Neoclassical Masterpieces: A Comparative Analysis of David’s Oath of the Horatii and Canova’s Eros and Psyche
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> Name:
Oath of the Horatii / Author:
Jacques-Louis David / Clients: Louis XVI / Date: 1784 / Rel. A Conj: – / Style:
Neoclassicism / Ubi origin: – / Ubi act: the Louvre, Paris / / D -> Medium: Oil Dimensions: 3,30 m x 4,25 m (large) / Short descr: On the left are located in the 3 half brothers and father, and the other women and children. The characters were dressed as ancient Rome / Support: Canvas / FIG-No fig: Fig / / AF–
> Drawing / Color: Drawing / Light: The light of clear insipiració
The Causes and Consequences of World War I
The Causes of the First World War
Long-Term Causes (1870-1907)
- Armed Peace (from 1890 onwards): European countries increased their investment to produce more weapons.
- German-French Nationalist Rivalry (from 1870 onwards): French resentment against Germany because France was defeated in 1870 (French-Prussian War) and Germany annexed industrial regions of Alsace-Lorraine.
- German-British Nationalist Rivalry (from 1890 onwards): Competition between the two most industrialized countries in Europe (the expansion
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Since the 17th century, groups of European emigrants, mainly from England, had settled on the east coast of North America. Some had fled political instability and religious persecution in their countries of origin. The British monarchy organized the colonists into 13 demarcations or
The Thirteen Colonies
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TEXT COMMENTARY Nº17
BACKGROUND
In order to fully understand this document we must take into account some significant events that happened previous to it. Firstly, that the radical reforms, as the secularization of the State, carried out during the 2nd Spanish Republic, which was proclaimed the 14th April 1931, shaped a strong conservative opposition formed by the army, employers, land-owners and the Church. It was a period of instability and conflicts, such as the Revolution of October 1934 or
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1. The Roaring Twenties
The 1920s was a period of economic prosperity that began in the United States and spread to other Western countries. The American lifestyle became a cultural model.
A Consumer Society
Mass Production
Mass production is the large-scale manufacture of standardized products.
New and cheaper raw materials: wood was in short supply, cheaper and lighter synthetic substitutes like plastic and rayon were invented.
Mass Consumption
More consumer goods became available to the middle classes.
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The Rise and Fall of the Second Spanish Republic
Why was the Republic proclaimed in 1931?
Municipal elections led to the Republic.On 12 April 1931 they were seen as a choice between a monarchy and a republic.Those opposed to the monarchical regime (Republicans,socialists and left-wing nationalists) created a coalition for the elections (Pact of San Sebastián, 1930).The elections resulted in a greater number of councillors for the monarchist parties.Thousands of citizens took to the streets and the
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