Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter, 1903. Oil on canvas, 82 cm × 120 cm, (32 in × 47 in). Private collection.
Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter, 1903
Oil on canvas, 82 cm × 120 cm, (32 in × 47 in)
Private collection
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Imperial Library in the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria. 18th century. .
Imperial Library in the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria
18th century
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From the Capitoline Museums, at the Getty Villa. Greek, 325–300 B.C. Restored in Rome in 1594. To [...]
From the Capitoline Museums, at the Getty Villa. Greek, 325–300 B.C., Restored in Rome in 1594. To judge from the subject matter and style, the animal group was probably made in northern Greece or Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) following Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire. Much admired by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), who pronounced it 'most marvelous'.
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Carl Frithjof Smith, 1892. Oil on canvas. 136 cm x 183 cm. Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste.
Carl Frithjof Smith, 1892
Oil on canvas
136 cm x 183 cm
Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste
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This sculpture has been excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the em [...]
This sculpture has been excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the emperor Nero in A.D. 62, which were located in the vicinity of the Pantheon. Restorations made during the early 17th century.
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The famous Florence Cathedral, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, seems to overhang the citysc [...]
The famous Florence Cathedral, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, seems to overhang the cityscape. This historic basilica is one of the largest in Italy. It is attached to the Giotto bell tower and opposite the Porte du Paradis of the Baptistery of Saint John and the Loggia del Bigallo.
Photograph by Stefanos Politis, National Geographic Your Shot
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- Architecture
- Italia
- Photo
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picture by Étienne Carjat.Jules Gabriel Verne - born 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a Fren [...]
picture by Étienne Carjat.
Jules Gabriel Verne - born 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Verne's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in Anglophone regions where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed (until the 1980s, when his "literary reputation ... began to improve").
Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and Hugo Gernsback.
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Edgar Allan Poe born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, edito [...]
Edgar Allan Poe born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
Poe was born in Boston, the second child of actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Arnold Hopkins Poe. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but he was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar Poe repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of Poe's secondary education. He attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. Edgar Poe quarreled with John Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time that his publishing career began with the anonymous collection Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". Edgar Poe and John Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Frances Allan in 1829. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and he ultimately parted ways with John Allan.
Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success, but Virginia died of tuberculosis two years after its publication.
Poe planned for years to produce his own journal The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), but before it could be produced, he died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at age 40. The cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, "brain congestion", cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other causes.
Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. He and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.
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William Shakespeare, English playwright. Oil painting (1847) by Louis Coblitz. (National Museum of t [...]
William Shakespeare, English playwright. Oil painting (1847) by Louis Coblitz. (National Museum of the Palace of Versailles.)
William Shakespeare is the most played, read and commented playwright in the world. Combining the sublime and the grotesque, that which in English is nicknamed "the Bard" is astonishing by the richness and the penetrating charm of the style, by the mastery of the dramatic construction as well as by the profusion of characters.
William Shakespeare, baptized on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died on April 23, 1616 (May 3, 1616 in the Gregorian calendar) in the same city, is considered one of the greatest poets, playwrights and writers of the English culture. He is renowned for his mastery of poetic and literary forms, as well as his ability to represent aspects of human nature.
A prominent figure in Western culture, Shakespeare continues to influence artists today. It is translated into a large number of languages and, according to the Index Translationum, with a total of 4,281 translations, it ranks third among the most translated authors after Agatha Christie and Jules Verne. His plays are regularly performed all over the world. Shakespeare is one of the rare playwrights to have performed both comedy and tragedy.
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, is a French actor and playwright, baptized on January 15, 1622 [...]
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, is a French actor and playwright, baptized on January 15, 1622 in Paris, where he died on February 17, 1673.
Coming from a family of Parisian merchants, he joined at the age of 21 with a dozen comrades, including the actress Madeleine Béjart, to form the troupe of the Illustrious Theater which, despite the collaboration of renowned playwrights, did not succeed to win in Paris. For thirteen years, Molière and his friends Béjart roam the southern provinces of the kingdom in an itinerant troop maintained by several successive protectors. During this period, Molière composed some farces or small comedies and his first two large comedies. Returning to Paris in 1658, he quickly became, at the head of his troop, the actor and favorite author of the young Louis XIV and his court, for whom he designed numerous shows, in collaboration with the best scenic architects, choreographers and musicians of the time. He died at the age of 51, a few hours after having for the fourth time held the title role of The Imaginary .
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Victor Hugo is a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designer, born February 26, 1802 (7 v [...]
Victor Hugo is a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designer, born February 26, 1802 (7 ventôse year X according to the republican calendar still in force2) in Besançon and died May 22, 1885 in Paris. He is considered one of the most important French-language writers. He is also a politician and a committed intellectual who had a major ideological role and occupies a prominent place in the history of French literature in the 19th century, in genres and fields of remarkable variety.
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Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852, Paris - August 25, 1908, Le Croisic, France) is a French [...]
Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852, Paris - August 25, 1908, Le Croisic, France) is a French physicist. He was awarded half the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics (shared with Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie).
In 1896, Becquerel discovered radioactivity by chance, while he was researching the fluorescence of uranium salts. On a suggestion from Henri Poincaré, he sought to determine if this phenomenon was of the same nature as X-rays. It is by observing a photographic plate brought into contact with the material that he realizes that she is even impressed when the material has not been subjected to sunlight: the material emits its own radiation without requiring excitation by light. This radiation was called hyperphosphorescence. He announced his results on March 2, 1896, a few days ahead of the work of Silvanus P. Thompson who was working in parallel on the same subject in London. This discovery earned him the Rumford medal in 1900
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- France
- Inventor
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Pierre-Simon de Laplace or Pierre-Simon Laplace, Count Laplace, then 1st Marquis de Laplace, born Ma [...]
Pierre-Simon de Laplace or Pierre-Simon Laplace, Count Laplace, then 1st Marquis de Laplace, born March 23, 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge and died March 5, 1827 in Paris, is a mathematician, astronomer, physicist and politician French.
Laplace was one of the main scientists of the Napoleonic period. Indeed, he has made fundamental contributions in different fields of mathematics, astronomy and probability theory. He was one of the most influential scientists of his time, notably through his assertion of determinism. He contributed decisively to the emergence of mathematical astronomy, taking up and extending the work of his predecessors in his Treatise on Celestial Mechanics (1799-1825). This major work, in five volumes, transformed the geometric approach to mechanics developed by Newton into an approach based on mathematical analysis.
In 1799, he was appointed Minister of the Interior under the Consulate. Napoleon I gave him the title of Count of the Empire in 1808. In 1817 he was made a Marquis by Louis XVIII, after the restoration of the Bourbons.
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Building Europe
European science
Current accomplishments
Women throught time
Dark Ages
Dreaming of a new "Golden Age"
The Belle Époque was a peaceful and economic prosperity period that started in 1871 and ended with [...]
The genetic causes, ethnic origins and history of red hair
Red hair is a recessive genetic trait caused by a series of mutations in the melanocortin 1 receptor [...]
Living Masters – the top realist painters working today
“I didn’t know people still painted like that.” - There has been a quiet return to an older wa [...]
Rome’s Verano Monumental Cemetery
When and if a cemetery in Rome gets mentioned, it’s usually the Non-Catholic Cemetery, where Keats [...]
20 Handmade Dolls Tell the History of Fashion
This is the story of how a series of exquisite handmade dolls, representing the history of French ha [...]
