jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010

Where did the gipsy people come from? Of India
How many gypsies are there in the world? Between 3 and 6 million
How many gipsies are there in Spain? As low as 500,000 and as high as 700,000
What language do they speak in Spain? The Sapnish
What do you think the gipsies are excluded from the society? Because For their religion and because they were poor
Are social integrartion programmes necesary? why?, why not? Yes, because even though they are also poor people and we must help everyone.


Vocabulary 9

Renaissance:The profund social and cultural changes of the 15 and 16 cenutries
Humanism: One of the most important feature of the Ranaissance
Erasmus de Rotterdam:Was one of the greatest humanist
Thomas Moro:Was one of the greatest humanist
Juan Luis Vives:Was one of the greatest humanist
Johannes Gutenberg: The inventor of the printig press
Printing Press: Was a revolutionary invention
Nicolas Copernicus:He developed the heliocentric theory
Heliocentric Theory: Maintained that the Sun was the centre of the universe, and that the Earth and other planets revolved around it.
Ptolomaic: He developed the Geocentric theory
Geocentric theory: Maintained that the Earth was the centre of universe.
Quattrocento:Was a term applied to 15 century art Italian art, which flourished in Florence
Cinquecento: Was the term use to describe 16 century art, which flourished in Rome.
Proportion:
Leon Battista Alberti: One importan architect of the Quattrocento
Bramante: He did the first project of the Saint Peter´s Basilica
Michelangelo: Is one of the grastest and most versatile artist of all times.
Maderno: He completed the rest of the Saint Peter´s Basilica
Masaccio: Were a pioneer in the use of perspective
Raphael: Achieved perfection in his used of colour, drawing and composition.
Leonardo: He represented brilliantly nature
Titian: As a Venetian painter created highly colourful works of art
Donatello: The grastest sculptor of the Quattrocento
Albrecht Durer: Was a great Renaissance figure
Herrerian Style: Was characterised by austerity and solemnity
Plateresque style: was characterised by its abundant and delicate ornamentation
Martin Luther: Was a German monk
Lutheranism: Was incompatible with the ideas of the Catholic Church
Protestant: The Lutherans
Calvinism: His doctrine was based in the predestination
Predestination: People are condemned or saved before they are born
Henry VIII: Was a king of England
Anglican Church: The king would be head of the church instead of the Pope
Council of Trent:Met and adopted different resolutions
Society of Jesus: Founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Inquisition: Persecuted those who failed to follow Catholic

lunes, 26 de abril de 2010

Charles V


Where was born Charles V? Glent(Flanders)

Could Charles V make decisions alone? No

Whose approval did he need before increasing taxes, for example? By the Parliaments

Who were the children of Charles I? Philip II of Spain, Maria of Sapin, Joan of Spain, Margaret of Parma and John of Austria.

Who ruled each territory in the king’s name? A viceroy or governor

Why did the king need to ask for loans? to finance his empire

Why did Charles V have problems with France? Beacuse Francia was his main rival for supremacy in Europe.

The main battles against France: batalla de Pavía, batalla de Roma, batalla de Saboya, batalla en Alemania.

Why were the Ottoman Turks his rivals? Because were his oher great rivals

The main battles against the Ottoman Empire:

What was his most serious problem? The rebellion of the German Protestant princes.

How did he divide his possessions when he surrendered his power? He divided his possessions. to his brother Ferdinand and the rest of his possessions went to his son Philip
Where Charles V decided to retire: Yuste, Spain

lunes, 19 de abril de 2010

Marco Polo:
Technical advances: Which improved navigation
Portulan Charts: Were a new maps.
Compass: Instrument that was indicating the north
astrolabe: Instrument that was serving to measure the latitude
Quadrant: Was a navigational instrument
Caravels: was faster and more spacious than its predecessors
Prince Henry the Navigator: A men what organised various expeditions.
Bartolomeu Dias: A men what opening the sea route to the Indian Ocean
Vasco de Gama: A men what reached India
Christopher Columbus: Was a Genoese sailor.
Ferdinand Magallan: The captain in the expedition of 1519
Juan Sebastian Elcano the second captain in the expedition of the 1519
Treaty of Tordesillas: Unexplored were divided between them in the teatry of Tordesillas

jueves, 15 de abril de 2010


Auteur: Juan Bautista de Toledo
Work: El Escolar
Type of work: Architecture
Function or Subject: Royal house
Decoration or Characteristics: It is very big, has four towers.
It has many windows, a big door and a great front with windows.


Auteur:Donatello


Work:Statue of David


Type of work:sculpture


Function or Subject: Nude


Decoration or Characteristics: One sees a nake young man with a hull, a sword and a few protections in the blackheads and this one on a species of nest

jueves, 25 de marzo de 2010



Auteur:Raphael


Work:The Holy Family with a lamb


Type of work: Painting


Function or Subject: Religion


Decoration or Characteristics: There are three people. the parent and child, there is a lamb.Behind you see a landscape, a flock of birds and mountains.