... would occur. Banneker accurately predicted a solar eclipse in 1789. There were many white scientists in Bannekar’s day that taught themselves astronomy and published their own almanacs. They didn’t think it was possible for a black man-free or slave-to be smart enough to calculate the movements of the stars the way Banneker did. Banneker was determined to create an almanac that would be the first of its kind. Therefore, he spent close to a year observing the sky every night. He plotted the cycles of the moon and made careful notes. He began publishing the ‘Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris’ in 1791, a ...
... the workshop of the Gothic sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, who had won the competition to create some bronze doors for the cathedral baptistery. Donatello created two marble statues in a new style for the church of Or San Michele in about 1415. In these statues, 'St. Mark' and 'St. George', for the first time since Roman classicism, the human body was shown as a functioning figure with a human personality--in sharp contrast with medieval art. Donatello's well-known statue 'Zuccone' ("pumpkin" because of its bald head) of 1425 for the campanile, or bell tower, of the cathedral is a further development of the style. For the base of 'St. George' Donatello invented a to ...
... black town in America. She found a special thing in this town, where she said, "& [I] grew like a like a gourd and yelled bass like a gator," (Gale, 1). When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care for her brother's children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. This woman saw a spark that was waiting for fuel, so she arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy, now called Morgan State University, from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard Prep School followed by lat ...
... in Mathematics and Philosophy. Therefore he made no effort to work in his other classes. His father, Hermann Einstein, didn't want him to study Philosophy. He wanted him to take over the family business and study electrical engineering. He and his mother would practice the piano for hours. He mastered it! He then moved on the violin. He took his violin to school and everywhere he went. Albert's father had business problems as he was growing up. His father was never around to love or help Albert. When he was home he drank and had no patience for poor Einstein. When Albert was going through high school he had many problems. He didn't get any recognition for ...
... to assist him in the art world. His portfolio secure in a brown paper bag, Warhol introduced himself and showed his work to anyone that could help him out. Eventually, he got a job with Glamour magazine, doing illustrations for an article called "Success is a Job in New York," along with doing a spread showing women’s shoes. Proving his reliability and skills, he acquired other such jobs, illustrating adds for Harpers Bazaar, Millers Shoes, contributing to other large corporate image-building campaigns, doing designs for the Upjohn Company, the National Broadcasting Company and others. In these early drawings, Warhol used a device that would prove benefi ...
... were born followed by Anne, another Anne, who later married Henry Kilburns in Scotton on 12th October1572, and Elizabeth, who later married William Dickenson also in Scotton on 27th May 1594. Edward Fawkes who was advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York. On his mother’s side, he was descended from the Harrington family who were eminent merchants and Alderman of York. In 1605, (also known as Guido), and a group of conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament to kill the King, James I and the entire Parliament. The conspirators were angered because King James had been exiling Jesuits from England. The plotters wanted to wrest power a ...
... in his life. It ultimately led him to success. Lucas was in a car crash in 1962, which ended his racing career before it even started. He missed his graduation ceremony at his high school, but joked that the only reason he got a diploma was because his teachers felt sorry for him. As a result, Lucas looked for other options to fill his void in life. Since his grades were not good enough for a four-year college, he decided to go to junior college. For the first time in his life, he hit the books. He fell asleep trying to earn the highest grades he could in order to have a future for himself. During junior college, Lucas formed other interests. Instead ...
... of the Rose Period. In the Rose Period, his works were filled with delicate reds and bright pinks. During this period, the figures in Picasso's paintings became more robust. In these paintings, family groups replaced the lonely prostitutes and beggars in his earlier works. Picasso then developed a cubism style of painting. This means that Picasso painted people and things very different than how they really looked. He painted people who had eyes and noses in the wrong places. Picasso's father even thought that his paintings were too strange. During 1915m, Picasso began to return to realism in a series of portrait drawings, although he began to work simulta ...
... Faulkner’s personal life has added a certain amount of excitement to his audiences. Faulkner’s stories are known to reflect experiences from his own familiar life. should be mentioned along with any collection of classic authors because of his remarkable use of the past and present, as well as for his meticulous detail and comprehensive knowledge of the South in his writings. ’s background is a very important detail that will help his readers understand the psychological implications of what he wrote and to appreciate his work. was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His parents were Murry and Maud Faulkner. He married Estelle ...
... art not about his success as a physician. Apart from his professional works he produced a number of prophetic works. We discern between the Centuries and the Prognostications. The Prognostications are like an Almanac. They contain a series of Predictions about the next year. Because these predictions were fulfilled (or not) more than 440 years ago few are interested in them. “The really interesting stuff is the Centuries. This name comes from the fact that each Century contains 100 prophetic verses of 4 lines. These verses are called quatrains. wrote 10 Centuries, which are commonly numbered by roman numerals I to X.” (Flanagan WWW) left his pr ...
