EditorialFrance. Aude department. Occitanie region. Cite de Carcassonne. Medieval citadel. The architect Euge_ne Viollet-le-Duc renovated the fortress (1853-1879). Entrance to the Condal castle, residence of the Trencavell (12 th century). The king Jaime I, in ...
EditorialItalian Wars (1494-1559). Conflicts that involved the major states of Western Europe and most of the Italian city-states, as well as the Ottoman Empire. Italian engraving, 16 th century. Siege of a citadel by artillery. Later colouration.
EditorialHassan I (1836-1894). Sultan of Morocco between 1873 and 1894, member of the Alaouite dynasty. The Sultan receives a dispatch. 19 th century engraving R. Caton Woodville. Colored.
EditorialItaly. Sicily. Palerm. Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Chapel. Christ with Saint Peter and Paul above the throne stage. 12 th century.
EditorialLeonardesque models. Adjustable-tilt wing (Codex Atlanticus) and Wing-beating device with a screw and lead screw system ( Manuscript B). Leonardo da Vinci.16 th century. Model by Mario Alberto and Vittorio Somenzi, 1952. The science and Technology Muse...
EditorialFrance. Aude department. Occitanie region. Cite de Carcassonne. Medieval citadel. The architect Euge_ne Viollet-le-Duc renovated the fortress (1853-1879). Defensive towers of the Condal castle, residence of the Trencavell (12 th century). The king Jaim...
EditorialLeonardesque models. Adjustable-tilt wing (Codex Atlanticus) and Wing-beating device with a screw and lead screw system ( Manuscript B). Leonardo da Vinci.16 th century. Model by Mario Alberto and Vittorio Somenzi, 1952. The science and Technology Muse...
EditorialSpain. Galicia. Palas del Rey. Church of St. James (old monastery of Vilar de Donas). Detail of the paintings of the central apse. 14 th century. Ecce Homo.
EditorialNervous system Leonardo da Vinci's drawing. 15 th century. Leonardo studies the central nervous system in the ox brain an ingenious technique allows him to reproduce the shape of the brain ventricles by filling them with melted wax. Copy.
EditorialLeonardesque models. Adjustable-tilt wing (Codex Atlanticus) and Wing-beating device with a screw and lead screw system ( Manuscript B). Leonardo da Vinci.16 th century. Model by Mario Alberto and Vittorio Somenzi, 1952. The science and Technology Muse...
EditorialCzech Republic. Prague. The Storch House (No.16) Also called "At the Stone Virgin Mary". Facade adorned with figurative painting of St. Wenceslas on horseback. Designed by Mikolas Ales in the 19 th century. Neo-Renaissance. South facade of the Old Town...
EditorialHassan I (1836-1894). Sultan of Morocco between 1873 and 1894, member of the Alaouite dynasty. The Sultan receives a dispatch. 19 th century engraving R. Caton Woodville. Colored.
EditorialHassan I (1836-1894). Sultan of Morocco between 1873 and 1894, member of the Alaouite dynasty. The Sultan receives a dispatch. 19 th century engraving R. Caton Woodville.
EditorialItaly. Sicily. Palerm. Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Chapel. Christ with Saint Peter and Paul above the throne stage. 12 th century.