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...Built 1523-30 by Sir Richard Weston, a favorite of Henry VIII, who served on the jury that condemned Henry's enemy, the Duke of Buckingham, to death...
...disregard of Kepler, even to the point of not sending him a telescope he asked for, that influences Koestler's frank distaste for Galileo. Far from being a martyr, Koestler believes, Galileo was a pompous megalomaniac, who alienated his Jesuit friends and the benevolence of Pope Urban VIII, until he forced his own trial. But in the main, Author Koestler is equable-tempered and gives Galileo full marks for crumbling the Aristotelian notion of the eternal immutability of the upper heavens...
Hans Holbein's first portrait of Henry VIII was a miniature, done in 1537 to win the King's good graces. Four hundred years later German Industrialist Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza bought the panel from Britain's Earl Spencer. Over loud protests from the London art world, he carried it off triumphantly to his villa on the Swiss side of Lake Lugano. Reproduced full-scale opposite, the picture smoothly reveals the great and terrible monarch in all his bejeweled, beplumed, begorged splendor. But Holbein at his most flattering could not help penetrating...
...increased freedom," and will provide a valuable, personal faculty contact, Wilson commented. Exam Schedule I MWF 8 May 23 II MWF 9 June 1 III MWF 10 May 29 IV MWF 11 May 20 V MWF 12 May 28 VI MWF 1 June 2 VII MWF 2 May 26 VIII MWF 3 May 23 IX MWF 4 May 23 X TTS 8 May 21 XI TTS 9 May 27 XII TTS 10 May 25 XIII TTS 11 May 22 XIV TTS 12 May 26 XV TTS 1 May 21 XVI TTS 2 May 21 XVII TTS 3 June 2 XVIII...
...points, plus a shot at a bonus question worth 20 to 40 points. Samples: Who was the German philosopher whose name rhymed with a doughnut-shaped roll? (Answer: Hegel, rhymes with bagel.) If a hostess invited the named sons of Adam and Eve and the wives of Henry VIII to a party, how many guests would she have? (Answer: Nine-six wives and three sons: Cain, Abel, Seth...