The Church of St. Sophia Thessaloniki. The grand scene of the Ascension is one of the best specimens of Byzantine mosaic extant.
The Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki, Greece. Byzantine Architecture.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
The three daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave by Joshua Reynolds.
The three beautiful daughters of James, second Earl Waldegrave was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1780-1 for Horace Walpole.
View of the Cascade at Tivoli. Italian scenery.
This second fall is by most preferred to the great one above, where the waters, descending in one sheet, pass under the bridge seen above.
Monasteries and Cloisters as Centres of learning and Culture.
The history of monasticism reveals the fact that In every field of thought and activity this institution wrought good and evil.
The Wartburg, a famous castle in Thuringia, Germany.
THE WARTBURG lies on the north-western slope of the Thuringer Forest. Romantic castles and palaces as seen and described by famous writers
Citizens of New Amsterdam during the 17th century
Historic dress in America 1640-1686. Dutch lady. English gentleman. A patroon.
The Holy House of Loreto. The Basilica della Santa Casa.
In the slope of the eastern Apennines, overlooking the Adriatic gulf, stands what may be called the European Nazareth.
Costume silhouettes at the beginning of the twentieth century.
In 1920 the costume consisting of a straight, short skirt, trim box coat or sweater and blouse
Madame Le Brun and Child exhibited at the Salon of 1787
Painted at Vigée Le Brun’s best period this group ranks among her highest achievements,- it has been engraved and reproduced times out of number
Early 16th century clothing of a German magistrate and knight.
Garment of a German magistrate and knight at the beginning of the 16th century.