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- 2051: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... most recognizable talent that he is commonly remembered for is painting, which in where he mastered the two techniques of sfumato and chiaroscuro. Sfumato is the technique to transition color, into a smoky or hazy effect. Chiaroscuro is the mastery of shadows and shading (Encarta-96). He uses these techniques very well in his most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa". Combining science and techniques at times left his works into technical ...
- 2052: Nelson Mandela
- ... the European standards (Manzo). With the election of Dr. D.F. Malan's Nationalist Party in 1948, the concepts of apartheid became officially government policy. From 1948 on, official apartheid principles were put into practical effect, and Malan's government passed bills designed to maintain political, economic, and social control by Whites over non-Whites. Under apartheid, people were classified into one of four categories: White, Colored, Indian, and Black. As ...
- 2053: Alphonse Capone
- ... travel to Chicago. His appearance date before the grand jury was re-set for March 20. On request of the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents obtained statements to the effect that Capone had attended race tracks in the Miami area, that he had made a plane trip to Bimini and a cruise to Nassau, and that he had been interviewed at the office of the ...
- 2054: Stephen King
- ... much. Although one night his father stepped out to buy a pack of cigarettes and he was never seen or heard from again after that night. This, as you can imagine, had a very profound effect on the young Stephen King. He recalled in his autobiographical work "Danse Macabre" that he hardly remembers seeing his mother for the next nine years after his fathers disappearance. His mother worked as hard as ...
- 2055: Judith Sargeant Murray
- ... but knew how. Murray was an icon representing the hopes and dreams of women around the world. She accomplished that which many could only dream about. Although i see evidence of Murray's beliefs in effect today, I don't think she would approve the modern feminist movement. It was Murray's belief that woman would become more critical thinkers and more virtuous souls through education, that they would inspire men ...
- 2056: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
- ... on the map as an industrial power. The new program had the right features in order to get America back on her feet, and allowed for much new legislation to pass which are still in effect protecting Americans today. If it had not been for the setup of the program with the problems that needed to be taken care of immediately actually coming first, and long - term things put into perspective ...
- 2057: Martin Luther and his Teachings
- ... technological advances and social factors, his writings proved to be a powerful weapon in the inciting of a religious revolution. A main reason for how his teachings led to a revolution was printing and its effect on the disseminating of propaganda. Without it, the revolution would never have occurred. Between 1518-1524 the amount of books printed increased seven times and between 1517-1520, thirty Lutheran tracts sold 300,000 copies ...
- 2058: Pablo Picasso
- ... of January 1939. On January 13, Picasso's mother died. On the 26th, Franco's army completed its victory over the Spanish republic and set up its fascist regime. These two events had a profound effect on Picasso. He thereafter openly expressed his negative feelings towards Franco's regime and used his paintings, especially his great mural Guernica to "clearly express [his] abhorrence of the military caste which", he believed, had ...
- 2059: Ray Bradbury
- ... the title The Silver Locusts), which describes the first attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, the constant thwarting of their efforts by the gentle, telepathic Martians, the eventual colonization, and finally the effect on the Martian settlers of a massive nuclear war on Earth. As much a work of social criticism as of science fiction, The Martian Chronicles reflects some of the prevailing anxieties of America in the ...
- 2060: Benito Mussolini
- ... dimise, the new Italian republic would repudiate everything he had stood for and redifine Italy's interests drastically. Even his own people had come to hate him. The era of Mussolini has had a profound effect on present views. It involves being a major part in the Holocaust, Taking over the Itailian Government to his Socialistic Views. The Holocaust involved the killing of millions of Jewish people, and the conquering of ...
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