Images

The Rape of Proserpina, white marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-22. Galleria Borghese, Rome. Photo by Int3gr4te, 2007.

The Maiden Tower, Baku, Azerbaijan, built in the 12th century.

A 19th-century pastel on paper drawing, Carmen, by Emile Wauters (1846-1933). Carmen is the central character in the novella of that name by Prosper Mérimée (1803-70) and the opera by the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875).

A portrait of the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875).

A c. 1860 portrait by Felix Henri Giacomotti of the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875). (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)

The tomb of the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

An 1875 photograph taken by Étienne Carjat of the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875).

A map illustrating the Battle of Rivoli, a crucial engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in January 1797. It occurred near the town of Rivoli Veronese in northern Italy and was fought between the French army, led by General Napoleon...

Political map of Italy near the arrival of the Normans, who eventually conquered Southern Italy and Sicily, including the principalities of Salerno, Capua, and Benevento.

The Austrians charge against a line of French soldiers under General Claude Victor-Perrin at the Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800), by Benoit Perrier. Marengo Museum.