The origin of the Corset. The Corset and the Crinoline.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter I.
Tag: Levant
Levant is the historical geographical name for the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.
Interior of the Great Temple at Baalbek.
The ruins of Baalbek. Drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett
Hilendar on Mount Athos, the “Holy Mountain.”
The mountain of Athos is well known throughout the entire Orthodox world as the centre of a great monastic republic.
King Richard and the third crusade. The Knights of english history.
The Exploits of King Richard I. the Third Crusade. The siege of Acre. The third crusade.
The Dead Sea looking towards Moab April 4th 1839
The View is taken from one of the hills of Engedi, immediately above the Convent of St. Saba
Jerusalem. S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives.
Jerusalem. Plan and section of S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives by Ermete Pierotti.
Mesopotamia. The Sumerian Chale. Sumer & Accad.
Restitution of the Sumerian garment in real life, based on a seated statue of Gudea, known as the “Architect with a ruler”.
The Laura of Mar Saba near the Dead Sea.
Nine and a half miles, on horseback, from Jerusalem in the unique grandeur of its situation (the Wilderness of Engedi, near the Dead Sea), the Laura of Mar Saba…
Early monastic life and the controversy over icons.
Two groups of poets, living in the seclusion of two monasteries were particularly involved in the dispute when at its height.
The Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki, Greece. Byzantine Architecture.
The Church of St. Sophia Thessaloniki. The grand scene of the Ascension is one of the best specimens of Byzantine mosaic extant.