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a) Who is the author? b) What is the title of the whole painting? c) What did it happen to this painting at the beginning of the 20th century? has this event anything to do with the subject we have studied in Citizenship? d) Do you know the title of different works by the same artist?

Just try to guess what the whole painting is!! a) Tell me the title of the painting. b) Who is its author? Give me some details about his life. c) Do you know the name of other paintings made by him? What about this other painting? a) Tell me who was painted with this piece of cloth. Why did he paint himself with this symbol? b) What is the title of the whole painting? c) Tell me who his wife was. d) Tell me something about this artist?

To download our notes about The Baroque Age, click here . Look at this funny (and very clear) video about The Baroque Art

Let's see some Baroque masterpieces:

On May 16th, 50 years ago today, Mao Zedong's Chinese government  directed  its people to overthrow the " bourgeoisie threatening to seize political power from the proletariat.” This order marked the beginning of the 10-year-long violent class struggle known as The Cultural Revolution. The upheaval resulted in the torture, imprisonment, public humiliation, and displacement of those labeled part of the bourgeoisie. The persecuted included artists, professors, intellectuals, land-owners, political critics and everyday people caught in the fray — eventually leaving between 400,000 to several million dead.

The presentation we have seen in our classes and here you can download our notes:   The Cold War from Mencar Car