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TEC4616490: The cemetery of Pere Lachaise in Paris. The cemetery opened around 1804 on a land formerly owned by the Jesuit. The architect Alexandre Theodore Brongniart conceived the plans of 1810. Many artists worked at Pere-Lachaise in the first half of the 19th century. With an area of almost 44 hectares, it counts about 70 000 monuments.ÆPhotograph 06/06/05. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4616522: The tomb of Francois-Joseph (Francois Joseph) Talma (1763-1826) at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris 20th. Opened around 1804 on a land formerly owned by the Jesuit. The architect Alexandre Theodore Brongniart conceived the plans of 1810. Many artists worked at Pere Lachaise in the first half of the 19th century. With an area of almost 44 hectares, it has nearly 70,000 monuments. Photography 06/06/05. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617044: A comet seen in the sky of the planet Mars - illustration - Comet Over Candor on Mars - Illustration - A comet passes over Candor Chasma, one of the canyons of Valles Marineris. In the sky, the bright spot is the planet Earth. A comet lights up the Martian predawn over the twisted landscape of Candor Chasma. The distant mountains are several kilometers high. The planet Earth shines as a bright blue star in the sky / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617192: Mercury by Mariner 10 - Mercury by Mariner 10 - Region cratere Kuiper - Mosaic of images made by the Mariner 10 probe. Region around the Kuiper crater (small bright white crater at the bottom right of the picture) and the Lermontov crater (large white crater at the top left center) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617537: Square d'Orleans, Paris 9th. Appoints in tribute to King Louis Philippe (1773-1850). In the romantic period, many famous families had made this residential complex a veritable phalanstere of artists. This space of time is very protected by the Historic Monuments, was built from 1830 to 1832 by the British architect Edward Crecy, who in 1829 had brought it to Melle Mars, famous actress of the Theatre Francais and formidable businesswoman. The Square is made up of three inner courtyards connected by vault passages (Ankillary Corridors) to the coffered ceilings. There were 46 apartments and artists' workshops, the last of which is still visible in the third courtyard. The central courtyard, monumental, is an English square in the style of Regent's Park in London, England. Composed of 4 buildings on 4 floors, lined with beds, planted with trees, it is decorated in its centre with green baskets and a jet of water fed by the water of the Ourcq Canal. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617546: Square d'Orleans, Paris 75009. Appoints in tribute to King Louis Philippe (1773-1850). In the romantic period, many famous families had made this residential complex a veritable phalanstere of artists. This space of time is very protected by the Historic Monuments, was built from 1830 to 1832 by the British architect Edward Crecy, who in 1829 had brought it to Melle Mars, famous actress of the Theatre Francais and formidable businesswoman. The Square is made up of three inner courtyards connected by vault passages (Ankillary Corridors) to the coffered ceilings. There were 46 apartments and artists' workshops, the last of which is still visible in the third courtyard. The central courtyard, monumental, is an English square in the style of Regent's Park in London, England. Composed of 4 buildings on 4 floors, lined with beds, planted with trees, it is decorated in its centre with green baskets and a jet of water fed by the water of the Ourcq Canal. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4626188: Base on Titan - Illustration - Titan 2121: Departing blimp - Astronauts on a mining base on the surface of Titan. 100 years from now space exploration may have evolved to space exploitation on some very exotic worlds. Could it be possible that some day a natural resource of extraordinary value could be found on a world 700 million miles away? a resource that would justify an unprecedented investment in an infrastructure capable of bringing these resources to market? This image suggests how a large - scale mining operation on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan might appear / Bridgeman Images
LBY4626101: Facade of the Museum of Modern Art, Palais de Tokyo, 11-13 avenue du President Wilson, Paris 16th. Architects: Jean Claude Dondel (1904-1989), Andre Aubert (1905-1987), Paul Viard (born 1880) and Marcel Dastugue (1881-1960), construction 1934-1937. In the foreground are the couchees of Louis Dejean (1872-1954), Leon Drivier (1878-1951) and Auguste Guenot (1882-1966). / Bridgeman Images
LBY4626097: Palais de Tokyo, 11-13 avenue du President Wilson, Paris 16th arrondissement. Architects: Dondel, Aubert, Viart and Dastugue, 1937. onstruit for the Universal Exhibition of 1937, it now houses in the east wing the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. France, an immense allegory of Antoine Bourdelle, dominates the court in all its verticalite. Elegated in 1948 by the Free French Association. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4626498: Saint Ambrose Altar: detail of the part facing the fideles representing scenes of the life of Christ (Golden altar representing scenes of the life of Christ) - Golden reliefs ciseles by the goldsmith Vuolvino (or Volvinio) and entourage, approximately 835, Basilica saint Ambrose (Basilica sant Ambrogio) Milan - Golden Altar of Saint Ambrose: frontal of the high alter (detail) illustrated with scenes from the life of Christ - Embossed gold work by the goldsmith Vuolvino (or Volvinio), circa 835. Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, Wolvinus (Vuolvinius, Vuolvino or Volvinio) (active c.824-859) / Bridgeman Images