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Adolf Hitler



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Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. Early on in his life, however, his family relocated to Germany. At 30 years old, Hitler joined the [|German Worker's Party], and was frantically trying to make it be as successful as possible. In October 1916, at one of the meetings with this group, Hitler had his public speaking debut. When he got up to speak, the crowd was in awe; he spoke with strong emotion and manipulation, drawing the people into believing whatever he said. The German's Worker's Party now viewed Hitler as their main "attraction" at these gatherings. He ranted about several topics, particularly the Jews who "caused all of Germany's problems". Little by little, the number of people at these meetings increased. In the early twentieth century, Hitler took charge over the Party's propaganda, as well.======

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On October 30, 1923, Hitler led a rally, proclaiming that he would march to Berlin and destroy the Communistic government and the Jewish people. A month later, Hitler led a second rally, stating that he would begin a revolution. The next day, he directed more than one thousand people in an attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government. Stopped by the police, Hitler was put in prison, receiving a five- year sentence. After he was released from jail, Hitler chose to get hold of power [|constitutionally rather than by force of arms]. Using his manipulating and persuasive public speaking, Hitler spoke to masses of people, blaming the Jews and Communists for Germany’s problems; with this Hitler created the Nazi “empire”. In 1934, Hitler secured his position as Germany’s dictator, after getting rid of challenges from other politicians. Under Hitler’s master plan, Germany was preparing for war, and ultimately world domination. Anyone who opposed his plan was killed. [| Heil Hitler!] became the mandatory form of a greeting, and Hitler's plan of exterminating the communists and Jews was beginning to occur.======

Christopher Columbus [|Christopher Columbus] (1451-1506) was an Italian Spanish explorer who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean, hoping to find a faster, more direct sea route to Asia, specifically India. Instead, he ended up being credited for discovering the Americas. On October 12, 1492, Columbus, along with his crewmen and three ships- the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, docked at an island in the Caribbean Sea, meeting up with the New World which was never discovered before by the Europeans; this discovery, however, was unintentional. But, it took several more voyages to these islands for Columbus to finally realize that he hadn't found the land route to China that Marco Polo went to in the 13th century. Although Columbus is credited for discovering the Americas, other people such as the Vikings had been there before. However, Columbus' fame is due to the impact that his voyages had on the world; they led directly to the opening of the western hemisphere for the Europeans. His voyages led to the discovery of new plants, animals, and cultures. Some negatives about his explorations were the deaths of many innocent Americans from war, forced labor, and disease. While on these islands, he met up with the natives, whom he called "Indians" because he thought that he was in India, and these were the native people from there. Clearly, Columbus had no idea what actual Indians looked or sounded like, because these native people were nothing like them. While on these islands, Columbus treated the native people with cruel brutality and hard physical labor, killing them if they didn't find him enough gold. Eventually, he got punished for this, and was sent back to Spain. While there, he was put in prison, but quickly released by the queen.

**__Giorgione de Castelfranco- Pastoral Symphony__**

Giorgione de Castelfranco created the Pastoral Symphony circa 1508, using oil paints on a canvas. In this painting, there are four main characters; there are two women and two men. One of the women is pouring a pitcher of water, and the other’s playing a flute. One of the two men is also playing a musical instrument, and having a conversation with the other man. There’s a lot of shadowing and there’s a hazy, dream like feel, that helps give depth and perspective. Also, in the background there are many hills. This landscaping is one of the things that Giorgione is so famous for.

This painting was done during the Renaissance; therefore it contains many of the characteristics of humanism. For example, there’s realism- it’s an everyday scenario. There’s also classicism, this means that there’s nudity, but it’s a little more covered up. In addition to this, there’s a lot of natural movement and facial expressions, and perspective that gives it such great depth. The art technique, sfumato, was used, since there’s a lot of shadowing and both hot and cold colors. The instruments that the people are playing may represent the love of art and education during this time period. One can also tell that this was artwork that represents humanism because religion doesn’t dominate it. [] [] [] [] []