Archives for July 2011

Painting the Sistine Chapel – 2

On his return to Rome in 1508, Michelangelo had found Julius II not cooled toward him, but preoccupied by new projects.Continuing Painting the

This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe Sistine Chapel in the Vatican contains some of the greatest art in the world.

Today's installment concludes Diaz Falls in Mexico,the name of our combined selection by Mrs. E.A. Tweedie and Dolores Butterfield. The concluding

Madero took the attitude that he was a presidential candidate in a free republic and began what he called his democratic campaign.Continuing Diaz

Let it be said to Diaz's credit that he did try, in a measure, at first to better those conditions.Continuing Diaz Falls in Mexico,our selection

Trouble followed trouble in the north, which, be it remembered, runs to a distance of over a thousand miles from Mexico City itself.Continuing Diaz

It is rather the cry nowadays that men's best work is done before forty; and even their good work no later than sixty; but among endless exceptions

This series has six easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionOn May 25, 1911, Porfirio Diaz resigned the Presidency of Mexico, under the

Today's installment concludes Clovis Founds the Frankish Empire,our selection by François P.G. Guizot.If you have journeyed through all of the