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
Terrace of Belvedere Castle used by Tycho de Brahe     
and Johannes Kepler for their astronomical observations
Quadrant by Habermehl of Dresden and a small globe.
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Terrace of Belvedere Castle used by Tycho de Brahe and Johannes Kepler for...

Sixteenth century telescope on the terrace of Johannes 
Kepler's house, near the Charles Bridge over the       
Moldau River, Prague. Background: the Hradschin.
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Sixteenth century telescope on the terrace of Johannes Kepler's house, near the...

Reproduction of the sky by night with movements of the 
Planets  Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Johannes Kepler was 
the first to observe the elliptic motion of the spheres
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Reproduction of the sky by night with movements of the Planets Mars, Venus, an...

Telescope (16th), Tycho de Brahe's handwritten         
"Tables of Sines" and the first edition of Copernicus' 
"Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies," annotated by     
Tycho de Brahe.
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Telescope (16th), Tycho de Brahe's handwritten "Tables of Sines" and th...

Hall of the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.In 1613 Kepler 
upon imperial order,asked the delegates to replace the 
Julian Calender with the Gregorian.The Protestant's    
refusal to adopt the new reckoning,left Germany with   
two different calendars for almost 100 years.
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Hall of the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.In 1613 Kepler upon imperial order,aske...

Johannes Kepler's study in Regensburg.
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Johannes Kepler's study in Regensburg.

Johannes Kepler's study in Regensburg.
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Johannes Kepler's study in Regensburg.

Manuscripts of Johannes Kepler's "Rudolphine Tables"   
and his "Dioptrice" on the printing press.             
Printing Press: Technisches Museum, Vienna             
Manuscripts: Vienna National Library
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Manuscripts of Johannes Kepler's "Rudolphine Tables" and his "Dioptrice" on t...

Room in which Kepler died in 1630. His writing desk,   
his last letter about his instruments which served as  
his last will and testament, his globe, and other      
personal effects.
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Room in which Kepler died in 1630. His writing desk, his last letter about hi...

Table in the archbishop's palace opposite              
the Tower of Pisa, with a letter by Galilei            
concerning his experiments on the free fall.           
Two stone balls, similar to those Galilei              
dropped from the Tower of Pisa.
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Table in the archbishop's palace opposite the Tower of Pisa, with...

University of Padua. Rostrum in the Aula Magna which   
Galilei's students built for him (he was small) so     
that they could see him better while he was teaching.
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University of Padua. Rostrum in the Aula Magna which Galilei's students built...

Telescope, triangle, magnet compass, hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th), which belonged to Galileo Galilei.
#24010240

Telescope, triangle, magnet compass, hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th...