The “Beau Monde” High Fashion of the 18th Century
On August 1, 1714, Queen Anne of Great Britain drew her last breath, and the first of a series of Ge [...]Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591 - 1652). oil on canvas . 47 x 35,5 cm,
Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591 - 1652)
oil on canvas
47 x 35,5 cm.
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- Spain
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This sculpture has been excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the em [...]
This sculpture has been excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the emperor Nero in A.D. 62, which were located in the vicinity of the Pantheon. Restorations made during the early 17th century.
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Eugène-Louis Lequesne, 1875,Opéra Garnier, Paris,
Eugène-Louis Lequesne, 1875
Opéra Garnier, Paris
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- France
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Ambrogio Borghi, 1878.
Ambrogio Borghi, 1878
Source
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Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter, 1903. Oil on canvas, 82 cm × 120 cm, (32 in × 47 in). Privat [...]
Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter, 1903
Oil on canvas, 82 cm × 120 cm, (32 in × 47 in)
Private collection
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- Selected
- XX
Anders Andersen-Lundby, 1882. Oil on Canvas, 30 x 45 inches / 76.2 x 114 cm
Anders Andersen-Lundby, 1882
Oil on Canvas.
30 x 45 inches / 76.2 x 114 cm
- Denmark
- Painting
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Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.119x190 cm, triptiych,Oil on canvas,
Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.
119x190 cm, triptiych
Oil on canvas
Source
- Modern art
- Painting
- Russia
- XXI
James Collinson (1825 – 1881) . Oil on Canvas. 29 x 24.5 cm. . James Collinson was a Victorian pai [...]
James Collinson (1825 – 1881)
Oil on Canvas
29 x 24.5 cm
James Collinson was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. This is one of a number of related paintings by Collinson which have oval formats and show the half-length figure of the girl occupying the centre of the composition. It is possible that the first in the series was the painting For Sale (Castle Museum, Nottingham), which Collinson showed at the 1857 Royal Academy and which was included in the exhibition Great Victorian Pictures (Arts Council, 1978, no.5).
Source
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- Painting
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Certosa Monumental Cemetery, Pietro Magenta's grave, Bologna, Italia, . Pietro Magenta (1807-1862), [...]
Certosa Monumental Cemetery, Pietro Magenta's grave, Bologna, Italia.
Pietro Magenta (1807-1862), a politician with a brilliant career and a friend of Cavour, was appointed Prefect of Bologna in 1861 with the task of solving the serious problems of crime that plagued the city. In a short time he managed to restore security and order, winning the affection and esteem of all.
Source
- Italia
- Sculptures
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 20 x 30.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 20 x 30
Source
- Painting
- XXI
George William Joy. Oil on canvas. 172 x 120 cm. Museum of London since 1966. . The genre painting d [...]
George William Joy
Oil on canvas
172 x 120 cm
Museum of London since 1966
The genre painting depicts a scene inside a horse-drawn omnibus of the London General Omnibus Company. Joy borrowed a bus from the company while he was working on his painting. The early omnibus was a horse-drawn carriage drawn along a set route, picking up and dropping off passengers as it went. It was introduced in London on 4 July 1829 and soon became a popular form of transport catering mainly to the middle classes - the working classes would rarely be able to afford the fare, and upper classes could afford their own vehicle or to hire a hackney carriage. The typical London omnibus was an enclosed and glazed carriage with four wheels, drawn by one or two horses. Passengers could sit on benches to either side inside, entering via a door at the rear, or climb up to exposed seats on the roof. A driver would ride at the front of the carriage, with a conductor taking fares and assisting passengers to climb aboard and depart.
- Great Britain
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Carl Frithjof Smith, 1892. Oil on canvas. 136 cm x 183 cm. Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste.
Carl Frithjof Smith, 1892
Oil on canvas
136 cm x 183 cm
Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste
Source
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Anna Dittmann, digital illustrator.
Anna Dittmann, digital illustrator.
Source
- Digital illustration
- USA
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On 16 July 1984, Alain Le Méhauté, Olivier de Witte, and Jean Claude André filed their patent for [...]
On 16 July 1984, Alain Le Méhauté, Olivier de Witte, and Jean Claude André filed their patent for the stereolithography process.
Source
- European science
- France
- Invention
- USA
- XX
Edward John Poynter, 1864. Private Collection .
Edward John Poynter, 1864
Private Collection
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
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Alfred Edward Emslie. Oil on canvas. 68 x 102 cm. Private collection. . The Fondation de l’Hermitage is presenting a major exhibition on English painting of the Victorian period (1837-1901). A selection of nearly 60 works, most on show for the first time in Switzerland, illustrate the diversity and fascinating originality of 19th-century English art. The great upheavals of the Industrial Revolution are reflected in striking genre scenes depicting different facets of modern life in the Golden Age of the British Empire, from the expansion of cities and public transport to the emergence of the middle classes and homeworking, .
Alfred Edward Emslie
Oil on canvas
68 x 102 cm
Private collection
The Fondation de l’Hermitage is presenting a major exhibition on English painting of the Victorian period (1837-1901). A selection of nearly 60 works, most on show for the first time in Switzerland, illustrate the diversity and fascinating originality of 19th-century English art. The great upheavals of the Industrial Revolution are reflected in striking genre scenes depicting different facets of modern life in the Golden Age of the British Empire, from the expansion of cities and public transport to the emergence of the middle classes and homeworking.
- Great Britain
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From the Capitoline Museums, at the Getty Villa. Greek, 325–300 B.C. Restored in Rome in 1594. To judge from the subject matter and style, the animal group was probably made in northern Greece or Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) following Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire. Much admired by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), who pronounced it 'most marvelous',
From the Capitoline Museums, at the Getty Villa. Greek, 325–300 B.C., Restored in Rome in 1594. To judge from the subject matter and style, the animal group was probably made in northern Greece or Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) following Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire. Much admired by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), who pronounced it 'most marvelous'.
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Postal card.
Postal card.
- Photo
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[https://www.scientificamerican.com/magazine/sa/1895/04-13/]
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/magazine/sa/1895/04-13/]
- European science
- USA
- Women throught time
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. Brussels Period (1563-1569). Series: Twelve Months. Location: Metrop [...]
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
Brussels Period (1563-1569)
Series: Twelve Months
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City
Dimensions: 116.5 x 159.5 cm
Source
- Belgium
- Building Europe
- Painting
- XVI
Recolorized photo at 21th century. Recolorized version source: https://www.facebook.com/sannadullawa [...]
Recolorized photo at 21th century
Recolorized version source: https://www.facebook.com/sannadullaway
Source
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- Recolorized
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Rhodes Mfg. Co. Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moment’s glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 10 [...]
Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moment’s glimpse of the outer world. Said she was 10 years old. Been working over a year. Lincolnton, North Carolina, November 1908, Lewis Hine.
Source
- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- Work
- XX
Imperial Library in the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria. 18th century. .
Imperial Library in the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria
18th century
- Architecture
- Austria
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Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), novelist and poet who dealt with Scottish themes. He had a major inf [...]
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), novelist and poet who dealt with Scottish themes. He had a major influence on how Scots see their own past and on how Scotland is viewed from outside.
Painted by Sir Henry Raeburn in 1822
Oil on canvas
76.20 x 63.50 cm
- Great Britain
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Sir Edward John Poynter, 1870 . Private collection
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1870
Private collection
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1910. . This mill was located in the Second Creek vall [...]
Photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1910.
This mill was located in the Second Creek valley, north of Mechanicsville. Original title on photo is "Young girl working Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest."
Source
- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- Work
- XX
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s, Ca [...]
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s.
Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of cotton a day, and totes 50 pounds of it when sack gets full. "No, I don't like it very much." Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Source
- Building Europe
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- USA
- Work
- XX
Glass factory of the mid-1800s.Life in an early hand shop—ten hours a day, six days a week. It wa [...]
Glass factory of the mid-1800s.
Life in an early hand shop—ten hours a day, six days a week. It was not unusual for children to work in early bottle factories.of the bottle was being blown.
Source
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- Work
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Ambrogio Borghi, 1878.
Ambrogio Borghi, 1878
Source
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Marta Crawford, 2015. 18x24 Charcoal on Paper.
Marta Crawford, 2015
18x24 Charcoal on Paper
Source
- Drawing
- XXI
Soap factory in Saint-Denis, early 20th century,
Soap factory in Saint-Denis, early 20th century.
Source
- Building Europe
- France
- Photo
- XIX
Hercules and the Centaur Nessus. Marble statue by Giambologna, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
Hercules and the Centaur Nessus. Marble statue by Giambologna, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
Source
Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844 - 1931). Oil on canvas. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844 - 1931)
Oil on canvas
Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris
Source
- France
- Painting
- XIX
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife, commissioned in 1788 from David by his student, [...]
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife, commissioned in 1788 from David by his student, today at the MMA in New York
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, born August 26, 1743 in Paris and guillotined on May 8, 1794, in Paris, is a French chemist, philosopher and economist, often presented as the father of modern chemistry, who will develop in starting from the bases and concepts he has established and a new requirement for precision offered by the instruments he has developed. He inaugurated the scientific method, both experimental and mathematical, in this area which, unlike mechanics, seemed to have to escape it.
Beyond the discoveries of oxidation, the components of air and water, the state of matter, its contributions to the chemical revolution are at the same time technical, experimental and epistemological. They result from a conscious effort to adapt all experiences within the framework of a simple theory in which, for the first time, the modern notion of element is presented in a systematic way. Lavoisier established the consistent use of chemical equilibrium, used his research on oxygen, whose name he invented, nitrogen and hydrogen to overturn phlogistic theory, developed a new chemical nomenclature which supports, which will prove to be inaccurate, that oxygen is an essential constituent of all acids. Precursor of stoichiometry, he has above all translated reactions into chemical equations which respect the law of conservation of matter, giving it a solid experimental base.
Source
- European science
- France
- Inventor
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Portrait of Maria Skłodowska-Curie (November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934), sometime prior to 1907. Cur [...]
Portrait of Maria Skłodowska-Curie (November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934), sometime prior to 1907. Curie and her husband Pierre shared a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. Working together, she and her husband isolated Polonium. Pierre died in 1907, but Marie continued her work, namely with Radium, and received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. Her death is mainly attributed to excess exposure to radiation.
Source
- European science
- France
- Inventor
- Poland
- Women throught time
- XX
St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, and the second image is the Pavilion Hall Hermitage Museum, [...]
St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, and the second image is the Pavilion Hall Hermitage Museum, also in St. Petersburg, Russia
Source
- Architecture
- Russia
Battle of Chios on 24 June 1770, painted by Ivan Aivazovsky in 1848.
Battle of Chios on 24 June 1770, painted by Ivan Aivazovsky in 1848
Source
- Painting
- Russia
- Thumb_CenterImage
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Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975,Oil - 30 x 20,
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil - 30 x 20
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Sculpted in 1125-1130. It represents the miracle of Pentecost, The scene is surrounded by eight com [...]
Sculpted in 1125-1130. It represents the miracle of Pentecost.
The scene is surrounded by eight compartments with saints and people form the world.
The two arch represents the signs of the zodiac and the works of the months.
Vézelay, France
Source
- France
- Sculptures
- XII
Arantza Sestayo, spanish painter & illustrator born in 1964,
Arantza Sestayo, spanish painter & illustrator born in 1964.
Source
- Drawing
- Spain
- XXI
Museo Pio Cristiano, The Vatican, Circa 300. Marble. . Non-Christian art of the time also featured i [...]
Museo Pio Cristiano, The Vatican, Circa 300
Marble
Non-Christian art of the time also featured images of shepherds, so scholars are not entirely certain that this statue was intended as a symbol of Christ's role as 'the good shepherd' (John 10:11-18).
Source
- Italia
- IV
- Sculptures
Painted by Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915). He is a influencial russian painter and is often consi [...]
Painted by Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915). He is a influencial russian painter and is often considered a representative of Academic art.
Source
- Painting
- Russia
- Women throught time
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas. 22 x 17 cm.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas
22 x 17 cm
Source
- Painting
- XXI
John William Waterhouse, 1903
John William Waterhouse, 1903
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1895.
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1895
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- Thumb_CenterImage
- XIX
Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery M [...]
Nannie Coleson, looper who said she was 11 years old, and has been working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill for some months
Source
- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- XX
Construction was started in 1885, and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the [...]
Construction was started in 1885, and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896.
Photography by Ludwig Favre.
Source
- Architecture
- Hungary
- XIX
[http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1900-exposition:]
[http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1900-exposition:]
- Architecture
- European science
- France
[http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1900-exposition:]
[http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1900-exposition:]
- European science
- France
- XX
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s, So [...]
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s.
Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1. Macon, Georgia.
Source
- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- Work
- XX
Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vézelay, France, with its complicated program of imagery in s [...]
Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vézelay, France, with its complicated program of imagery in sculpted capitals and portals, is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Burgundian Romanesque art and architecture. Sacked by the Huguenots in 1569, the building suffered neglect in the 17th and the 18th centuries and some further damage during the period of the French Revolution. The romanesque choir was dedicated in 1104 but destroyed by a fire in 1120. The new nave was achieved in 1140, then the gothic choir and transept were built from 1165 to 1190.
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- Architecture
- France
- XII
The Transportation building inside the Paris World fair of 1900. During the Belle Epoque, the world [...]
The Transportation building inside the Paris World fair of 1900. During the Belle Epoque, the world fairs were mostly used to present to public new creations and discoveries for the first time. The Parisian world exposition of 1900 is considered a symbol of the Belle Epoque for the amount of new stuff presented for the first time to public.
http://www.blissfrombygonedays.com/home/2017/7/12/i-wish-i-lived-in-the-beautiful-era
- European science
- France
- Photo
- Universal exposition
- XX
Filippo Lippi, 1450-1465,Tempera on panel,92 cm × 63.5 cm (36 in × 25.0 in),Uffizi Gallery, Floren [...]
Filippo Lippi, 1450-1465
Tempera on panel
92 cm × 63.5 cm (36 in × 25.0 in)
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Source
- Italia
- Painting
- Women throught time
- XV
La Joueuse de Tympanon is an automaton made in Germany by the watchmaker Pierre Kintzing and the cab [...]
La Joueuse de Tympanon is an automaton made in Germany by the watchmaker Pierre Kintzing and the cabinetmaker David Roentgen for Queen Marie-Antoinette, in 1772. A hundred craftsmen representing 26 trades participated in its manufacture. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork, and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect rhythm with two small metal hammers held in her hands, which move with great precision. The automaton is able to play eight different musics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITEU4fsqCU
- Craft
- Germany
- XVIII
Ancient Roman gilt bronze head of Antinous, set in an onyx and alabaster bust dated to before the mi [...]
