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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
Telescope and other astronomical instruments, built by Galileo, on the terrace of San Marco, Venice, where they were shown to the Doge. Instruments from the Museo della Scienza, Florence.
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Telescope and other astronomical instruments, built by Galileo, on the terrace o...

Galileo Galilei's room in Florence, with his astronomical instruments
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Galileo Galilei's room in Florence, with his astronomical in...

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

Interior of the Palazzo Pitti with tapestry (17th) and Medici coat-of-arms. Galilei and his friends discussed science and literature here with the Grand Duke Cosimo II.
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Interior of the Palazzo Pitti with tapestry (17th) and Medici coat-of-arms....

First edition of the "Dialogo" by Galilei in which he supported Copernicus' view that the sun was the center of the universe: the publication brought Galilei before the Inquisition.
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First edition of the "Dialogo" by Galilei in which he supported Copernicus' vi...

Galileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, he returned to his house near Florence where he wrote the "Discorsi".
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Galileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by...

Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, Galilei returned to his house in 1633.
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Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sente...

World map and globe, 1507 by Martin Waldseemueller, and a scale model of Christopher Columbus' flagship, the "Santa Maria".
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World map and globe, 1507 by Martin Waldseemueller, and a scale model of Chr...

Sword, helmet of a conquistador, horseman's armour belonging to Charles V. Letter by Hernan Cortes.
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Sword, helmet of a conquistador, horseman's armour belonging to Charles V....

Peter Anich (1723-1766). Oil portrait. Map of Northern Tyrol with globes, spheres, and instruments.
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Peter Anich (1723-1766). Oil portrait. Map of Northern Tyrol wi...

Mayflower II. Exact replica of the Mayflower I, built to commemorate the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers, anchored at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Mayflower I landed in 1620.
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Mayflower II. Exact replica of the Mayflower I, built to commemorate the...

Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain railroad across the Semmering pass in Lower Austria, by Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802-1860).
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Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain...