Images

A portrait of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) the astronomer who created the then most accurate model of planetary astronomy and the laws of planetary motion. (Kepler Museum, Weil der Stadt, Germany)

The Giants' Staircase, with statues of Mercury and Neptune on either side, in the courtyard of the Doge's palace, Venice, Italy.

Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice. The room is 53 meters long and 25 meters wide (173 x 82 ft) and can seat 2,000 people. On the back wall is one of the largest oil paintings on canvas in the world: The Glory of Paradise by...

Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), Venice.

Line of Russian soldiers at the Battle of Borodino, part of the Panorama of Borodino by Franz Roubaud. Battle of Borodino Museum-panorama.

Battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812; Russian General Prince Peter Bagration can be seen sitting on the ground in the center, still commanding his troops despite suffering a mortal wound. Oil on canvas painting by Peter von Hess, 1843. State...

Plains Indians, oil on canvas after George Catlin. Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle Photo by Ismoon.

The Silenced War Whoop, oil on canvas by Charles Schreyvogel, 1908. American Museum of Western Art, Denver.

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees, oil on card mounted on paperboard by George Catlin, 1861. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Map reconstituting the geographic culture areas of the early Native American tribes and the different Amerindian languages ​​that were spoken in the USA. By William C. Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institute, 1967.