Ancient Roman gilt bronze head of Antinous, set in an onyx and alabaster bust dated to before the mid 18th century. Currently located in the Galleria Estense in Modena, Italy.
- Italia
- Sculptures
- XVIII
Peleș Castleis a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County [...]
Peleș Castleis a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed for King Carol I. Three architects designed the castle: Johannes Schultz, Carol Benesch, Karel Liman.
Source
- Architecture
- Romania
- XX
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1898. Private Collection.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1898
Private Collection
Source
- France
- Painting
- XIX
The bronze medallion carrying the bust of Athena, found in the excavation of the Dioikitiriou Square [...]
The bronze medallion carrying the bust of Athena, found in the excavation of the Dioikitiriou Square in Thessaloniki, is a masterful example of late Hellenistic art (mid 2nd century BC.). This unique art object probably belonged to a prominent Macedonian partner or a member of the royal family.
- BC
- Greek
- Sculptures
Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine believed [...]
Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine believed that images of child labor would force citizens to demand change. A 48-inch-tall wisp of a girl, she was “one of the many small children at work” manning a gargantuan cotton-spinning machine in Lancaster, S.C.
Source
- Building Europe
- USA
- Work
- XX
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers help [...]
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers helping his grandparents on their 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. The Green River ran through their land from its source high in the Rocky Mountains. It was surrounded by beautiful open country and he fell in love with the rural lifestyle. He studied art at the University of Utah and had worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West.
Source
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
The Pietà, 1498–1499, is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St [...]
The Pietà, 1498–1499, is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed.
Source
- Italia
- Sculptures
- XV
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers help [...]
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers helping his grandparents on their 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. The Green River ran through their land from its source high in the Rocky Mountains. It was surrounded by beautiful open country and he fell in love with the rural lifestyle. He studied art at the University of Utah and had worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West.
Source
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.95 x 134 cm,Oil on canvas,
Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.
95 x 134 cm
Oil on canvas
Source
- Modern art
- Painting
- Russia
- XXI
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 40 x 24.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 40 x 24
Source
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil - 16 x 20.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil - 16 x 20
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1873.
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1873
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in N [...]
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster killed 1,099 minors. 110 kilometers of galleries were devastated. The word "rescapé" in French was invented during this drama. 22% of the victims were under 18 years old.
- Building Europe
- France
- Mining history
- Work
- XX
John William Waterhouse,1896.
John William Waterhouse,1896
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Albert Anker, 1886.
Albert Anker, 1886
Source
- Painting
- Switzerland
- Women throught time
- Work
- XIX
A view of the Brooklyn Bridge from underneath, expanding across the east river by Stephen Bauman and [...]
A view of the Brooklyn Bridge from underneath, expanding across the east river by Stephen Bauman and Steven Forster.
Oil on canvas, 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Sag Harbor, NY
Source
- Modern art
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
Painting by John Singer Sargent, an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his [...]
Painting by John Singer Sargent, an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury.During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida.
From the beginning his work was characterized by remarkable technical facility, particularly in his ability to draw with a brush, which in later years inspired admiration as well as criticism for a supposed superficiality. His commissioned works were consistent with the grand manner of portraiture, while his informal studies and landscape paintings displayed a familiarity with Impressionism.
- Painting
- USA
- XIX
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1877
Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1877
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Walter Crane, 1905-1909. Oil on canvas. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany.
Walter Crane, 1905-1909
Oil on canvas
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XX
Caspar David Friedrich. Oil on canvas. 110 cm × 171 cm. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. . The remains [...]
Caspar David Friedrich
Oil on canvas
110 cm × 171 cm
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The remains of the abbey shows this old broken window with no remaining of glass. What is seen is that nature is forever there, while man’s creation is temporary.
Source
- Germany
- Painting
- XIX
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione is a c. 1514–1515 oil painting attributed to the Italian High R [...]
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione is a c. 1514–1515 oil painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Considered one of the great portraits of the Renaissance, it has an enduring influence. It depicts Raphael's friend, the diplomat and humanist Baldassare Castiglione, who is considered a quintessential example of the High Renaissance gentleman.
Source
- Italia
- Painting
- XVI
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s, Mo [...]
Child Labor in the US. Lewis Hine photographed children all over the country in the early 1900s.
Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Source
- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- Work
- XX
Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from the ruins of the 12th-cent [...]
Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from the ruins of the 12th-century Augustinian monastery now known as Bolton Priory.
Source
- Architecture
- Great Britain
- XII
Between 1880-1914.
Between 1880-1914.
- Photo
- XIX
Napoleon I as Roman Emperor, Antoine-Louis Barye (1860-65)
Napoleon I as Roman Emperor, Antoine-Louis Barye (1860-65)
Source
- Sculptures
- XIX
Nimes, France, Private Collection.
Nimes, France.
Private Collection
Source
- Photo
- XX
John Duncan, 1912. Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance story, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century.
John Duncan, 1912
Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance story, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century.
- Painting
- XX
Claude Monet, 1875. National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC.
Claude Monet, 1875
National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC
Source
- Painting
- XIX
Edgar Allan Poe born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, edito [...]
Edgar Allan Poe born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
Poe was born in Boston, the second child of actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Arnold Hopkins Poe. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but he was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar Poe repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of Poe's secondary education. He attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. Edgar Poe quarreled with John Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time that his publishing career began with the anonymous collection Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". Edgar Poe and John Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Frances Allan in 1829. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and he ultimately parted ways with John Allan.
Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success, but Virginia died of tuberculosis two years after its publication.
Poe planned for years to produce his own journal The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), but before it could be produced, he died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at age 40. The cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, "brain congestion", cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other causes.
Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. He and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.
Source
- USA
- XIX
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia is the most important Catholic building in Albi, France and [...]
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia is the most important Catholic building in Albi, France and is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Albi. First built as a fortress in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade; begun in 1282 and under construction for 200 years, it is claimed to be the largest brick building in the world.
Source
- Architecture
- France
- XV
Sorters of coal had to fill their basket with wasted coal they gather on the treadmills, Those work [...]
Sorters of coal had to fill their basket with wasted coal they gather on the treadmills.
Those workers were called black noses.
Source
- Building Europe
- France
- Photo
- XIX
Filippo Brunelleschi is considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture. He is most f [...]
Filippo Brunelleschi is considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture. He is most famous for designing the dome of the Florence Cathedral. He is also the first to use perspective in arts.
When the building was designed, no one had any idea how such a dome was to be built. It was to be even larger than the Pantheon's dome in Rome; no dome of that size had been built since antiquity. Brunelleschi invented new hoisting machines for raising the masonry needed for the dome.
- European science
- Inventor
- Italia
- XV
Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.100x110 cm,Oil on canvas,
Olga Suvorova, born in 1966, Leningrad, Russia.
100x110 cm
Oil on canvas
Source
- Modern art
- Painting
- Russia
- XXI
The Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob [...]
The Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum, on loan to the Rijksmuseum.
83 cm × 101 cm
Source
- Dutch
- Painting
- XVII
2nd century AD, Colossal Roman statue, Marble, Naples, National Archaeological Museum
2nd century AD.
Colossal Roman statue.
