Images

Engraving depicting the mass executions of Federalist rebels by cannon at point blank range, following the Siege of Lyon, August-October 1793. Engraving by Auguste Raffet, 1834.

Qutb Minar, Delhi, India.

Muqarnas at Chehel Sotoun Palace, Isfahan, Iran.

Decorative muqarnas vaulting in the iwan entrance to the Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran.

A pavilion in the restored Courtyard of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain.

Muqarnas in the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque, Russia.

The ceiling of the entrance of the Agha Bozorg Mosque in Kashan, Iran.

Calliope, muse de l'éloquence et de la poésie épique (Calliope, muse of eloquence and epic poetry) by Cesare Dandini.

Calliope on an antique fresco from Pompeii.

Portrait of Fabre d'Eglantine (1750-1794), the French poet, playwright, and Jacobin politician who is best known for having come up with the names of the months in the French Republican calendar. Oil on canvas by an unknown artist, c. 1790-94...