monasteries and examine the dead. Examining what was underneath the skin‚ Michelangelo was able to create realistic drawings. By seeing what was underneath the skin‚ he was able to create amazingly realistic drawings. His art has informed artists of how the human body works and moves. Michelangelo personified many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. He was not afraid to show human nudity. Michelangelo portrayed life as it is‚ and with that he expressed his artistic ideas. The most revealing
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Think of Albert Einstein‚ Jackie Robinson‚ Martin Luther King Jr. Now think of all the things they did that influenced the world. Alan Boone‚ one of London’s boss’s‚ talked about how London could have changed the world with his books. London as a boy‚ grew up in the working class. He read about other writers and their novels‚ inspired by them‚ he took it upon himself to read and write novels of his own. The Call of the Wild is one of his most known books and the main theme of his book is the
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Many of the things he did in the old days‚ still live on in the music scene today. Not only did he have a unique personality but also was a fine teacher‚ and formed new styles of jazz in his playing. His songs still blast in many peoples’ homes‚ and his licks are still played by many musicians today. His most
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and the people of Germany began the outcry for formal change. Modernism began gaining popularity in nations all across Europe and its effect on architecture was no different. Walter Gropius‚ with regards to the Fagus Factory‚ one of his first works from 1911‚ set out to build a structure to embody his theories of modernism and functionalism. By connecting with the people through the space’s arrangement and aesthetic‚ architecture took on new meaning. The Fagus Factory allowed function to reign supreme
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John Locke is known as a great philosopher who helped create and shape the world as we know it. He was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ to his parents John Locke‚ and Agnes Kneene‚ in Wrington Somerset. His family was known as a liberal Puritan family. He went through different types of schooling throughout his time‚ while facing some challenges here and there (Clapp). Locke was known as a English empiricist moral‚ political philosopher‚ he studied at Westminster School‚ where he studied Hebrew and
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little about the Greek myths.The Greek mythology has a big influence on our culture‚ arts and literature. At first these stories were passed in an oral way (told from person to person)‚ but later they used representational ways to preserve it‚ using vases‚ paints‚ murals‚ drawings on plates‚poems‚ etc. The oldest source of stories we know it’s on the epic poem "The Odyssey". We have always wonder about what we don’t know‚ like the why and how we are in this planet‚ why we are alive‚ and more. And well
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When his contract ended‚ the brothers created their own character‚ Willie‚ from Steamboat Willie‚ the first all-sound cartoon. It featured Disney as the voice of a character that was first called “Mortimer Mouse‚” but was later changed into today’s phenomenon‚ Mickey Mouse. Disney gave his entire life to his pictures‚ insisting
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and communication‚ trade and culture travels such as West Africa being introduced to Islam. Moving into western African‚ between 1000ce-1450ce‚ the introduction of Islam has brought a great increase in slave trade and rose literacy rates‚ creating literate officials in state administration. However‚ no rigorous conversion was made‚ some traditional practices remained. The increase of slaves was obtained through conquest and the impact of Islam created religious power to officials in state administration
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Princess Anne of Denmark in 1589 and gave birth to his first of many children in 1594. James I was a successful ruler due to his pragmatic and practical nature. He realised he would have to work with and not against the Parliament. Nevertheless‚ he did dissolve the Parliament a few times during his reign. James I also had success within his foreign policy especially with Spain. He managed to bring an end to the Anglo-Spanish War and sign a peace treaty with Spain in August 1604. Despite being a successful
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Adam Smith‚ Karl Marx and Karl Polanyi‚ have influenced capitalism in different ways. Adam Smith known as the father of the political economy‚ developed the concept of the invisible hand; which explains how self-interest and competition in a free market economy‚ would allow economic prosperity. Likewise‚ Smith developed the concept of the division of labour which articulates that different jobs in a business should be specialised‚ instead of one person having to carry out all the processes. Karl
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