Marble.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum
- II
- Sculptures
John Everett Millais, (1829 - 1896). Watercolour. 27.5 cm x 20.8 cm. . Millais has depicted a scene [...]
John Everett Millais, (1829 - 1896)
Watercolour
27.5 cm x 20.8 cm
Millais has depicted a scene from a poem by Keats in which the heroine perfoms an elaborate ritual in order to dream of her future husband. Millais has caught her at the moment when she is undressing, transfixed by the awe of this special night, the Eve of St Agnes. This watercolour is a version of the larger oil painting of the same subject exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1863, and now in the collection of the Queen Mother.
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
James Archer, Scottish. Oil on canvas. 76.40 x 106.00 cm. . . In 1862 this painting was selected for [...]
James Archer, Scottish
Oil on canvas
76.40 x 106.00 cm
In 1862 this painting was selected for inclusion in the prestigious International Exhibition in London as an outstanding example of contemporary British art. Archer’s masterpiece had been launched at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh in 1860 and was recognised as a consummate achievement of Scottish Pre-Raphaelitism.
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 16 x 24. Source: https://lipking.com/co [...]
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 16 x 24
Source: https://lipking.com/collections/94003#lg=1&slide=9
- Painting
- XXI
Marble statue of the crouching Venus type. It is a copy of a Hellenistic original by Doidalses of Bi [...]
Marble statue of the crouching Venus type. It is a copy of a Hellenistic original by Doidalses of Bithynia and dates from the Antonine period (from 96 CE to 192 CE). The statue itself is an ancient Roman copy of a Greek original by Doidalses of Bithynia. The Greek original dates from 250-240 BCE. Marble. 82 cm.
- BC
- Greek
- Roman
- Sculptures
Painting by Alphonse Mucha, a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during [...]
Painting by Alphonse Mucha, a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters.
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 76.8 cm
Source
- Czech
- Painting
- XX
The Church of Saint-Maclou is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France which is considered one of th [...]
The Church of Saint-Maclou is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France which is considered one of the best examples of the Flamboyant style of Gothic architecture in France. Its spire reaches a height of 83 meters. The church was built from 1435 to 1521.
Source
- Architecture
- France
- XVI
John William Waterhouse, 1896.
John William Waterhouse, 1896
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
The Tailor is one of the better known portraits by Giovanni Battista Moroni. The artwork is a painting on canvas, and it measures 74 cm wide x 97 cm tall. It was created between the years 1565 and 1570. Currently it is located in the National Gallery of London, in the United Kingdom. .
The Tailor is one of the better known portraits by Giovanni Battista Moroni. The artwork is a painting on canvas, and it measures 74 cm wide x 97 cm tall. It was created between the years 1565 and 1570. Currently it is located in the National Gallery of London, in the United Kingdom.
Source
- Italia
- Painting
- Work
- XVI
Two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 BC and found in the sea [...]
Two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 BC and found in the sea off Calabria.
Source
- BC
- Greek
- Sculptures
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 50 x 70.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 50 x 70
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Painted by Erin Hanson, an american landscape painter whose style stands between the impressionism a [...]
Painted by Erin Hanson, an american landscape painter whose style stands between the impressionism and the churches stained glass.
Oil on canvas
50 x 36 in
Source
- Modern art
- USA
- XXI
This project originated in a public meeting held on April 21, 1865 in Glatigny (Moselle, France). Th [...]
This project originated in a public meeting held on April 21, 1865 in Glatigny (Moselle, France). The participants were lovers of the young republic of the United States and thus celebrated the anniversary of the abolition of slavery. It was during this meeting that the construction of a colossal statue was proposed to strengthen Franco-American friendship. Auguste Bartholdi, a young artist and architect, participated and proposed to divert the project he had already made for the creation of such a statue at the entrance to the Suez Canal. What was adopted. All this is told in the Origin part of the project.
So was done. The financing part was quite difficult to complete, both in France and in the United States. This project required the intervention of both countries because if the statue is a purely French construction, the gigantic pedestal, it is the responsibility of the host country. So two fundraising campaigns were launched at the same time, and it was not long before the project could not be born. This is also told in the Financing part of the Statue of Liberty
- Architecture
- France
- Sculptures
- USA
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 58 x 36.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 58 x 36
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Henri Poincaré is a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer, born April 29, 1854 [...]
Henri Poincaré is a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer, born April 29, 1854 in Nancy and died July 17, 1912 in Paris.
Poincaré has carried out major work in optics and infinitesimal computing. His advances on the problem of the three bodies make him a founder of the qualitative study of the systems of differential equations and the theory of chaos; he is also a major precursor of the theory of special relativity and of the theory of dynamic systems.
He is considered as one of the last great universal scientists, mastering all the branches of mathematics of his time and certain branches of physics.
- European science
- France
- Inventor
- XIX
- XX
Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923).
Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923)
Source
- Denmark
- Painting
- XIX
Mercury and Psyche is an 1878 marble sculpture by Reinhold Begas, housed at the entrance to the Alte [...]
Mercury and Psyche is an 1878 marble sculpture by Reinhold Begas, housed at the entrance to the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. The German Reinhold Begas, a pupil of Gottfried Schadow and Christian Rauch, initially adhered to a graceful Neoclassicism. However, in 1856 he went to Italy, where he discovered the work of Michelangelo and Gianlorenzo Bernini, and from then on his style underwent a change.
Source
- Germany
- Sculptures
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil - 34 x 49. Source: https://lipking.com/collections/ [...]
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil - 34 x 49
Source: https://lipking.com/collections/93938#lg=1&slide=11
- Painting
- XXI
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers help [...]
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers helping his grandparents on their 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. The Green River ran through their land from its source high in the Rocky Mountains. It was surrounded by beautiful open country and he fell in love with the rural lifestyle. He studied art at the University of Utah and had worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West.
Source
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
Gerald Moira, 1898.
Gerald Moira, 1898
Source
- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
André RIXENS, 1887. Wendel's factories, Hayange, Oil on canvas.
André RIXENS, 1887
Wendel's factories, Hayange.
Oil on canvas
Source
- Building Europe
- France
- Painting
- XIX
Victor Hugo is a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designer, born February 26, 1802 (7 v [...]
Victor Hugo is a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designer, born February 26, 1802 (7 ventôse year X according to the republican calendar still in force2) in Besançon and died May 22, 1885 in Paris. He is considered one of the most important French-language writers. He is also a politician and a committed intellectual who had a major ideological role and occupies a prominent place in the history of French literature in the 19th century, in genres and fields of remarkable variety.
Source
- France
- XX
picture by Étienne Carjat.Jules Gabriel Verne - born 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a Fren [...]
picture by Étienne Carjat.
Jules Gabriel Verne - born 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Verne's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in Anglophone regions where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed (until the 1980s, when his "literary reputation ... began to improve").
Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and Hugo Gernsback.
- France
- XIX
[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_et_Iseut]
[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_et_Iseut]
- Painting
- XX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil - 20 x 16.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil - 20 x 16
Source
- Painting
- XXI
The Motherland, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1883)
The Motherland, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1883)
Source
- France
- XIX
Diego Fazio, self-taught Italian artist, “Each portrait is done with just a pencil and paper and [...]
Diego Fazio, self-taught Italian artist.
“Each portrait is done with just a pencil and paper and can take up to 200 hours to finish.”
Source
- Drawing
- Italia
- Modern art
- XXI
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers help [...]
