s beliefs he also resembles a Christ-like appearance. The portrait may not actually appear to be his real identity, but of a more idealized version. Through his own techniques and the embodiment of Jesus Christ, he created a portrait that…

woodcut artist named Albrecht Durer located in the private Martin Luther Collection at the MIA. Durer was born in 1471 and died in 1528, he made this artwork in 1523. (Object Label, Target Gallery Ticketed Exhibition) The medium is woodcut, woodcut is “A relief printing technique in which the printing surface is carved with special tools in a solid block of wood. The wood is cut longitudinally from the tree so the grain runs the length of the block. The block is cut and then inked with a brayer…

fragile Weimar republic.”(Treaty) These were the foundations of Adolf Hitler’s rise to totalitarian power. The Reichstag was the Parliament of Germany from 1871 to 1918, which was the imperial council of the German state. In 1924, Nazi party took 3% of the Reichstag vote. However there was over 50 parties in the Reichstag, therefore not one single party could take the leading vote. By 1930’s“The traditional right and center of German politics collapsed, and millions flooded to support National…

by certain events like the Great Depression Hitler and the Nazi Party would of most likely have remained in the margins of Weimar politics. Between 1924 and 1932 Hitler and his agents worked hard to reform the Nazi Party to become a legitimate contender for Reichstag seats. They turned down their anti-Semitic and anti-Republican ideals and recruited new members to increase their party membership and changed into a national party. Hitler chased after groups such as the industrialists, wealthy…