(the spanish)
111Spanish Eclecticism — was a movement among Spanish painters from 1845 to 1890. It was named after the tendency by artists to select from among multiple established styles of that era. A sensibility of relative renewal dominated the rest of Europe, while in Spain,… …
112Spanish-American War Campaigns — Spanish American War Introduction *Adm. Cervera s fleet had taken refuge (29 May 1898) in Santiago Bay, and the American Navy had asked the Army to reduce the defenses guarding the entrance. The War Department, eager to get the Army into action,… …
113Spanish Tinge — The phrase Spanish Tinge is a reference to the belief that a Latin American touch offers a reliable method of spicing the more conventional 4/4 rhythms commonly used in jazz and pop music. The phrase is a quotation from Jelly Roll Morton. In his… …
114Spanish-English translation problems — Spanish is a language with a rich heritage of idiomatic expressions, folk sayings, word plays, puns and other untranslatables which can pose a considerable challenge to the translator. Introduction Translation theory suggests that it should be… …
115Spanish Renaissance literature — is the literature written in Spain during the Renaissance.IntroductionThe political, religious, literary, and war relations between Italy and Spain since the second half of the 15th century caused a remarkable cultural interchange between these… …
116Spanish Baroque literature — is the literature written in Spain during the Baroque.The literary Baroque took place in Spain in the middle of the so called Spanish Golden Age of Spanish Literature. Spain was governed in that period by Philip II, Philip III and Philip IV, the… …
117Spanish Netherlands — Spanish held provinces in the southern Low Countries (roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxembourg). In 1578 the diplomat Alessandro Farnese was sent to represent Spain in the Netherlands, and by 1585 he had reestablished Spanish… …
118The Thirty Years War — The Thirty Years War † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… …
119Spanish Steps — The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti ) are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by Trinità dei Monti, the church that was… …
120Spanish nobility — The Spanish nobility are the persons who possess the legal status of nobility, and the system of titles and honours of Spain and of the former kingdoms that constitute it. Some nobles possess various titles that may be inherited, but the… …