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952 and still painting today. He spent the summers helping his grandparents on their 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. The Green River ran through their land from its source high in the Rocky Mountains. It was surrounded by beautiful open country and he fell in love with the rural lifestyle. He studied art at the University of Utah and had worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West.
Source
- Painting
- USA
- XXI
A Studio at Les Batignolles is a painting by Henri Fantin-Latour created in 1870. The work portrays [...]
A Studio at Les Batignolles is a painting by Henri Fantin-Latour created in 1870. The work portrays Édouard Manet sitting at his easel, with Zacharie Astruc sitting at his side, Otto Scholderer, Auguste Renoir, wearing a hat, Émile Zola, with glasses in hand, Edmond Maître, Frédéric Bazille, with tartan trousers, and Claude Monet. Musée d'Orsay.
Source
- France
- Painting
- XIX
The museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. Its current status as a non-departm [...]
The museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. Its current status as a non-departmental public body allows it to be funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The British Museum has six million visitors a year and is considered to be the most visited tourist site in Great Britain. As in most museums and art galleries in the UK,
- Architecture
- Great Britain
- XVIII
Tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris around 1500. It is cons [...]
Tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris around 1500. It is considered one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe.
Musée national du Moyen Âge.
Source
- Craft
- France
- Women throught time
- XVI
L.J & cie, editor, Angoulème – Paris, Postal card. Wallace fountains are public water plants. Cha [...]
L.J & cie, editor, Angoulème – Paris, Postal card. Wallace fountains are public water plants. Charles-Auguste LEBOURG was the sculptor and based his work on Wallace's drawings to turn those fountains into piece of art.
Source
- France
- Photo
- XX
Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852, Paris - August 25, 1908, Le Croisic, France) is a French [...]
Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852, Paris - August 25, 1908, Le Croisic, France) is a French physicist. He was awarded half the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics (shared with Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie).
In 1896, Becquerel discovered radioactivity by chance, while he was researching the fluorescence of uranium salts. On a suggestion from Henri Poincaré, he sought to determine if this phenomenon was of the same nature as X-rays. It is by observing a photographic plate brought into contact with the material that he realizes that she is even impressed when the material has not been subjected to sunlight: the material emits its own radiation without requiring excitation by light. This radiation was called hyperphosphorescence. He announced his results on March 2, 1896, a few days ahead of the work of Silvanus P. Thompson who was working in parallel on the same subject in London. This discovery earned him the Rumford medal in 1900
Source
- European science
- France
- Inventor
- XIX
- XX
Fondazione Fotografia presents the work of one of the greatest Italian artist in the early twentieth [...]
Fondazione Fotografia presents the work of one of the greatest Italian artist in the early twentieth century: Domenico Ricardo Peretti Griva (1882-1926).
Source
- Italia
- Photo
- XX
Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland, The west face is inscribed with a christian quadrilobate Celtic Cross. [...]
Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland.
The west face is inscribed with a christian quadrilobate Celtic Cross. The cross bears several styles of Celtic pattern designs.
Until recently, it was thought to date to the mid-8th century, but subsequent analysis has suggested a mid-9th century date.
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- Sculptures
Source: https://maxwellhalsted.uic.edu/home/urban-photographer/lewis-hine/
Source: https://maxwellhalsted.uic.edu/home/urban-photographer/lewis-hine/
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- Women throught time
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Painted by John Knox. Oil on canvas. 90.00 x 125.00 cm. Knox captured the sweeping grandeur and maje [...]
Painted by John Knox
Oil on canvas
90.00 x 125.00 cm. Knox captured the sweeping grandeur and majestic beauty of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine, as described by Sir Walter Scott in his poem 'The Lady of the Lake'. In the left foreground, visitors, welcomed by a piper, wait to board a ferry to Ellen's Isle, named after Scott's heroine.
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- Great Britain
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Joachim Wtewael, 1611. Oil on canvas painter by the Dutch Mannerist painter, Since 1982 it has been [...]
Joachim Wtewael, 1611
Oil on canvas painter by the Dutch Mannerist painter.
Since 1982 it has been in the collection of the Louvre in Paris.
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- Dutch
- Painting
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John Everett Millais, 1881. Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection.
John Everett Millais, 1881
Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection
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- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Élisabeth, Madame Royale, was born at the Château de Fontainebleau on 22 November 1602. She was the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second spouse Marie de' Medici. She became Queen consort of Spain (1621 to 1644) and Portugal (1621 to 1640) as the first spouse of King Philip IV of Spain. She served as regent of Spain during the Catalan Revolt in 1640-42 and 1643-44, Painted by Rodrigo de Villandrando, a court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain.Oil on canvas,91 x 126 cm,
Élisabeth, Madame Royale, was born at the Château de Fontainebleau on 22 November 1602. She was the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second spouse Marie de' Medici. She became Queen consort of Spain (1621 to 1644) and Portugal (1621 to 1640) as the first spouse of King Philip IV of Spain. She served as regent of Spain during the Catalan Revolt in 1640-42 and 1643-44.
Painted by Rodrigo de Villandrando, a court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain.
Oil on canvas
91 x 126 cm
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- Spain
- Women throught time
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John William Waterhouse, 1897. Oil on canvas.
John William Waterhouse, 1897
Oil on canvas
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- Great Britain
- Painting
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Sandro Botticelli (Firenze 1445 - 1510), 1485 ca, The Uffizi Museum. Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278 [...]
Sandro Botticelli (Firenze 1445 - 1510), 1485 ca.
The Uffizi Museum
Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm
Known as the “Birth of Venus”, the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr and, perhaps, Aura. The goddess is standing on a giant scallop shell, as pure and as perfect as a pearl. She is met by a young woman, who is sometimes identified as one of the Graces or as the Hora of spring, and who holds out a cloak covered in flowers.
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- Italia
- Painting
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16th century. Agate hilt, silver hilt and sheath
16th century
Agate hilt, silver hilt and sheath
- Craft
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This image shows the wooden structure based on cleats used in plaster molding of the hand of the sta [...]
This image shows the wooden structure based on cleats used in plaster molding of the hand of the statue, the one holding the tablet. When each element was finished, the plaster was broken, the wooden frame was destroyed and the cleats were used to assemble the next part.
- Architecture
- France
- Sculptures
- USA
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer. He invented the discipline [...]
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer. He invented the discipline of geography. He is best known for being the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth. He was the first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis. His calculations were remarkably accurate. Additionally, he may have accurately calculated the distance from the Earth to the Sun and invented the leap day. He created the first map of the world, incorporating parallels and meridians. he also introduced an efficient method of identifying prime numbers.
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- BC
- European science
- Greek
- Inventor
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- Germany
- Photo
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French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating t [...]
French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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- European science
- Inventor
13th century, Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul).
13th century, Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Istanbul)
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- Byzantine
- Mosaic
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Pierre-Simon de Laplace or Pierre-Simon Laplace, Count Laplace, then 1st Marquis de Laplace, born Ma [...]
Pierre-Simon de Laplace or Pierre-Simon Laplace, Count Laplace, then 1st Marquis de Laplace, born March 23, 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge and died March 5, 1827 in Paris, is a mathematician, astronomer, physicist and politician French.
