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    timespan between the 1500s and the 1800s is commonly regarded as the “Early Modern Era” of European history. This period directly follows the Middle Ages and ends around the time of the French Revolution, which thereafter the “modern” period seemingly begins. This specific era consists of profound and significant developments in Europe’s economic history and here we can see the beginnings of capitalism. This early modern period experienced important technological advances, the Protestant Reformation

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    Entertainment in modern America is the key element associated with free time, whether it be surfing the web or watching a movie; pastimes that surpass class and gender. Up until the Victorian Era of England, leisure pursuits were only enjoyed by the wealthy. After the rise of the Industrial Revolution, however, the middle class grew and relaxing activities became numerous as free time was no longer only reserved for the rich. New forms of entertainment were enjoyed both by the working and elite as

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    Did the Tudor Era have the greatest influence on modern societies? The Tudor Era was one of the most influential time periods in British history, commencing in late 15th Century, with Henry VII’s iconic defeat of Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. This era produced several monarchs that shaped England’s future drastically in terms of culture and religious beliefs over a 118-year rule. The iconic influence of the monarchs brought forward political and societal tension as well as

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    The Modern Era

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    Prestigious artists in the modern era have created highly abstract and non-representational work. The average everyday person who looks at Kandinsky, Picasso, or Duchamp may genuinely believe that they can produce better work without any art experience. But from their lack of art history they will not be able to produce work that has deep meaning like Picasso, or psychoanalysis of color theory like Kandinsky. Firstly, Kandinsky’s “Composition VII,” initially seems messy, unorganized, or even accidental

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    Art In The Modern Era

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    The modern era was brought about in the mid-nineteenth century by the industrial revolution in Western Europe. New technologies and the advancement of comfort amenities would change the way that people lived daily lives. Many individuals would move from agricultural areas into cities, changing from simple lives focused on family and farming into the dense lifestyles of city life. With such drastic changes, artists (specifically painters) were drawn to a different type of landscape paintings, which

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    come a long way since its early time, but has remained the same fundamentally. This essay will explain the different types of eras in reporting the news, starting from the colonial era all the way to what is currently called the modern era of reporting. This will also define the terms of the Penny Press, Jazz journalism, Yellow journalism, and Muckraking to its specific era. In 1690, Benjamin Harris published the first American newspaper. Freedom of press wasn’t exactly in style at the time, and

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    Holocaust Modern Era

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    "Holocaust." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2016. Web. 17 Mar. 2016. . This source is an article from World History: The Modern Era and I found it on the database ABC-CLIO. The article states that, the Holocaust was the Nazi plan for the total annihilation of the Jewish people and the actual murder of close to 6 million of them during World War II. While the Nazis also murdered many millions of Poles, Russians, Roma ("Gypsies"), Serbs, Czechs, and political opponents, most scholars believe

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    The Modern Art Era

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    The Modern Art Era is a pretty large expanse of time. It ranges from the 1860’s to the 1960’s and presents itself in a variety of techniques and styles. I myself am a photographer so I thought it was fitting to focus on something I am interested in. I chose to research Imogen Cunningham and her contributions to the modern era as a female photographer. I mainly chose Imogen because a lot of her work reminded me of things that I want to attempt to create as well as things that I have photographed.

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    The Beginning of the Modern Era The Industrial Revolution has been one of the social historical event that transformed the way of economic thinking of humanity towards improving living conditions, was also ironically factor at the same time triggered that slowly and gradually they last the resources the planet provides us for our subsistence, unable to even provide a viable response that allows the renewal of such resources. The critical point is that they have not been enough isolated attempts that

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    Meeru Chaudhary November 18th,2015 Business Law 160 Wednesday 6:55-9:20pm Evolving into a Modern Era The universe of Web and online law is dynamic, growing and progressively imperative. As rising advances push the limits of the current legitimate scene, courts and administrators are compelled to consider the suggestions that emerge from the crossing point of laws and the internet, both in translating current laws and in drafting new laws and legal choices. Email and a virtual vicinity empowers

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