Aloysius “Louis” Baumann was a businessman who truly cared for the well being of his customers as well as his family. He was born on August 22nd, 1863 in Hirschau, Bavaria in southeast Germany. Louis accompanied his parents, Joseph and Anna, on the long journey to settle on a farm near the town of Branch in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Throughout the duration of his early years, Louis attended public school, dabbled in carpentry and assisted his family on the farm. In 1885 he moved to a farm north of Hewitt, Wisconsin. During the next four years, in May 1886, Louis married Anna Meidl, a girl born in Newmark, Bohemia, and had their first child, Theresa, in 1887. In 1889 Louis Baumann purchased a property on North Central Avenue in Marshfield, Wisconsin to build a saloon and hall. Sanger, or Singer, Hall became a community gathering place and was later renamed to Baumann’s Hall as the business prospered. To a hardworking immigrant like Louis, gemutlichkeit, or good fellowship, was an important part of life. In Germany, people socialized in the beer gardens, listened to music and ...
Many Americans can link their heritage to German origins. However, the German’s values, norms and beliefs have shifted when combined with American culture. Within Germany’s culture, there are common themes of organization, compartmentalization, and formality. The interaction between these themes of values, norms and beliefs influences the German culture, structured society, and worldview. While there are similarities between German and American culture, these two countries have difference views on human psychie.
Born between 1475 and 1480 in Wurzburg, Germany, famously known as Matthias Grunewald, a uniquely rebellious German artist, helped change the way people looked at art. Grunewald’s first (known) painting is estimated to be Munich, dated in the year 1503. His childhood was lost along with most of his art, most information about him was deserted in the Baltic Sea. Today, only a small number of pieces from Grunewald remain.
Joseph Achille Le Bel was a French Chemist who was born January 21, 1847, and died August 6, 1930 in Paris. Joseph had an interesting personal life. He studied at a French school called Ecole Polytechniques in Paris. Achille also had a very successful professional career with many great findings. Le Bel worked in stereochemistry in which he achieved many accomplishments.
Jack Philips, who is the owner of masterpiece cake shop refused to make a wedding cake for the same sex marriage based on his religious belief. Same sex marriage is singed into the law, and now it is legal in the United States. But, it doesn’t mean that the new couples always get the same services as the other couples receive such as wedding cakes, flowers, photographs, or venues. The issue with the Philips is that Colorado, and the 21 other states has a law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation. According to USA TODAY’S report, the problem arose when Charlie Craig and David Mullins came into Philips’s shop to have a cake for their wedding reception. Their wedding already was held in Massachusetts, where the same sex marriage is
Shear, Walter. Generational Differences and the Diaspora in The Joy Luck Club. An excerpt from Critique, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Spring 1993). 1993. Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation.
“Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it!” This is a quote from Ben Mikaelsen,and it means to never give up no matter what you do. Ben Mikaelsen was born in Bolivia and is the author of many novels including Petey, Touching Spirit Bear, and Tree Girl. He was also the owner of a 750 pound bear named Buffy.
The “enterro do bacalhau” serves as an excellent illustration of the unique and iconic status of cod in Portugal, because no other food has been so invested in Portuguese popular culture. The Portuguese learned to rely on this fish in times in need, which ultimately earned it the title of the “faithful friend,” a moniker that is very elucidative of this standing relationship. (Sobral 2011:633) While proof of the continuity of this association between cod and the Portuguese is in the consistent presence of salted and dried cod in the kitchens of the people, it has been a part of the socio-political lives of the Portuguese for centuries.
Claude Garamond is an interesting type designer not only because he was a leading designer, but also because he is credited with bringing both the accent and apostrophe into the French alphabet. (“Prominent Type Designers”) Garamond’s Old Style type designs are considered to be the “typographical highlight of the 16th Century”, and are still used as a basis for current typefaces. (“Type Design in the French Renaissance”) The designs were less calligraphic in nature than previous type styles, and continued to be developed after his death by Jean Jannon, leading them to be confused with Garamond’s original designs due to similarity. (“Early Typographers”)
Philippe Petit changed numerous peoples’ thoughts about the Twin Towers when he performed his high wire walk between them in 1974. Before Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974, people weren’t certain how they felt about the construction of the World Trade Center. After Philippe performed, people began to warm up to the idea of the towers. Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974. This event prompted Andrew McMahon to write the song “Platform Fire” about this event for his band, Jack’s Mannequin. This song was not a hit for the band; however, fans of Jack’s Mannequin seem to have a special place in their heart for it.
Claude Bernard discovered a few different things while a biologist including roles of the pancreas and the liver. He also discovered the role of vasomotor nerves.
René Gruau whose real name was Renato Zavagli, was an Italian artist who moved to Paris with his family as infant. His illustrations were published at the age of fourteen, he was first know for his work in the mid 1920. Inspired by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Art Nouveau aesthetic, he depicted expressive lines and controlled blocks of color used by his predecessor. Gruau started to become popular or his painterly style of fashion illustration.
Philip Freneau was born in New York in 1752. At the age of 16 he went to study at Princeton and worked for a short time after graduation as a schoolmaster. While in Princeton Freneau wrote his first important poem called “The Power of Fancy.” He was a well-traveled man, traveling to such places as the West Indies where he witnessed the brutal mistreatment of slaves, which he later wrote about in his poem “To Sir Toby.” Freneau also served in the colonial militia where he worked as a seaman. With the help of Thomas Jefferson, Freneau served under the leadership of President George Washington as a translator in the State Department.
It’s One of a Kind. Some may say Pierre Cardin is the futurist from the past. For example, Cardin is the modern-day Marc Jacobs or Ralph Lauren. His vividly colored and “out of this world” geometric designs gave him a fine reputation throughout the 1960s. Pierre Cardin was a world-renowned fashion designer all throughout the 1960s because of his rich couture history, his extravagant designs, and the influence he left on the people from that decade forward.
Exploring Modern Day Artists: Jean- Michel Basquiat. Jean- Michel Basquiat also known as SAMO, is an amazing and inspirational modern day artist known for his neo-expression graffiti and paintings which consist of distinctive symbols, diagrams and a series of imagery which symbolized his heritage, struggles through life, and a new youthful movement which inspired experimental artists to express themselves. Being the descendant of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry, Basquiat’s diverse culture is a main factor behind his creative tactics and his artwork. Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 22, 1960.
Albert Abraham Michelson (surname pronunciation anglicized as Michael-son) was born December 19, 1852 in Strzelno, Poland into a Jewish family. He moved to the US with his parents in 1855, at the age of 2. He grew up in the mining town s of Murphy’s Camp, California and Virginia City, Nevada, where his father was a merchant. His family was Jewish by birth but non-religious, and Michelson himself was a lifelong agnostic. He spent his high school years in San Francisco in the home of his aunt, Henriette Levy (nee Michelson), who was the mother author Harriet Lane Levy. President Ulysses S. Grant awarded Michelson a special appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1869. During his four years as a midshipman at the Academy, Michelson excelled in