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Blog entry #8: Telling the Story of the Baroque Using JSTOR: 8.10

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    The artist that I chose for this topic is Jan Vermeer. Jan(Johannes) Vermeer was a Dutch artist, who  lived  during the Baroque period. He was born on October 1632, Delft, Netherlands. He was famous for  his paintings during the 17th century. He was also famous for making 34 paintings, which one of the  most famous one was the Girl with a Pearl Earring. Vermeer was represented as the artist of Delft for  his famous paintings. His paintings resembled a remarkable purity of light and form. Another one of  Vermeer's paintings Christ in the house of Mary and Martha could actually be recognized as an Italian  art even though its Dutch ( Zilva, C. S. “Jan Vermeer of Delft.”   The Burlington Magazine for  Connoisseurs ,  vol. 67, no. 391, 1935, pp. 178–178.   JSTOR , www.jstor.org/stable/866314.  Accessed  27 Nov. 2020). Vermeer's painting were so significant that the Italians put his paintings up in  the  Renaissance  art museum of Florence, Italy.      However, in Chapter 15 on

Blog entry #7: Telling the Story of Early Modern England Using JSTOR: 7.8

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     On todays blog I chose to write about Henry VII , yes the father of Henry VIII, the first monarch of  the House of Tudor and the king who actually took initiative of England's internal and external  problems. Henry VII was born on January 28, 1457 at Pembroke Castle, United Kingdom. His reign on  England lasted 22 August 1485-21 April 1509. Unlike his spoiled corrupted son King Henry VIII,  Henry VII was a better king who outwitted his enemies using tactful manner and intelligence. He had  one goal for his country and Kingdom and that was transform it into a place of harmony, wealth, and  social success. Henry VII married Elizabeth of York and took part in the conflict between the  Lancastrians and Yorkists. The two factors that made King Henry VII have strong leadership of his  dynasty was his strength and financial position..."Two conditions which helped him establish his  dynasty and revive the efficiency of  kingship were the strength and financial position ( Kar,  Ja

Blog entry #6: Telling Hamlet's Story: 6.21

     In the beginning of the story  Hamlet , Hamlet confronts his father's spirit who is also named Hamlet  too. His father explains that his brother Claudius, who is Hamlet's uncle betrayed and killed him from  behind (Act 1 Scene 5, Page 60-61). Now Hamlet makes a plan to kill Claudius and avenge his father's  death. So as a result he starts acting like a madman causing the people he knew to be worried towards  him. This leads to Hamlet accidentally killing Polonius, who he thought was Claudius behind the  curtains since they had the same voice (Act 3 Scene 4, page 131). Since Polonius was the father of  Laertes and Ophelia, this is going to result in a further conflict later on in the story causing Ophelia to  go mad and drown herself and Laertes starts having a lust for revenge against Hamlet for the loss of his  sister and father.      Furthermore, Hamlet decided to strike Claudius down while he was praying not paying attention to  what is behind him, but he postponed