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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ... of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's workshop, showi...
14: ...trial Tassi was imprisoned for just one year. The trial has subsequently influenced the [[feminism|fem...
16: ...um of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycologica...
18: ...became a successful court painter, enjoying the patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England...
24: ...hew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancest... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...ded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is n...
54: ... since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
57: ...on]] and the cornerstone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
59: ...rtant and new. It gave Virginians a chance to control their own government for the first time. At fi...
61: ...fficials, reformed local governments, and a more streamlined judiciary. - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
36: *[[Tracey Ullman|Ullman, Tracey]] (born 1959), British-born comedian
38: ...lmann|Ullmann, Liv]], (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
58: ...on|Union, Gabrielle]] (born 1973) United States actress
63: ...meyer|Untermeyer, Louis]], (Treasury of Erotic Poetry) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
16: ==Astronomy== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...n]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...n to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Walle...
6: ...College for Social and Economic Sciences Linz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]...
11: ...ompared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of i...
13: ...look at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]],... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...is time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: ...g that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of ...
16: ...ce|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
21: ... his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...eems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
5: In [[1608]] he tried again, this time sailing farther to the east a...
9: ...ntilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
13: ...e the eastern shores. In November the ship became trapped in the ice in [[James Bay]], and the crew mo...
15: ...s came to a head and in the crew mutinied in July 1611, setting Hudson, his son, and several other crew ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Tiger (11674 bytes)
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9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Felidae]]}} - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...sical order]]s of architecture in his influential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva...
6: ...reatise can be taken by the church facade (''illustration, right'') in the first published volume. It ...
8: ...cis I of France|Francis I]], to advise on the construction and decoration of the [[Chⴥau de Fontaine...
10: ... Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the entrepreneur who laid out [[Bath]].
12: ...hed in Toledo by Juan de Ayala with the same illustrations as the original Italian editions. Serlio's ... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...France to regain funding. This article covers his travels, as they have had the most lasting importanc...
5: ==Early Travels==
7: ...ance on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: Instructed by [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] to make a...
23: ...would become an exclusive warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would supp... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
3: ...). It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of the [[Act of Union 1707|Act of U...
9: ...scendant of Old Norse Law, but was abolished in [[1611]]. Despite this, Scottish courts have acknowledg...
15: ...t more importantly, Scotland became the first country since [[Sparta]] in classical Greece to implemen...
17: ... secondary and tertiary levels than any other country in [[Europe]]. The differences in education have...
19: ...eral [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries show marked affinities with the Scottish rathe... - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}} - Tigers (12435 bytes)
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9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Felidae]]}} - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...considered part of the bay) and [[Fury and Hecla Strait]]. All islands in the bay (and in James Bay) a...
6: ...st of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611.
8: ...as part of the [[Northwest Territories]] when the trade monopoly was abolished. Although the company ...
11: *[[List of tributaries of Hudson Bay]] - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
6: ...ment and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over some...
12: ..."Heritage of Salem" or "Heritage of Peace" - a contraction of "heritage" (''yerusha'') and Salem (''Sh...
18: ...Jebusites in war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the sou...
20: ...nd of the reign of King Solomon, the northern ten tribes split off to form the [[Kingdom of Israel]] w...
24: ...]], prompting the city's repeated conquest and destruction by [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadn...
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