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Anaxmimander (Philosophy)
Anaximander was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia; Milet in modern Turkey. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He represented the idea that everything came from this primordial, limitless source. -
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The Last Supper (Visual Arts)
The Last Supper is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. The painting represents the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with the Twelve Apostles, as it is told in the Gospel of John – specifically the moment after Jesus announces that one of his apostles will betray him. -
The Shoemaker's Holiday (Theather)
The story features three subplots: an inter-class romance between a citizen of London and an aristocrat, the ascension of shoemaker Simon Eyre to Lord Mayor of London, and a romance between a gentleman and a shoemaker's wife, whose husband appears to have died in the wars with France. The play represents social mobility. -
The Jew of Malta (Theater)
The play tells the story of Barabas, a wealthy Jewish merchant living in Malta, who is stripped of his wealth and seeks revenge on the Christian community that has wronged him. The play is a dark comedy that explores themes of greed, revenge, and the consequences of religious prejudice. This play represents: Religious scepticism. -
My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free - Song
Francis Hopkinson is the only American-born composer for whom there is evidence that he wrote songs before 1800. This song was written in 1759, to a poem by Irish clergyman Thomas Parnell (also known as Doctor Parnell). Scored for voice and harpsichord, the song is America’s earliest surviving secular composition. -
A Poison Tree (Romanticism)
This poem explores the destructive consequences of suppressed anger. While the speaker initially expresses their anger openly toward a friend, they harbor it silently against an enemy, leading to its intensification. The anger is personified as a tree, which is nourished by the speaker's tears, smiles, and deceit. This tree bears a poisoned apple that tempts the enemy, who is ultimately killed by its venom.This poem represents the destructive consequences of repressed anger -
Robert Schumann (Romanticism)
A German composer and pianist who was a famous music critic and intellectual. His music reflects the personal nature of Romanticism. -
Book: On liberty (Philosophy)
Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. -
Le Bon Bock (Impressionism)
Manet has a rare Salon success with his painting of a Parisian man smoking his pipe and drinking beer. The picture, called Le Bon Bock (the Good Beer), caught the public mood in the aftermath of the Prussian War and the fall of the Second Empire that followed it. The painting is seen as a liberal political symbol of national introspection. -
Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt (Impressionism)
Lavacourt is a village in the Paris area, located on the left bank of the Seine, opposite the village of Vétheuil where Monet was based in September 1878. The winter of 1879 was particularly harsh.Paris and the surrounding area were paralysed by snow and all transport stopped. Despite the intense cold, Monet painted twenty or so paintings during the first months of 1880, observing the ice on the Seine slowly thawing. -
The Dream (Post Impressionism)
In The Dream, his last and largest painting, Rousseau presented a unique interpretation of the traditional theme of the reclining nude. -
The Birth of Billie Holiday (Jazz Music)
Billie "Lady Day" Holiday is born in Baltimore, Maryland. She would later become one of the most influential jazz singers to date. -
La Peinture Surrealiste Exhibition (Surrealism)
Artists Miró and Masson applied Surrealism to painting, leading to the first Surrealist exhibition in 1925. Displayed works included Masson, Man Ray, Klee, Miró, and others. The show confirmed Surrealism’s place in the visual arts. The exhibition represented the Surrealists' desire to show that painting could be Surrealist. -
New York City's Empire State Building
President Herbert Hoover dedicated the Empire State Building in New York City on May 1, 1931. The building became the world's tallest building.T he Empire State Building is a symbol of New York City -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to complete a transatlantic solo flight, having flown for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Canada to Londonderry, Northern Ireland -
Song - Brother Can You Spare A Dime? (The Great Depression)
Music, movies, family, and government aid helped people get through this dark period. The Great Depression dragged on for more than ten years. For many Americans, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” became an anthem for that decade of hardship. The song represents The Great Depression and the struggles of the American working class during this time -
'Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin (Rock 'n' Roll)
It is the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was released in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became their first hit and was certified gold. Represents a combination of blues, psychedelia, and raw, raucous rock 'n' roll -
The Triumph of Surrealism
The Triumph of Surrealism was painted by Max Ernst. Ernst painted The Triumph of Surrealism shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. The painting explores the connection between fascism and surrealism. -
Marilyn Monroe (Photography)
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue -
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Architecture)
Designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao building represents a magnificent example of the most groundbreaking 20th-century architecture. With 24,000 m2, of which 9.000 are dedicated to exhibition space, the Museum represents an architectural landmark of audacious configuration and innovating design, providing a seductive backdrop for the art exhibited in it