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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
The library of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte in Compiegne.
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The library of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte in Compiegne.

Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides" Paris, France. On December 15, 1840, the Emperor's remains were transferred from his exile on the island of St. Helena where he died on May 5, 1821.
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Napoleon's Tomb under the cupola of "Les Invalides" Paris, France. On Decemb...

The "Louisiana Purchase" treaty, by which France sold the Overseas Territory to the United States. Signed April 30, 1803. In the background a map of the City of New Orleans.
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The "Louisiana Purchase" treaty, by which France sold the Overseas Territory t...

The hall in the Imperial Foreign Office,now the Chancellery,where the Congress of Vienna met 1814/15 after the defeat of Napoleon I. Austria
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The hall in the Imperial Foreign Office,now the Chancellery,where the Co...

Mme. de Stael's salon in her Chateau in Coppet, Switzerland. It was a meeting place for writers and poets opposed to Napoleon.
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Mme. de Stael's salon in her Chateau in Coppet, Switzerland. It was a me...

Chateau de Coppet; bedroom of Mme. de Stael, famous writer and political opponent of Napoleon I.
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Chateau de Coppet; bedroom of Mme. de Stael, famous writer and political opp...

La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The dining room.
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La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The bedroom.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The "Recamiere," divan on which J.-J. David painted Mme Recamier.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte d...

Chateau de Sache. In this room Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote his famous novels "Le Pere Goriot" and "Le Lys dans la Vallee". Room and furniture have remained unchanged.
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Chateau de Sache. In this room Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote his fa...

Chateau de Sache, where Honore de Balzac spent several weeks a year. The salon, with furniture and wall paper of 1803. Left: study of a head of Balzac by Rodin.
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Chateau de Sache, where Honore de Balzac spent several weeks a year. The salon,...

Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer and journalist George Sand, pseudonym for Amandine- Lucie-Aurore Dupin (1804-1876). Her best-known lover was composer Frederic Chopin. When Napoleon III made himself Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant.
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Chateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer and journalist George Sand, p...