Images

A 1918 photograph of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). Bain News Service. (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)

Statue of Amakusa Shiro (1621-1638) in Amakusa, overlooking the sea of Ariake.

The grave of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) at his home Wahnfried in Bayreuth, Germany.

A c. 1910 postcard showing the interior of the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany. It was completed in 1876. It was designed with input from the composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) to ensure good acoustics, a clear audience view of the stage...

An 1872 photograph of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and his wife Cosima. Photograph taken by Fritz Luckhardt.

An 1861 photograph of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Taken in Paris by Pierre Petit.

An 1871 photograph of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Photograph taken by Franz Hanfstaengl.

A depiction of Typhon alongside the Harpies by Wenceslas Hollar. University of Toronto Wenceslaus Hollar Digital Collection.

Manuel de Godoy (1767-1851), the "Prince of Peace", was First Minister of Spain during the reign of King Charles VI of Spain. Corrupt and extravagant, Godoy was hated by the Spanish nobility and commoners alike, and his tenure helped lead...

The Uprising of 2 May 1808, or The Charge of the Mamluks, oil on canvas by Francisco Goya, 1814, part of a series of artworks depicting the horrors of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). This work depicts the charge of Napoleon's Mamluk cavalry...