Early monastic life. Mar Saba, center of earlier Greek Hymns, Odes and Canons, and of the Quasi-Ecclesiastic Hymn.
Mar Saba, center of earlier Greek Hymns, Odes and Canons
Category: Fashion History
Citizens of New Amsterdam during the 17th century
Historic dress in America 1640-1686. Dutch lady. English gentleman. A patroon.
The Hagia Sophia of Trebizond, Turkey. Byzantine Architecture.
The Hagia Sophia, former Byzantine monastic church in Trabzon. Byzantine Art, History and Architecture.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
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.
View of the Tomb of Andrzej Kosciusko at West Point.
Kosciuszko was a Polish military engineer. Between 1776 and 1783, he fought on the American side in the American War of Independence.
The cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.
The history of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, one of the most ancient edifices in Paris.
Fashion silhouettes of the 19th century.
Restoration (1814-1830), Romantic period (1830-1848), Second Empire (1852-1870).
The Execution & Death of Anne Boleyn.
Anne Boleyn 1st Marquess of Pembroke was the second of Henry VIII’s six wives and Queen of England from 1533 to 1536.
