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The Spanish, like Jusepe de Ribera, did not find themselves in Italy by accident, rather for design. In the 16th and 17th Century, for example, The Spanish focused on the political realities of Italy and focused on the Spanish imperial domination of Italy’s formal and informal states, but also focused on globalizing the artistic styles that had become so popular during this time. Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera is most known for his later works, such as A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, and is…

In the context of European history, the period from 1585 to 1700-1730 is often called the Baroque era. The word “baroque”, as Erwin Panofsky says in his book Three Essays on style, signifies everything wildly abstruse, obscure, fanciful, and useless. The other derivation of the term from Latin verruca and Spanish barueca meaning a wart and by extension an irregular shaped pearl. Eighteenth century critics were the first to apply the term to the art of the 17th century. It was not a term of…

Christopher Columbus was an explorer. Christopher was born on October 31, 1451, Columbus died on May 20, 1506. He was born in Genoa, Italy. Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, In 1492, 1493, 1498, and 1502. He sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504. Before Christopher Columbus was an explorer, a theory is that Christopher may have been Jewish and people who were jewish…

The Congress of Vienna was an international peace conference for the countries of Europe. The goals of the Congress of Vienna were to have peace throughout Europe and have no wars or fights. The Congress was formed because there had been many wars in the past. The Congress of Vienna was made mostly of conservatives, but had some liberals as well. Some of the influential leaders were Czar Alexander I of Russia, King Frederick William III of Prussia, Lord Castlereagh who was the British…

What Were the Accomplishments of Philip II of Spain? Philip II was one of the most powerful monarchs of his era and remains to be well-known until today. During his reign, Spain reached its Golden Age and was able to have numerous achievements in music, literature, and visual arts. The Spanish kingdom also flourished, gaining territories around the world and getting the nickname of “the empire on which the sun never sets”. Philip II himself went on to become the King of Castile, Aragon, Naples,…

Zach Dockter is an engineering support manager, and his job description is designing electrical control systems, and integrating them into hydraulic solutions to be implemented on a mobile crane. He attended the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to study engineering. He first started in Electrical Engineering, but finishes in Mechanical. He became interested in his career field his senior year when a speaker came into his pre calculus class, at Brainerd High School, and talked about how…

Now before before Christopher Columbus had this idea he was just a normal boy like you and me. Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy. He was the son of a weaver and loved sailing. Columbus’s first went to sea when he was a teenager participating in many trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. One voyage to the island of Khios, in modern day Greece, brought him…

Marco Polo, the renowned Venetian explorer, stands as a figure of remarkable courage, curiosity, and cultural exchange. Born into a family of traders in 1254, his life would become a tapestry woven with tales of distant lands, exotic cultures, and astonishing discoveries. His travels, meticulously chronicled in "The Travels of Marco Polo," remain one of the most important records of the East for medieval Europe. Through his adventures, Polo bridged the gap between the East and West, opening…

knew, such as religious, building homes, weapons and so much more. He knew he would get their attention and he knew he can fool them into doing everything he wants them to do. Lets first understand who is Christopher Columbus, well he was born in Genoa in 1451 and his father was a weaver. He had at least two brothers and…

have a hard time invading or provoking those countries. Similar to the joining of the three countries, a group of 39 German states were loosely joined to form the German Confederation. Also, the Kingdom of Sardinia was reinforced with the addition of Genoa. After these actions were taken, the Congress of Vienna did not leave France powerless and did not punish them too harshly. Leaving France with some power ensured that another country would not take over and become too powerful, and not…