The Night Bivouac of Napoleon's Army during retreat from Russia in 1812, by Vasily Vereshchagin ... Russia was pitted against all three in the Crimean War. French painter Adolphe Yvon captured ...
During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved African Americans gained their freedom on Cumberland Island by joining the ranks of the British occupier. For some, liberation was fleeting. Ned Simmons ...
This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to record movement sharply. Celebrated photographers such as ...
The Post-War & Contemporary Art Department offers blue-chip works by the most renowned international artists from 1945 to the present day. Our team has deep knowledge of the art market and expertise ...
Princeton University Press, 2002. "The Altered State and the State of Nature: the French Revolution in International Politics," Review of International Studies 25, 2 (April 1999), pp. 197-216.
Tolstoy's New Year Resolutions 1 - Keep an open mind We can learn a lot about the art of living from Tolstoy's War and Peace and from the life of the master novelist himself. One of Tolstoy's ...