Illustration Louvre

Illustration Louvre

FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, THE THREE GRACES OIL ON CANVAS BY JEAN-BAPTISTE REGNAULT IN 1793-1794

Illustration - Louvre Museum

Illustration - Louvre Museum

FRANCE, PARIS (75) 1ST DISTRICT, LOUVRE MUSEUM, RICHELIEU AND SULLY ROOMS, PAINTINGS FRANCE, THE THREE GRACES OIL ON CANVAS BY JEAN-BAPTISTE REGNAULT IN 1793-1794 Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA, THE PAPAL ALTAR AND BALDACHIN, MADE IN 1624 BY BERNINI AND CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. CAST WITH THE METAL ORIGINALLY ADORNING THE PEDIMENT OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME, ITS HEIGHT IS 29 METERS. ABOVE, THE CUPOLA OF THE BASILICA BY MICHELANGELO IN 1547. WITH ITS DOUBLE CAP, THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE DOME MEASURES 42 METERS, ITS INNER HEIGHT IS 92 METERS AND ITS HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE CROSS IS 136 METERS. THIS DOME HAS SERVED AS A MODEL FOR OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS THE DOME OF ST. PAUL IN LONDON (1675), THAT OF THE INVALIDES IN PARIS (1680-1691) AND THAT OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON (1794-1817). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. PARIS (75) APRIL 2020. FOURTH WEEK OF CONFINEMENT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. AN UNUSUAL AERIAL VIEW OF THE EMPTY AVENUE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES (TAKEN FROM PLACE DE LA CONCORDE). TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, GUILLAUME COUSTOU'S CHEVAUX DE MARLY, MADE IN 1745 AND TRANSFERRED TO PLACE DE LA CONCORDE IN 1794. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE ON THE PLACE DE L'ETOILE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY

MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY

MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY U.S. naval commander, negotiator of landmark treaty with Japan, 14 July 1853 Date: 1794 - 1858