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    Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert Netherlands. His father Theodorus van Gogh was a minister. His mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus was a moody artist whose love of nature, drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son Van Gogh. Gogh was born exactly one year after his parent’s first son also named Vincent but he was stillborn. When Gogh was 15 his family was poor so he had drop out of school and start work. He worked for his uncle Cornelis ’at his art dealership.…

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    Anne Frank Research Paper

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    born diarist and writer, who basically wrote down her life was and expressed her feelings when she was sad, mad, angry, excited, glad, or happy, which anne frank was me. I was born in frankfurt, germany, but i lived most of my life in amsterdam, Netherlands, i had to move because of the Nazis, invading germany and that…

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    This party runs on an anti-Islam, anti-EU, and anti-immigration platform. To analyze the PVV, Henley emphasized the institutional factors that impact the PVV’s chance at forming government. Because the Netherlands has a perfectly proportional system – the entire country is one electoral system – it’s common several small interest parties to vie for power. This feature is best illustrated by the fact that there are currently 28 parties competing in this year’s…

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    Vincent van Gogh was born as Vincent Willem van Gogh on March 30 in 1853 in groot- Zundert, Netherlands. His mother, Anna had inspired van Gogh because she was a moody artist and she loves nature and drawing she had passed her love for the arts on to her son, but his father had nothing to do with the arts he was a country miner. Van Gogh’s education was at royal academy of fine art for one year in 1886 and then at Willem II collage from 1886 to 1888, he was a post-impressionist painter, his…

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    This paper is about the Netherlandic Christmas. It is related to our holiday in ways which is in this report. Like the U.S they celebrate it for the birth of Jesus. Also they call saint nicholas sinterklaas. Dutch christmas traditions are generally like others. They have christmas trees and big family meetings. But here is something different like they have a christmas tree bonfire. There is also two days of christmas. Some other traditions include, sinterklaas coming on december 5th. They also…

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    between the English and the Netherlands. The Dutch invaded abruptly searching for the gem that every living person wants in their possession. This sacred object has the ability to fulfill wishes, extend one 's life, rejuvenate, and most amazingly achieve immortality. The wars had come to an end due to the harsh winters that had hit the land causing large amounts of death and the signing of a treaty between the English King Guiomar and the Netherland King Leonide. All Netherland forces were…

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    In photography, the “golden hour” is a window of time when the sun is setting and its light appears softer and more golden, lending to more aesthetically appealing images. The Netherlands had its own golden hour of sorts in the seventeenth century ㅡ a time known as the Dutch Golden Age. As the Library of Congress details, after achieving independence from Spain, Holland ushered in a new period of great trade wealth and flourishing art culture. (“Holland’s Golden Age”). Rembrandt Harmenszoon van…

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    Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, and spent her childhood in Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. She learned to speak many languages, including English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and German. For example, “Throughout her life, she used multilingualism to great advantage with international press in both her careers as an actress and humanitarian”(IMDb.com). Her father was an English banker who was approximately one quarter English and three…

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    personal information, his mental illness, his art style, and my personal thought on one of his magnificent paintings is just a small part of this bright eyed person. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ “This great man was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent Van Gogh’s older brother was also named Vincent Van Gogh but passed away at birth”. Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘nickname’ was Van Gogh. VIncent Van Gogh had so many siblings it is unbelievable. “His siblings were: Theo van Gogh, Wil van…

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    Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh) known for many of his famous artworks, was a Dutch post-impressionist painter. Vincent van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, Netherlands. He was born exactly 1 year after his brother’s (Vincent), who was stillborn. With his name and birthdate carved onto his brother’s grave, van Gogh was already feeling sadness at a very young age. Growing up with a pastor, van Gogh thought he was bound to become gospel. Years later, he found his true nature in art. When…

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