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Gustav Klimt’s ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the most beloved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt was well known for creating paintings, murals, and sketches. One painting that he was most notable for is called the The Kiss. In this painting, his aesthetic sensibilities are not compared with any other artists because he created art that portrayed themes that include love and feminine beauty of the body. He…

lasted only from 1824 to 1832 because state legislatures were either unresponsive, inactive, or corrupt. From 1836 to 1905, Americans relied on the national nominating conventions for the presidential nominating process. Although it took a long timeline of failures to figure out how to run a proper convention, the citizens finally took hold of a working convention. In fact, from 1905 to the present, we have only added to the presidential nominating process, now relying on primaries, caucuses,…

Many historians agree that the assassination was a significant event however; the writer would argue it was not the major cause of World War 1. The writer would suggest that the major powers had been ready to go to war long before the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. This was the spark that ignited the war. The writer would argue the major causes of World War I were nationalism, militarism, leadership, imperialism, colonialism and alliances. Nationalism is extreme patriotic feelings…

Introduction Pop-Tarts is a brand of rectangular, pre-baked pastry, which were introduced by Kellogg Company in 1964. Pop-Tarts consists of a sugary filling sealed between two layers of thin pastry crust. They are designed to be warmed inside a toaster or microwave. As of today Pop-Tarts are distributed to these markets; in the United States, Canada, Finland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand. We wish to introduce the Pop-Tart to Norway, a country known for loving sweets…

It was in 1902 when the United States was flirting with building a canal in Nicaragua, while France was experiencing much turmoil in their attempt in Panama, when a volcano erupted and killed 30,000 people. Therefore, the United States were deterred from building a Nicaraguan canal. Therefore, the United States focused their efforts on acquiring control of the Panama Canal zone, which was under Colombian control at the time, albeit a small independence movement. The U.S. utilized their military…

With a view to differentiating the individuals’ abilities, the intelligence test is introduced to investigate the individual differences across different countries, age groups and gender. However, the definition and measurement of intelligence are varied from time to time, and it raises the interest of psychologists to discuss the phenomenon. This essay will first describe the formation of the concept of intelligence. It will then depict the evolution of the intelligence test and its relation to…

I chose the painting, titled “Dr. Hingston and the Operating Room” by Joseph-Charles Franchere, 1866-1921, textbook page 134. He studied art from 1887-1892 with various other painters including Joseph Blanc and Joseph Chabert. During his career as an artist, he has won various awards and was since known as a prolific artist during his time. His various paint mediums included oil, water colour and pastels. He had his own studio and painted landscapes as well as religious murals that are now shown…

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones into the wealthy family of George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Rhinelander on January 24 1862 in New York City. She had two brothers, Frederick and Henry. When Edith was four years old they moved to Europe, spending the next five years of their life traveling throughout Italy, Spain, Germany and France. Edith continued her education under private tutors back in New York. She learned French and German, and she studied literature, philosophy,…

define because there are so many styles and as it is evolving or improvising thus one tune won’t sound the same twice and usually features syncopated rhythms (ragtime). 1. Around 1900 this was America’s most popular dance and entertainment music. 2. 1905-1914: Highly trained black musicians could not find jobs playing classical music so they started playing ragtime in bars and clubs 3. 1910-1917: Black musicians had limited access to instruments. Musicians in New Orleans developed a style where…

Lynn Margulis was born on March 5, 1938, in Chicago Illinois, and died on November 22, 2011, at age 73 (Knoll). In 1957, Margulis graduated form the University of Chicago with her Bachelors degree, and not long after married American Astronomer Carl Sagan (Tao). Sagan and Margulis had two children, Dorion, the oldest, became her successive comrade (Tao). Dorion, and her wrote several books, articles, and researched a lot together (Knoll). Lynn Margulis earned her Masters degree in zoology and…