Francisco de Miranda was the person who originally created the common yellow‚ blue and red flag of Gran Colombia that Colombia‚ Ecuador and Venezuela‚ with slight variations‚ share today. Miranda gave at least two sources of inspiration for his flag. In a letter written to Count Simon Romanovich Woronzoff in 1792‚ Miranda stated that the colors were based on a theory of primary colors given to him by the German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Miranda described a late-night conversation
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The Third of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya | The painting: The Third of May‚ 1808 On 2nd of May 1808‚ when the Napoleon’s army invaded Madrid‚ the citizens of Madrid revolted against them. The French army took revenge on the citizens of Madrid on the following day‚ 3rd of May 1808‚ by executing hundreds of the rebellions along with the innocents. Goya illustrated this horrifying event in his painting The third of May‚ 1808. On the left side of the painting is a man in white kneeling
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“Letter from Francisco Vazquez de Coronado to the King of Spain (October 20‚ 1541)” A myth told by the early Spanish explorers of North America about the Seven Cities of Cibola was that it was “a legendary place of beautiful and precious metals and jewels” (Coronado 1541‚ 5). Over the years historians have proved many of myths to be either true or false statements undergone by evidence. That is exactly what Francisco Vazquez de Coronado had set out to do. Upon Coronado’s expedition to
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The History of Mission San Francisco de Asis On June 27th‚ 1776 Father Palon and Pedro Cambon‚ ten Christian Indians driving pack mules‚ and almost 300 head of cattle arrived at the Arroyode los Dolores which Anza and Father Font had selected for a mission site. They put up a camp‚ erected an arbor (gazebo) as a temporary chapel and on June 29th‚ 1776 Font celebrated mass. This was the beginning of California’s sixth mission. Missions were settlements where padres (priests) from the Catholic Church
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Still Life with Golden Bream‚ by Francisco de Goya‚ is a painting painted 1808-1812. This painting expresses sympathy for uncorrupted innocents‚ a tyranical authority‚ and the imagination and intensity of feeling‚ all big points that Romanticism taught. It depicts a group of fish all piled upon each other‚ staring dead into the sky. While this painting was in the works‚ the peninsular War was going on. The conflict was between Napoleon and the Allied powers of Spain; in its wake‚ many suffered casualties
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The artwork ‘The Dog’ by Francisco de Goya Lucientes was very enigmatic from right from the first glance. From the lingering shadow‚ to the dog’s expression‚ there were many ambiguous and vague details which left a lot to the interpretation of the viewer themselves. The painting was called many things by different viewers and artists‚ such as “The Drowning Dog” or “The Sinking Dog”‚ which just shows the many different ways the audience interpreted this scene. Many viewed this scene as as a dog finding
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Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro‚ Born in Trujillo‚ Estremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1471. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca Gonzalez‚ Francisco did not know how to read or write. He had little education throughout his life. His father was a captain of infantry and had fought in many battles. Pizarro always wanted to explore and sail. Pizarro set sail to Urabi. He lost many men during his explorations. He went to Cartagena‚ where he met another explorer named Balboa and they became close
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Francisco Goya Artists frequently respond to the world around them and this is highly evident with the Romanists artist Francisco Goya in his painting Colossus (panic) c. 1808‚ through his unique visual language; The language of his unique painting style‚ through his use of personal symbols for example the Colossus figure and the gesture of the face of the Colossus and its fist. Goya’s painting technique is using long brush strokes especially in the sky with exaggeration of the sky on the dawn
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Francisco Franco was a general and authoritarian leader‚ who governed Spain from 1939 to 1975. He came to power shortly after the start of the Spanish Civil War. In that war‚ he led the rebel Nationalist Army to victory over the Loyalist forces. After the war ended in 1939‚ Franco held complete control of Spain. His regime was similar to a Fascist dictatorship. He carried out the functions of chief of state‚ prime minister‚ commander in chief‚ and leader of the Falange‚ the only permitted political
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Francisco Pizarro was one of the cruelest Spanish conquistadors. He is most famous for conquering the Inca Empire in Peru. He was also part of the expedition led by Vasco Núñez de Balboa that discovered the Pacific. Pizarro’s victory over the Incas is considered to be the most astonishing and most incredible military accomplishment in history. Pizarro was inspired by Hernando Cortés and his defeat over the great Aztec empire. Pizarro‚ like Cortés‚ wanted fame‚ glory‚ and fortune by coming to the
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