Käthe Kollwitz was born on 8th July 1867 in Kaliningrad‚ Russia. Her father‚ Karl Schmidt‚ studied law‚ but because of his political and social views he never worked as a lawyer. He was a stone mason and house builder. Her mother‚ Katharina‚ was the daughter of Julius Rupp‚ the leader of the Free Congregation. By religion and socialism lessons her grandfather strongly influenced her education. Her parents were encouraging their children in political and social life. When she was twelve years old
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Research Topics in Corporate Finance Bocconi University PhD in Economics and Finance ∗ May 29‚ 2012 Professors: Nicolas Serrano-Vallerde (until 09/12: nicolas.serrano-velarde@sbs.ox.ac.uk) Linus Siming (linus.siming@unibocconi.it) Office hours: By appointment (Email) Summary and aims: This Ph.D. course is designed to introduce doctoral candidates to ongoing research topics in corporate finance. This course surveys leading academic research in selected areas of corporate finance‚ focusing
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Naturalism is a type of litertaure that uses scientific assumptions of equality and disengaement to its study of human beings. Naturalism suggests a logcal position for naturalistic writers. Emile Zola‚ her self is a naturalistic writer‚ who wrote the phrase‚ “human beasts‚” which was written to represent how characters can be studied through ther relationships to their surroundings. In the short story‚ “Maggie”‚ there are many outstanding characteristics of naturlism incluing‚ identifying human
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Academic Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 *
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http://www.dreyfus.culture.fr/en/ [20 October 2008]. • Lazare‚ Bernard‚ Comment on condamne un innocent (Paris‚ Stock‚ 1898) available at: French history archive‚ http://marxists.anu.edu.au/history/france/dreyfus-affair/index.htm [19 October 2008]. • Zola‚ Émile‚ J’accuse (L ’Aurore‚ 13 January 1898) available at: Chameleon translations‚ http://chameleon-translations.com/sample-Zola.shtml [17 October 2008].
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figure He was the one that encouraged guy into the world of literature He taught maupassant the ropes of literature He would lecture Guy on prose style and correct his mistakes Flaubert introduced him 3o some of the top writers of the time‚ such as Émile Zola and Henry James. when he died in 1880 guy had a tough time grieving Franco-Prussian War often referred to in France as the War of 1870 causes The causes of the Franco-Prussian War are deeply rooted in the events surrounding the unification of
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History of Theatre Early in the 1700’s British people that were involved with theatre were mostly middle class. There were 2 kinds of new dramatic theatre: sentimental comedy and domestic tragedy. The fist playhouse was in the American colonies was built in Williamsburg‚ Virginia. In 1741 the greatest British actor was born and his name was David Garrick. Aeschylus wrote the first major playwright and multiple contests. "The Orestria" was the last remaining tragic trilogy. Sophocles
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Philippine and World Events in the years 1800-1861 Significant Events of the 19th Century The collapse of the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ Chinese‚ Holy Roman and Mughal empires. Liberalism became the preeminent reform movement in Europe. The 19th century was an era of invention and discovery‚ with significant developments in technological advances of the 20th century. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe. The Victorian era was notorious for the employment of young children in
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Was Manet an Impressionist? Outline the arguments for and against‚ providing and discussing specific examples to support the two arguments. Give your opinion‚ with reasons. Édouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the marginal figures associated with Impressionism. Impressionism is defined by the the online Oxford dictionary as‚ "a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s‚ characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment‚ especially in terms of
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practitioners discussed in lectures and seminars so far. In this essay I will be focusing on the work of both practitioners Henrik Ibsen and Constantin Stanislavski and how they were pioneers for modernism within theatre. I will also be explaining how Emile’ Zola first outlined naturalism in his literature which then became a stepping stone for leading practitioners in modernism. On the other hand I will also be touching on the Bauhaus movement and how it was a focal point for modern architecture however
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