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

HONORĂ© 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
Nicolas Copernicus' treatise "De Revolutionibus        
Orbium Coelestium libri sex".                          
Library of the Collegium Maius.
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Nicolas Copernicus' treatise "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium libri...

Woolthorpe Cemetery,where Newton used to sit in the years 1665/66 when the plague prevented him from attending classes in Cambridge."In those days I was in  the prime of my age for invention.." Newton wrote  late in life.
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Woolthorpe Cemetery,where Newton used to sit in the years 1665/66 when the plagu...

Astronomical instrument (ca. 1500) used at the         
Collegium Maius (old university) at Cracow when        
Nicolas Copernicus studied there.
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Astronomical instrument (ca. 1500) used at the Collegium Maius (old uni...

Alchemist laboratory. Reconstruction                   
in the old university in Cracow, Poland.
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Alchemist laboratory. Reconstruction in the old university in...

Olstyn (Allenstein) Castle,Poland.
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Olstyn (Allenstein) Castle,Poland.

Monument for Johann Strauss son in Vienna's            
Stadtpark-garden, 1921.                                
Johann Strauss  Denkmal im Wiener Stadtpark.
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Monument for Johann Strauss son in Vienna's Stadtpark-garden, 1921....

The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas    
song "Silent Night,Holy Night" on the desk of composer 
and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in        
Hallein near Salzburg,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,Holy...

Mozart's pianoforte,by Anton Walter of Vienna,1780.    
On the wall a portrait of a young boy,son of           
Karl Joseph Count Firmian,governor of Lombardy and     
a patron of Mozart during his childhood trip through   
Italy.
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Mozart's pianoforte,by Anton Walter of Vienna,1780. On the wall a portrait o...

Interior of Waisenhauskirche on Rennweg in Vienna.     
Here, in the presence of Empress Maria Theresia,       
in 1768,the 12-year-old Mozart conducted his first     
mass.The score lists a "warlike trumpet" among the     
instruments.
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Interior of Waisenhauskirche on Rennweg in Vienna. Here, in the presence of...

Room in the house where Mozart was born:on the wall a  
portrait of father Leopold Mozart;on the music stand   
Leopold Mozart's "School for the Violin";on the desk     
sheets of music and young Wolfgang's small violin,     
51 cm long, 17 cm wide,by Andreas Ferdinand Mayer.
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Room in the house where Mozart was born:on the wall a portrait of father Leop...

The court theatre of Schoenbrunn Palace with the       
stage set for Mozart's opera "Der Theaterdirektor"
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The court theatre of Schoenbrunn Palace with the stage set for Mozart's o...

Living room in Konstanze and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
apartment on Schulerstrasse in downtown Vienna.Here,
Mozart's three last quartets dedicated to Haydn were
played by Mozart father and son and their friends,the
two barons Tinti.
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Living room in Konstanze and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's apartment on Schulerstras...