Surrealism officially began with DadaistDadaistDada (/ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (c. 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until…
One of the political philosophers who influenced the framers was an ancient Greek, Aristotle. He lived, taught and wrote more than 2,000 years earlier. The writings of Aristotle helped guide the Philadelphia delegates in writing the new American Constitution. Who Were the Framers of the Constitution? The United States was…
“Musically, my inspirations were whoever was popular on the radio: Jimmy Rodgers, the Carter Family – which is my wife’s family – black blues, black gospel and white gospel groups, like the Blackwood Brothers, and the Chuckwagon Gang. Or cowboy singers like Gene Autry, and Bob Wills. He was also…
Owen came close, but on November 4, 1918, he was shot by a German machine-gunner during an unsuccessful British attempt to bridge the Sambre Canal, near the French village of Ors. Wilfred Owen had many influences but one of the most influential person was Siegfried Sassoon, another World War One…
Leonardo Fibonacci brought this system to Europe. His book Liber Abaci introduced Arabic numerals, the use of zero, and the decimal place system to the Latin world. See Article History. Alternative Title: Arabic numeral. Hindu-Arabic numerals, set of 10 symbols—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0—that represent…
The political action committee Citizens United was founded in 1988 by Floyd Brown, a longtime Washington political consultant. The group promotes free enterprise, socially conservative causes and candidates who advance their mission. It gained fame in 2009 for suing the Federal Election Commission, leading to a controversial Supreme Court case…
Sunny’s foray into Bollywood began when she participated in the 5th season of Salman Khan’s reality show ’Bigg Boss’ which made her a household name in India. New Delhi: Adult film star turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone made a smashing entry into the world of Hindi cinema. She was first…
London is known as the birthplace of modern imprisonment. A Philosopher named Jeremy Bentham was against the death penalty and thus created a concept for a prison that would be used to hold prisoners as a form of punishment. The modern prison system was born in London, influenced by the…
c. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, lived and wrote during what was arguably the headiest period in the intellectual history of modern France–the Enlightenment. Social Contract Theory is the view that moral and/or political duties depend on a contract that leads to the formation of a civil society. Thomas Hobbes…
The Byzantine Empire eventually fell when Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 following a siege. The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 exhausted the empire’s resources, and during the Early Muslim conquests of the 7th century, it lost its richest provinces, Egypt and Syria, to the Rashidun Caliphate. It…