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- 4171: Caravaggio
- ... something that could have taken place anywhere, at any time amongst the common people. Michelangelo Merisi was born in the village of Caravaggio near Milan, from which he derived his name, in 1573. After the death of his father he was orphaned and apprenticed to the painter Peterzano, a pupil of Titan. During his apprenticeship to Peterzano he learned the fundamental technical skills and developed a style of representing nature and ... of his contemporaries. There was a swarm of orders for his pictures, private and ecclesiastical. The Crucifixion of St. Peter(1601) and The Conversion of St. Paul, The Deposition of Christ(1602-04) and the Death of the Virgin(1605-06) are among the best works he produced at this time. The Conversion of St. Paul was painted for the Roman church of Santa Maria del Popop in 1601. It is ...
- 4172: Dickinson vs. Whitman
- ... the same time period. Walt Whitman published practically all his poetry during his lifetime, but Emily Dickinson only published seven of her poems during her lifetime. Actually, her poetry wasn't published until after her death. Both Whitman and Dickinson were poetic pioneers because of the new ideas they used in their poetry. Emily Dickinson did not write for an audience, but Walt Whitman wrote for an audience about several national ... Whitman and Dickinson used in their poetry are very different. There is a big difference because the things that each poet was interested in. Whitman often wrote about the Civil War. Dickinson often wrote about death and nature. The punctuation is drastically different as well. Whitman used mostly traditional punctuation in his poetry, but in the poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" he used a big amount of dashes: "Beat! beat! drums!-blow ...
- 4173: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... into a close relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan. Dickens suffered a fatal stroke in 1870 leaving an unfinished novel behind. That novel was The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Many people in England mourned his death. The inscription on his tombstone reads: He was a sympathizer with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world. (Huffam) Works Cited Huffam, John. Dickens, Charles MS Encarta, 3.0a. Gale Research Inc., 1993. Kyle, Elisabeth. Great Ambitions, a Story of the Early ...
- 4174: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... printed during her lifetime. A second edition of her poetry, "Several Poems compiled with great variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight" edited by one of her sons was printed six years after her death in 1678. Many of her best poems, which her son did not publish as too intimate, remained in manuscript until the 19th Century(Morison 219). Bradstreet's poems reveal that she valued herself as a ... which reveal her conflicts and doubts. Many of Bradstreet's poems reveal that she could not accept in entire docility the sterner aspects of New England Puritanism. The last stanza of her poem on the death of a grandchild illustrates this: By nature Trees do rot when they are grown, And Plumbs and Apples thoroughly ripe do fall... And time brings down what is both strong and tall, But plants new ...
- 4175: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... effects, which along with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with. Hitchcock led a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a teenager and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th of his career (Sterrit 3). Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London, England. As a child his parents were very strict with him and ... have flow away, they turn a corner and are suddenly surrounded. The birds come together and strike, while the children run and scream for their lives. Some of them trip and are either pecked to death or trampled. Throughout the movie the birds wreak havoc all along the coast of San Francisco. All the remaining people escape the town, and the birds move in and seem to claim as their own ...
- 4176: Voltaire On The Church, True R
- ... thought about an archangel which took him to a place where he came in contact with many great philosophers among them Christ. Voltaire met the resurrected Christ, covered still with the wounds from his violent death. The two of them spoke, Voltaire questioning Christ as to His condemnation and death. Voltaire asked Christ if his purpose was to teach a new religion to which He replied: Not at all; I said to them simply-- Love God with all your heart and your fellow-creatures as ...
- 4177: The Clinton Sex Scandal
- ... laced Calvinist minister, Wilson was depicted by Sigmund Freud as someone who identified himself with Jesus Christ. In fact, Wilson's reputation as a devoted husband and father was squeaky clean until his wife's death two years into his first presidential term. After a deep (but brief) period of mourning, Wilson began to enjoy the frequent company of Edith Bolling Galt, the widow of a prominent businessman. Public opinion swung ... for print newspapers and too titillating for the public to ignore. People flocked to the Internet in record numbers when the story broke. At Fox News Online, the Clinton scandal generated more traffic than the death of Princess Diana. At AP Online, the scandal outran the Super Bowl 3-to-1. At CNN Interactive, it contributed to a tenfold hike in traffic in one day. And the Washington Post's Web ...
- 4178: Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer
- ... these areas. Upon his return in 1839, Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgewood, and was admitted to the Royal Society. He moved to Downe, Kent in 1842, and was plagued by ill health until his death. He apparently transmitted Trypanosomiastis from frequent bug bites in the Pacific. Darwin died on April 19, 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. In The Origin of Species, Darwin presented his idea that species evolve ... the conservative force which transmits similar organic forms from one generation to another (2:57). Lastly, the struggle for existence determines which variations will survive in a given environment, thus altering life through a selective death rate (2:57-58). He concluded that with all three factors combined that life will alter slowly and unnoticeably. Herbert Spencer lived from 1820-1903. An English philosopher who advocated the importance of the individual ...
- 4179: Charles M. Manson
- ... fortress. Guns appeared at the ranch, and the men would frequently take target practice. Guards were posted. Escape routes to the desert were plotted. Caches of gasoline and other necessities were buried all over the Death Valley area. Manson was pro-race war. So much so that he preached it and attempted several times to provoked it. Manson tried to provoke Helter Skelter by having his family carry out several murders ... Frykowski, Jay Sebring, Gary Hinman, Steven Parent, and Donald Shea. Manson's victims were savagely mudered. The killers used guns, knives, forks, and blunt objects. With their victim's blood they wrote on the walls, Death to pigs. When the police found Abigail Folger, her white dress appeared red after being stabbed twenty-three times. And when they found Leno LaBianca a fork was sticking out of his chest. On August ...
- 4180: "Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
- ... Robert Arden, also a country gentleman, of Wilmcote. He left in his will to Mary the estate of Asbies in Wilmcote and six pounds, thirteen shillings, and sixpence. Within a year of her father's death, in 1557, Mary married John Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was the third child, born after Joan and Margaret Shakespeare. Margaret died before William was born, and Joan died sometime before 1569. William was born in 1564 ... Stratford. His birthday could have been any of the four or five days before that day. Traditionally, it has been said that he was born on the 23 of April, the same day of his death and St. George's Day, but this is more because of the coincidence than based on fact. Gilbert Shakespeare was born in 1566, Anne was born in 1571, Richard in 1574, and Edmund in 1580 ...
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