Great people: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, Salzburg, the Holy Roman Empire.

Since early childhood composer played music. Also, he visited other countries of Europe. Mozart wrote many famous compositions, such as: Don Giovvanni, Ckarinet Concerto, Piano Sonata № 16. This music became classical.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5, 1791, in Vienna, the Holy Roman Empire.

Liechtenstein.

Liechtenstein is a European country. It situated between Switzerland and Astria. Vaduz is a capital of Principality of Leichtenstein. Official language is German.

This country has its own government and history. Area of Liechtenstein is 160 km2. The Alps are situated in this European country. Also, there are forests and fields. Principality of Liechtenstein has a temperate climate.

European microstate had own symbols, such as: flag, anthem, and emblem. Liechtenstein has its own culture. Castles and music are part of it.

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Great people: Aristotle.

Aristotle was born on 384 B. C. He was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. Aristotle was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander, the Great. Philosopher had his own interests, such as: ethics, music, poetry, biology, logic, and etc.

Aristotle's period was the Classical period. Philosopher did many important things for the Western philosophy. He had different views on the things than other philosophers.

One of his ideas was Theory of the soul. Also, Aristotle wrote about sciences. The philosopher said wise aphorisms and his quotes are still known.

Aristotle died on 322 B. C.

Famous people and their quotes. Part thirty eight.

                                            Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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“Love, love, love—that is the soul of genius.”

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/musician/wolfgang-mozart

and https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/22051.Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

History of Australia.

Australia is situated on one continent. Before the discovery of this continent Indigenous Australians lived there. They had their own culture, mythology, languages, music, and art.

This continent is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. Climate in Australia is hot and dry. There are mountains named Australian Alps. Also, the continent is washed up by seas and oceans. Unusual animals live in this place.

When Europeans discovered Australia many things changed on the continent.

In 1901 a country named Australia appeared.

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Great people: Ludwig van Beethoven.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 1, 1770, in Bonn, Westphalia. He was the son of Johan van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich.

Since childhood future composer played different musical instruments, including piano and violin.

Beethoven studied and worked in Vienna. During this time he wrote famous classical music compositions. "Fur Elise",  Moonlight Sonata, and Symphony No. 5 became very popular in music. Many of Ludwig van Beethoven's works were played on different musical instruments.

Composer taught other people, too. Beethoven died on March 26, 1827, in Vienna, Austrian Empire.

Famous people and their quotes. Part twenty two.

                                            Ludwig van Beethoven.

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“Recommend to your children virtues that alone can make them happy. Not gold.”

“Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”

“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.”

“To play without passion is inexcusable!”

“Don't only practice your art, but force your way into it's secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.”

“Love demands all and has a right to all.”

“Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart and cannot make good soup.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/people/ludwig-van-beethoven-9204862

Great people: Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April15, 1452, in Vinci, Republic of Florence. His parents were Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci and Caterina.

Leonardo was a very kind and talented person. He was interested in arts, science, music, literature, and etc.

Artist often drew portraits of people. Simple and saints were the heroes of his works. Mona Lisa or Gioconda is the most popular painting in the world.

But Leonardo da Vinci made many other masterpieces. For example, Benois Madonna or Madonna and Child with Flowers, Portrait of a man in Red Chalk or Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, St. John the Baptist, Codex on the Flight of Birds.

This man was a genius. Leonardo's paintings are full of mysteries. For instance, Madonna Litta was painted in XV century. Woman and baby were on a high floor of the building.

He made many important inventions for human history. Leonardo da Vinci died on May 2, 1519 in Amboise, kingdom of France.

Postmodernism.

Postmodernism is the last type of art. It was started in XX century. Postmodernism was manifested in things like: philosophy, music, literature, architecture, paintings. This type of art has many bright colors.

Prior art forms are often found in postmodernism. For example, furniture has mix types such as avant-garde, baroque, gothic. It looks very interesting!

Literature of that period was a wide variety of generes. Irony and humor were popular in books. Postmodern and modern literature have many similar things. For example, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of these books.

Postmodern philosophy is one of important parts of art. In XX century logic and realism were popular. People were very interested in science. So, their views were coincided with it. Representatives of that time: Michel Foucault, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard.

Postmodernism still continuous in XXI century. May be soon a new type of art will appear.

P.S. Types of art are finished now. But don't be upset. There are other interesting things. I will talk about them next time.

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Avant-garde.

Avant-garde is a type of european arts that appeared in XIX and XX centuries. It has many similar things with surrealism and modernism. Avant-garde includes many types of art. Such as: music, literature, cinema, painting, theatre.

Pictures of this time were bright and strange, works had a lot of mysteries. In avant-garde literature, dramas and poems were popular. Representatives of the time: The Picture of Dprian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Movies were black-and-white because cinema just appeared at the beginning of XX century. For example, Sur un air de Charleston by Jean Renoir.

Many kinds of art created classical things which are studied in schools by students. One art form depends on another. So, avant-garde is important for others.

P.S. This is one of the latest types of art. But not the last.

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Romanticism.

Romanticism was popular in the world from XVIII until XIX centuries. This type of art extend in such things as painting, literature, and music.

Also Romanticism appeared in Industtrial Revolution, when there were trains,factory machines, photography, and human values.

Painting during this period had something in common with Gothic. Example, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich.

In Romantic literature poetry was popular. Pepresentatives: Alexander Pushkin, Adam Mickiewicz, Gord Byron. Now many works of this writers are studied in schools by students.

Music in that period emphasized the inner world. Many classic music was written during that time. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Frederic Chopin.

Romanticism has mixed parts of previous arts, including Classicism, Gothic, and Renaissance. This suggests that humanity remembers its own past.

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