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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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    dates them as August 1883. The oil painting shows the beautiful texture and detail,although not very clear but its also beautiful while I looking in this picture I feel loneliness like this cow. Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings made during Vincent van Gogh's early artistic career. In my opinion about this picture is drawing with vivid details and point out the obvious makes it beautiful and strike the eyes.…

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    only learning of some achievements today, as his reticence to publish many of his works kept many of them from seeing the light of day for quite some time (Igorevich). He was born in the cold April of 1626 in The Hague, located it what is now the Netherlands, to an influential Dutch family. He was the families’ third and penultimate child, as his mother passed away in the process of giving birth to his younger sister. His father, Constantijn Huygens, was a well-known poet and composer and…

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    European unity that as time progresses is being challenged more and more. Moreover, Geert Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament, said in 2004 that the Islamic country of Turkey shouldn’t be allowed in the Eu and that the flow of Turks into the Netherlands was too great. He even mentioned that they brought criminality, unemployment, welfare payments, and domestic violence that hurt the country socially and economically (Doc 7) The context of this document could very well be a post 9/11 world…

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    Philip II of Spain was a dignified king who sought to achieve the best for his country. However, during his reign as king, King Philip II was unrightfully murdered one night. The group of people who ended the king’s life all had one similarity. They all had a list of motives to backup why they plotted against the King of Spain. These motives fueled the hatred burning within the assassins lead them to conspire against Philip and ultimately kill him. To seek revenge William of Orange, Antonio…

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    fell in love with Clasina Maria Hoornik, an alcoholic prostitute. Van Gogh became very depressed when Hoornik went back to prostitution. His family threatened to cut him off unless he left her. Van Gogh left and moved to a desolate town in the Netherlands. He roamed through the countryside and drew the landscape and its people.…

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    Van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853. His fathers name was Theodorus van Gogh and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbentus, who also was an artist. When Van Gosh reached the age of 15 his family struggled finically, because of this Vincent was made to leave school and get a job. His first job was at his Uncle Cornelis' art dealership, Goupil & Cie. Van Gogh could speak, English, French, German, and Dutch. He transferred to Groupil Gallery in London. While there, he…

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    regulate it and protect prostitutes and the public from harm and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases within their city. This policy of toleration has proven to benefit the Dutch in terms national STD and teen pregnancy rates, with the Netherlands consistently having lower rates of teen pregnancy, HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia when compared to other European countries as well as the United States (Wade). The idea that prostitution is not something the people accept or…

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    Gogh? And why the night cafe is one of his masterpiece and most famous painting? In the Modernist world there were so many fabulous and famous paintings but in this essay I want to focus in Vincent Gogh.Vincent Gogh was born on March 30 of 1853 in Netherland. He studied paintings while living in Paris in 1886. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far reaching influence on 20th-century art. He never married he declared his love to Eugénie Loyer, but she reject him because she was already…

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    ability to fight terrorism. This loss in confidence puts the current president’s, François Holland, position at risk. In Germany, an anti-immigrant party calls for a mass deportation of failed asylum seekers. While in the anti- Islamic party in the Netherlands is in a prominent position to win power in March of 2017. These factors could create a more hostile generation of leaders throughout the European…

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