Laplace was one of the main scientists of the Napoleonic period. Indeed, he has made fundamental contributions in different fields of mathematics, astronomy and probability theory. He was one of the most influential scientists of his time, notably through his assertion of determinism. He contributed decisively to the emergence of mathematical astronomy, taking up and extending the work of his predecessors in his Treatise on Celestial Mechanics (1799-1825). This major work, in five volumes, transformed the geometric approach to mechanics developed by Newton into an approach based on mathematical analysis.
In 1799, he was appointed Minister of the Interior under the Consulate. Napoleon I gave him the title of Count of the Empire in 1808. In 1817 he was made a Marquis by Louis XVIII, after the restoration of the Bourbons.
- European science
- France
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Early 19th century.
Early 19th century
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- Building Europe
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- Work
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Female funerary statue from Delos, Marble, Roman copy of the 2nd century after an original of ca. 3 [...]
Female funerary statue from Delos.
Marble, Roman copy of the 2nd century after an original of ca. 300 BC.
Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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- Sculptures
Female funerary statue from Delos, Marble, Roman copy of the 2nd century after an original of ca. 3 [...]
Female funerary statue from Delos.
Marble, Roman copy of the 2nd century after an original of ca. 300 BC.
Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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- BC
- Sculptures
photo took by Piero Jahier
photo took by Piero Jahier
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- Photo
- Recolorized
- XX
The Battle of Salamis was a decisive victory for outnumbered Greeks against Persian invasion forces [...]
The Battle of Salamis was a decisive victory for outnumbered Greeks against Persian invasion forces in 480 BC. The Persian fleet was composed by 1000 ships and the greek fleet by 300. The Greeks lost 40 ships whereas the Persian lost 200 to 300 ships.
The battle was fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, and marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of Greece.
To block the Persian advance, a small force of Greeks blocked the pass of Thermopylae, while an Athenian-dominated Allied navy engaged the Persian fleet in the nearby straits of Artemisium. In the resulting Battle of Thermopylae, the rearguard of the Greek force was annihilated, whilst in the Battle of Artemisium the Greeks had heavy losses and retreated after the loss at Thermopylae. This allowed the Persians to conquer Phocis, Boeotia, Attica, and Euboea. The Allies prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth while the fleet was withdrawn to nearby Salamis Island.
Although heavily outnumbered, the Greek Allies were persuaded by the Athenian general Themistocles to bring the Persian fleet to battle again, in the hope that a victory would prevent naval operations against the Peloponnese. The Persian king Xerxes was also eager for a decisive battle. As a result of subterfuge on the part of Themistocles, the Persian navy rowed into the Straits of Salamis and tried to block both entrances. In the cramped conditions of the Straits, the great Persian numbers were an active hindrance, as ships struggled to maneuver and became disorganized. Seizing the opportunity, the Greek fleet formed in line and scored the victory.
- Battle
- BC
- Greek
Verreries du Centre de Jumet. Rakow Library Chambon Collection. Source: https://www.cmog.org/article [...]
Verreries du Centre de Jumet
Rakow Library Chambon Collection
Source: https://www.cmog.org/article/breaking-glass-ceiling-women-working-glass
- Building Europe
- Photo
- Women throught time
- XX
In 1801, Lamarck took a great conceptual step and proposed a full-blown theory of evolution. Lamarck started his scientific career as a botanist, but in 1793 he became one of the founding professors of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle as an expert on invertebrates. His work on classifying worms, spiders, molluscs, and other boneless creatures was far ahead of his time. Lamarck fought in the Pomeranian War (1757–62) against Prussia, and was awarded a commission for bravery on the battlefield.
In 1801, Lamarck took a great conceptual step and proposed a full-blown theory of evolution. Lamarck started his scientific career as a botanist, but in 1793 he became one of the founding professors of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle as an expert on invertebrates. His work on classifying worms, spiders, molluscs, and other boneless creatures was far ahead of his time. Lamarck fought in the Pomeranian War (1757–62) against Prussia, and was awarded a commission for bravery on the battlefield.
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- France
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Unimate is the first industrial robot. It is in fact a direct descendant of remote manipulators developed for nuclear purposes. It is sold from 1961 by the American company Unimation, created by George Devol, one of the pioneers of universal robotics and Joseph Engelberger2. It is used for the first time on General Motors assembly lines,nimate is the first industrial robot. It is in fact a direct descendant of remote manipulators developed for nuclear purposes. It is sold from 1961 by the American company Unimation, created by George Devol, one of the pioneers of universal robotics and Joseph Engelberger. It is used for the first time on General Motors assembly lines.
Unimate is the first industrial robot. It is in fact a direct descendant of remote manipulators developed for nuclear purposes. It is sold from 1961 by the American company Unimation, created by George Devol, one of the pioneers of universal robotics and Joseph Engelberger2. It is used for the first time on General Motors assembly lines
nimate is the first industrial robot. It is in fact a direct descendant of remote manipulators developed for nuclear purposes. It is sold from 1961 by the American company Unimation, created by George Devol, one of the pioneers of universal robotics and Joseph Engelberger. It is used for the first time on General Motors assembly lines.
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- Invention
- Inventor
- USA
- XX
From a series of photographs of child labor at glass and bottle factories in the United States by Le [...]
From a series of photographs of child labor at glass and bottle factories in the United States by Lewis W. Hine, for the National Child Labor Committee, New York. Restored by Michel Vuijlsteke.
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- Building Europe
- Photo
- USA
- XX
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1780,
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1780
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- France
- Painting
- Women throught time
- XVIII
2nd Century. Marble. Roman sculpture. From: the “Villa di Cassio” near Tivoli, 1744, Now: Vati [...]
2nd Century
Marble
Roman sculpture
From: the “Villa di Cassio” near Tivoli, 1744.
Now: Vatican Museums, Rome
Source: http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=1263
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- Sculptures
Robert Doisneau, french photographer. This photography was taken as part of a work from Robert Doisn [...]
Robert Doisneau, french photographer. This photography was taken as part of a work from Robert Doisneau for the newspaper Life about the theme of love in Paris during summer.
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- France
- Photo
- XX
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scévola, 1900
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scévola, 1900
- France
- Painting
- XX
The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands when an eyeglass maker named Hans L [...]
The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one. Although Lippershey did not receive his patent, news of the invention soon spread across Europe. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece. Improved Galileo on this design The Following year and applied it to astronomy. In 1611, Johannes Kepler Described how has far more telescope Could Be Useful made with a objective lens and eyepiece lens convex to convex. By 1655, astronomers such as Christiaan Huygens were building powerful but unwieldy Keplerian telescopes with compound eyepieces.
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- Dutch
- Invention
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Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 30 x 40. Source: https://lipking.com/wo [...]
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 30 x 40
Source: https://lipking.com/workszoom/2214823
- Painting
- XXI
Frank Cadogan Cowper was born in 1877 and studied at the RA Schools in his twenties. He enjoyed sign [...]
Frank Cadogan Cowper was born in 1877 and studied at the RA Schools in his twenties. He enjoyed significant critical acclaim early on in his career, writing to his mother that both Vanity and another painting exhibited at the RA in 1907 were “a terrific success.” Combining allusions to both Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite painting, Frank Cadogan Cowper’s Vanity celebrates beauty while cautioning against excessive self-regard.
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- Great Britain
- Painting
- XX
Despair, le Désespoir, by Jean-Joseph Perraud, 1861.
Despair, le Désespoir, by Jean-Joseph Perraud, 1861
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- France
- Sculptures
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Paul Gustave Fischer, 1917.
