The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was fought during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of La Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the frontier fortress town of Badajoz, Spain. Since October 1810, Marshal Masséna's French Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in…
artist called Edvard Munch painted this artwork in 1893 (totalhistory.com). There are four versions of The Scream where two of them are paintings and the other two where done with pastels. One of these paintings is located in the National gallery in Oslo (totalhistory.com). The other painting is located in the Munch Museum where they also own one version of the pastels (totalhistory.com). Petter Olsen privately owns the last pastel artwork and is auctioning it off for $80 million dollars making…
and all orders to stop its settlement program, but it’s contributing to its hypocrisy in the process. Israel continually insists that Palestine recognize its existence and its borders, but Israel continues to build beyond 1967 lines. Even during the Oslo Accords, Israel made it clear that it would go on with its settlement program. At the 2000 Camp David Summit,…
“Globalization processes are inevitable historic and objective phenomena, the driving force of society’s development and progress.” Some say the globalization is killing the world, but others say that it is what is keeping the world alive. Globalization is the interconnectedness and interdependence of regions that allows the world to be used and preserved to its fullest potential by all living people. Interconnectedness, how all countries can all work together toward a common goal or to get a…
Some people have the perception that suffering from cancer has no cure. However it can be denied with significant number of advances in the diagnosis and treatment options for cancer, you can strive for the betterment of the quality of life and get the treatment, if cancer is diagnosed in early stage. There are numerous therapies available such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, vaccination and also hormonal therapy which have been globally developed to produce fewer health side effects and…
proposed a resolution at the Council of Delegates in 2011 in support of the elimination of nuclear weapons. This was adopted by 186 national societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) • The HINW initiative began with a conference in Oslo, Norway in March 2013, attended by 128 countries. o The UN agencies addressing the conference were very clear that they would not be able to effectively respond to the humanitarian and environmental catastrophe that would be created by…
together, which in essence is very rare. The history of their relationship shows that there hasn’t been peace between those two states sine 1948. There have been attempts to mend the relationships between the two like in the Camp David Summit and the Oslo Accord but there was no true success yet. In order to resolve a conflict both sides should reach complete cognitive, emotional and behavioral resolution. Doing this wont be easy especially…
second painting being compared to Klimt’s The Kiss is Edvand Munch’s painting which is similarly named The Kiss and was created in 1897 with oil on canvas. This painting is about 99 x 81 cm big and is currently located in the museum The Much Museum in Oslo, Norway. This painting inspired Gustav Klimt’s painting and both…
An artist’s world experience in life can be a major influence on how they create and develop their artworks. Frida Kahlo (born 1907, died 1954), Gordon Bennett (born Australia 1955) and Edvard Munch’s (born in 1863, died 1944, Ådalsbruk, Norway) are all famous artists from different times of the era who express their worlds from all display their extreme experiences and journeys in life throughout their artwork. Frida Kahlo's artwork 'The Miscarriage' made in 1932 displays Kahlo's experience…
In the speech that mother Teresa gave in Oslo, Norway in 1979, in the first paragraph she first shows Kairos; which means that is giving the place where the speech was presented. Then in the same paragraph it also shows pathos, because she is showing that she is religious and so is demonstrating her believes as a Catholic. By just asking to the audience to pray with her. Well, in the next paragraph Mother Teresa is thanking God for giving us the opportunity to live today that is…