History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0162 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Siglo de Oro
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The idea
American gold and silver helped fuel a Spanish golden age. The Habsburg dynasty financed painters, sculptors, musicians, architects and writers.
In practice
Cervantes's Don Quixote, who reads so much chivalry he can no longer tell reality from fiction.
Where people slip
Velázquez painted himself into Las Meninas, placing the viewer where the king and queen would stand.
Your place on the trail
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