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Cubism
Cubism is considered the first avant-garde, since it breaks with the last Renaissance statute in force at the beginning of the 20th century, perspective. In cubist pictures, traditional perspective disappears. Treats the shapes of nature through geometric figures, fragmenting lines and surfaces. -
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Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, recognized for her famous self-portraits, classified as part of the surrealist movement. The painter, who said she did not identify with the movement, created her own style taking aspects of her life, mixing them with the elements of nature and Mexican identity. -
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Mexican Revolution
It was a prolonged conflict that caused the fall of the Porfirio Díaz regime (the Porfiriato) and involved liberal politicians and the poor peasant classes of postcolonial Mexico. -
World War 1
World War I or the First World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. -
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was an artist, known for being the main figure of the pop art movement. His works explore popular culture, and the relationship of artistic expression with the growth of phenomena such as advertising and celebrities; through screen printing, photography and films. -
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Second World War
It was the most destructive war of the century. It pitted the Axis powers against the Allies. It was a war of total destruction in which the Holocaust occurred and two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan. -
The first humans on the Moon
On July 20, 1969, the American Apollo 11 mission placed the first humans on the Moon: Commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Edwin F. Aldrin. When the Eagle module landed on the Sea of Tranquility, the live images were followed on television by some 600 million people. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
1989 was a historic year, a year that put an end to an era defined by the Cold War and the confrontation between West and East, between European and North American democracies and pro-Soviet dictatorships. -
Euro
After a decade of preparations, the euro was introduced on January 1, 1999: for the first three years it was an "invisible" currency, as it was only used for accounting purposes and in electronic payments. -
11s
Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners on September 11, 2001, crashing two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.