Andre Gunder Frank

Charlemagne wanted Frankish monasteries to be centers of education, as a religious foundation they would teach Christian principle homogeneously and well-looked-after correctly for future generations to come. Though Charlemagne goal was to focus on Christian, biblical, and monastery topics, the teachings weren’t limited to those topics. Though he was somewhat literate, Charlemagne wanted to restore and correct biblical texts. According to Nesbitt, “In 789 he ordered a revision of the books of…

Christianity was a big influence on Western culture. Charlemagne was the king of the Franks and often credited for reconnecting Western Europe. When he came to power in 768 he managed to unite the Franks by fighting a common enemy. Charlemagne supported the Church throughout his life and his main focus was to spread and support Christianity. He battled many Pagan and Muslims for territories. But his biggest challenges was to convert the the Saxons. The Saxons were reluctant to convert to…

For centuries art is what brought the eye closer to reality. Art and freedom of expression extremely complement each other. The freedom to express anything through art has been around longer than the freedom to express through writing. New ways of making art are being created all the time for instance around the early 1900 's when printmaking first started; one of its many uses was to be used as political awareness. For example, many people in the towns of Mexico were illiterate, so these…

Every artist has special traits that make them loveable or hateable to some people. The artists that I chose are loveable in my eyes. Their art speaks truthfully and depicts art in unique ways that few understand. The artists I chose are not average artists. They seem to go above and beyond in their work, as well as show their strengths, weaknesses, joys, sorrows, dreams, and nightmares through their work. The first artist I chose was Salvador Dali. I chose Salvador Dali because he was an…

Benedict Arnold A man, who was once known as one of the greatest generals involved in the revolutionary war, quickly gained the reputation of a traitor to America. General Benedict Arnold suddenly betrayed America and joined the British enemy. Much controversy is raised when discussing the reason Arnold chose to switch sides, but historical documents clear unanswered questions and have the potential to justify his reasons. From a different perspective, his actions signify personal gain, but…

This year I studied four texts, two of which were autobiographies, and the other two were documentaries. The texts are “It’s not about the bike” written by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, “Open an Autobiography” written by Andre Agassi, “Kevin’s Sentence” presented by Bob Carty from the Canadian broadcasting company and “Over the edge” presented by Linden Macintyre from Canada’s Fifth Estate programme. All four of these texts share the significant theme of overcoming adversity which can…

Salvador Dali finished The Persistence of Memory in 1931at Port Lligat, north of Barcelona, Spain and housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1934. This painting was a symbol of Dali’s work and defined surrealism, breaking many of the norms previous and unique in its own way. The painting itself reflects a lot on the way Dali viewed a life and giving it a deeper meaning that others may interpret differently. Dali created a three dimensional experience that was never seen before by…

1. Did Rizal supported the 1896 Philippine Revolution of bonifacio? Why or why not? - I don’t think he did. If I were to tell based on what I understand in his point of view, he don’t want Filipinos to revolt yet, because he knew that this will not succeed. But on the other hand, I think that he supported it on his own ways. He wanted Filipinos to be free, one of the reason why he build the group “La liga Filipina, it’s because he wanted too, to revolt but I think he is still waiting for the…

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Andre Gide). This quote describes the main character, Paul, in Edward Bloor’s novel. He has trouble not only with what he sees and how to cope, but what he doesn’t see. Erik is Paul’s older brother and he finds great joy in agonizing him. Erik is one of the characters that contrasts to Paul and his eyesight. He sees what Paul does not and vice-versa. What the author is trying to provide the reader with with…

Artist Salvador Dali has been a major contributor to several artistic movements during the 20th century. Throughout his life, he contributed many wonderful pieces of art that belonged to the Surrealist movement, and also created works using Futurism, Dada, Impressionism and Cubism. Most notably, Dali produced the famous painting “The Persistence of Memory” and designed the Teatro-Museo Dali (or the Dali Theatre-Museum) located in Figueres, Spain (Salvador Dali Museum, Inc). Salvador Dali…