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The Life of Moses panel in Rome's Sistine Chapel. Painted by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE). Early 1480s CE.

An 1880 oil on canvas, Still Life with Oranges, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. A work showing a strong influence from Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), it has strong tones and a contrast of hard and soft edges...

Title page of the Life of Ignatius of Loyola, print by Cornelis Galle, Antwerpen, 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace by Alexander Mikaberidze

An 1880-82 oil on canvas, Still Life with Oysters, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Here there is a much looser use of brushstrokes than Caillebotte usually employed as he tackles the problem many impressionists...

An 1867 oil on canvas still life by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. (Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA)

The Roman army, famed for its discipline, organisation, and innovation in both weapons and tactics, allowed Rome to build and defend a huge empire which for centuries would dominate the Mediterranean world and beyond. Overview The Roman...

Roman Nose (Woqini, "Hook Nose", l. c. 1830-1868) was a Northern Cheyenne warrior known for his courage in battle, who became so famous among white settlers and the US military that they believed he was chief of the Cheyenne nation. He was...

Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices...

The Western Roman Empire is the modern-day term for the western half of the Roman Empire after it was divided in two by the emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE) in c. 285/286 CE. The Romans themselves did not use this term. At its height (c...