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A photograph showing part of the exhibition space of the 2022-23 exhibition Baroque, Age of Contrasts in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich. ©Swiss National Museum (used with permission)

A photograph showing a section of the 2022-23 exhibition Baroque, Age of Contrasts in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich. ©Swiss National Museum (used with permission)

Portrait of Charles, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Teschen (1771-1847), oil on canvas by Thomas Lawrence, 1819. Charles was the brother to Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire (1792-1806) and Austria (1804-1835), and he would become...

Battle of Neerwinden, 18 March 1793, which resulted in an Austrian victory over an army of the French Republic. Painting by Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 19th century.

Artist's impression of ancient Greek philosophers discussing ideas. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Artist's impression of what gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome may have looked like. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

A map illustrating the scope and geopolitical context of the Sepoy Mutiny (from Persian sepāhī, for soldier) of 1857 in India. Originating in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the mutiny soon escalated from a revolt of the East India Company's...

The wedding of Thetis and Peleus - Golden Apple of Discord by Jacob Jordaens, after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1633. Museo del Prado, Madrid

Eris depicted on an Attic black-figure kylix, 575-525 BCE. Altes Museum, Berlin.

Discordia (Eris, the goddess of the twist) throws a golden apple for the goddesses present to disturb the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, miniature in Jean Miélot's adaptation of Christine de Pisan, L'Epître d'Othéa (Ms. 9392, fol. 63v.), c...