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Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORé DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs where B. Pascal wrote most of his religious works. On the table his books and some of his writings of the time.
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"Les Granges" (the barns) near the Abbey of Port Royal Des Champs...

Various instruments (17th), made for Blaise Pascal's experiments.
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Various instruments (17th), made for Blaise Pascal's experiments.

Blaise Pascal's desk with facsimile of his "Apologie de la religion chretienne" (Defense of the Christian Faith), one of his most important writings.
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Blaise Pascal's desk with facsimile of his "Apologie de la religion...

Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well for which Pascal invented and constructed the windlass.
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Courtyard of "Les Granges" (the barns) of Port Royal Des Champs, with a well...

Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic experience of the 40 steps in 1654 which he recorded in "le Memorial".
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Chapel of Port Royal des Champs where Pascal lived through the mystic exper...

Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, the manuscript of "le Memorial", and a burning candle.
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Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, the man...

Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, and the manuscript of "le Memorial".
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Blaise Pascal's silver castigation belt, his stone cross, and the...

Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.
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Courtyard of the Convent of Port Royal de Paris.

Blaise Pascal's cell at Port Royal des Champs with his prayer stool and Jansenist crucifix on the wall.
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Blaise Pascal's cell at Port Royal des Champs with his prayer stool and Jan...

Main square of Weil der Stadt with the house where Johannes Kepler was born (house of his grandfather, then mayor of the town, in background) and statue of Emperor Karl V.
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Main square of Weil der Stadt with the house where Johannes Kepler was born...

Table with two of Johannes Kepler's letters: one to his wife, the other to Emperor Rudolf II. Globe, sundial, and hourglass.
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Table with two of Johannes Kepler's letters: one to his wife, the oth...

Table with astrological calendar made by Kepler and the Town Acts which record his expulsion from Graz during the Counter Reformation.
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Table with astrological calendar made by Kepler and the Town Acts which...