Paul Gustave Fischer, 1917
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- Denmark
- Painting
- XX
Roberto Ferri, contemporary italian painter, born in 1978,
Roberto Ferri, contemporary italian painter, born in 1978.
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- Italia
- Painting
- XXI
John William Waterhouse, 1888.
John William Waterhouse, 1888
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- Great Britain
- Painting
- XIX
Thomas pesquet french spacionaute
Thomas pesquet french spacionaute
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- France
- XXI
Les frères géniaux, frenchs photographer and first field photographer. This photography was taken [...]
Les frères géniaux, frenchs photographer and first field photographer. This photography was taken as part of a work from the brother Charles et Paul Géniaux,they tookpicture from rural bretagne, a province fo france.
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- France
- Inventor
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The sculptural composition "The Kiss of Cupid and Psyche" (1794 - 1797) is one of the exhibition works of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. It is a plaster replica of the original stored in Louvre, and was commissioned by Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov. Initially, the sculpture adorned his estate in Arkhangelsk near Moscow, and later was transferred to St. Petersburg. After nationalization, the masterpiece was transferred to the Hermitage. Picture by Artem Arutyunov ,
The sculptural composition "The Kiss of Cupid and Psyche" (1794 - 1797) is one of the exhibition works of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. It is a plaster replica of the original stored in Louvre, and was commissioned by Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov. Initially, the sculpture adorned his estate in Arkhangelsk near Moscow, and later was transferred to St. Petersburg. After nationalization, the masterpiece was transferred to the Hermitage.
Picture by Artem Arutyunov
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- Architecture
- European science
- Sculptures
The famous Florence Cathedral, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, seems to overhang the cityscape. This historic basilica is one of the largest in Italy. It is attached to the Giotto bell tower and opposite the Porte du Paradis of the Baptistery of Saint John and the Loggia del Bigallo.Photograph by Stefanos Politis, National Geographic Your Shot,
The famous Florence Cathedral, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, seems to overhang the cityscape. This historic basilica is one of the largest in Italy. It is attached to the Giotto bell tower and opposite the Porte du Paradis of the Baptistery of Saint John and the Loggia del Bigallo.
Photograph by Stefanos Politis, National Geographic Your Shot
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- Architecture
- Italia
- Photo
- XIII
A Carolingian-era equestrian statuette in bronze depicting either Charlemagne or his grandson Charle [...]
A Carolingian-era equestrian statuette in bronze depicting either Charlemagne or his grandson Charles the Bald, a rare example of surviving Carolingian sculpture in metal, is exhibited in the Louvre Museum. 9th Century.
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- France
- IX
- Sculptures
William Shakespeare, English playwright. Oil painting (1847) by Louis Coblitz. (National Museum of t [...]
William Shakespeare, English playwright. Oil painting (1847) by Louis Coblitz. (National Museum of the Palace of Versailles.)
William Shakespeare is the most played, read and commented playwright in the world. Combining the sublime and the grotesque, that which in English is nicknamed "the Bard" is astonishing by the richness and the penetrating charm of the style, by the mastery of the dramatic construction as well as by the profusion of characters.
William Shakespeare, baptized on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died on April 23, 1616 (May 3, 1616 in the Gregorian calendar) in the same city, is considered one of the greatest poets, playwrights and writers of the English culture. He is renowned for his mastery of poetic and literary forms, as well as his ability to represent aspects of human nature.
A prominent figure in Western culture, Shakespeare continues to influence artists today. It is translated into a large number of languages and, according to the Index Translationum, with a total of 4,281 translations, it ranks third among the most translated authors after Agatha Christie and Jules Verne. His plays are regularly performed all over the world. Shakespeare is one of the rare playwrights to have performed both comedy and tragedy.
- Great Britain
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Perseus with the head of Medusa, also called Perseus of Cellini, is a bronze sculpture of Benvenuto [...]
Perseus with the head of Medusa, also called Perseus of Cellini, is a bronze sculpture of Benvenuto Cellini. It is considered one of the best works of Italian Mannerist sculpture and one of the most famous statues of Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy
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- Sculptures
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Charles Babbage's calculating engines are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of compu [...]
Charles Babbage's calculating engines are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. His Difference Engine No. 1 was the first successful automatic calculator and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time. This analytical engine, the first fully-automatic calculating machine, was constructed by British computing pioneer Charles Babbage (1791-1871), who first conceived the idea of an advanced calculating machine to calculate and print mathematical tables in 1812.
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- European science
- Great Britain
- Invention
- XIX
Ivan Kramskoi, 1883. Oil on canvas. 75.5 cm × 99 cm. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. . The model [...]
Ivan Kramskoi, 1883
Oil on canvas
75.5 cm × 99 cm
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
The model, whose identity is unknown, is a woman of "quiet strength and forthright gaze". It is one of Russia's best-known art works. The painting has been used as the cover for some editions of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. In 2008, Guggenheim curator Valerie Hillings observed that, "Many people just think she's sort of like Anna Karenina. She has that kind of special feel, that special Russianness".
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- Painting
- Russia
- Women throught time
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975,Oil - 40 x 24,
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil - 40 x 24
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Vladimir Volegov, Russian Contemporary Artist, June 2015. 92x65 cm, oil on canvas.
Vladimir Volegov, Russian Contemporary Artist, June 2015
92x65 cm, oil on canvas
Source
- Painting
- Russia
- XXI
Mary Lizzie Macomber, 1894.
Mary Lizzie Macomber, 1894.
- Painting
- USA
- XIX
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975,Oil on Canvas - 20 x 16,
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 20 x 16
Source
- XXI
Made in the first century BC, the Borghese Vase attests to the flourishing art market generated at t [...]
Made in the first century BC, the Borghese Vase attests to the flourishing art market generated at the end of the Hellenistic period by the taste of Roman society for lavish decoration for its villas and gardens. This monumental kylix, discovered in 1566 in the gardens of Sallust in Rome, was acquired - like the Borghese Gladiator and the Wounded Galatea (both in the Louvre) - by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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- BC
- Italia
- Sculptures
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975. Oil on Canvas - 40 x 40.
Jeremy Lipking, modern artist, born in 1975
Oil on Canvas - 40 x 40
Source
- Painting
- XXI
Rhodes Mfg. Co. Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. Girl on left said she was 10 years [...]
Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. National Child Labor Committee. Girl on left said she was 10 years old and been in mill a long time more than a year. Spinner girl on right said she was 12 years. Lincolnton, North Carolina, November 1908, Lewis Hine.
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- Building Europe
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- USA
- XX
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, is a French actor and playwright, baptized on January 15, 1622 [...]
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, is a French actor and playwright, baptized on January 15, 1622 in Paris, where he died on February 17, 1673.
Coming from a family of Parisian merchants, he joined at the age of 21 with a dozen comrades, including the actress Madeleine Béjart, to form the troupe of the Illustrious Theater which, despite the collaboration of renowned playwrights, did not succeed to win in Paris. For thirteen years, Molière and his friends Béjart roam the southern provinces of the kingdom in an itinerant troop maintained by several successive protectors. During this period, Molière composed some farces or small comedies and his first two large comedies. Returning to Paris in 1658, he quickly became, at the head of his troop, the actor and favorite author of the young Louis XIV and his court, for whom he designed numerous shows, in collaboration with the best scenic architects, choreographers and musicians of the time. He died at the age of 51, a few hours after having for the fourth time held the title role of The Imaginary .
- France
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