Images

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...

A map illustrating the outbreak and course of the French Revolution (aka The Revolution of 1789 to distinguish it from the ones of 1830 and 1848) and the consequential conflicts between France, the largest and most populous state in Western...

French Republican calendar for Year III (1794-95), drawing by Philibert Louis Debucourt. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

An illustration in the French Republican Calendar for the month of Vendémiaire Year VI, or September-October 1797 in the Gregorian calendar. Vendémiaire was the first month of the year under the Republican Calendar. By Salvatore Tresca and...