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Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of disease. He was best known to the general public for inventing a method to stop milk and wine from...

Colossal winged lions are masterpiece examples of the Assyrian art excavated from the ruins of Ashrubanipal's palace at the great ancient city of Nineveh. The winged lions that these bookends are based on reside in both The British Museum, and The...

The sculptural type of Venus Genetrix shows Venus in her aspect of Genetrix (mother), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, who followed the precedent of Julius Caesar in claiming her as their ancestor. Through this historical...

Louis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers." He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank...

Hermes is the great messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and additionally as a guide to the Underworld. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who travel across them, of shepherds and cowherds, of the cunning...

Pan in Greek religion and mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. In Roman...

George Washington (1732 - 1799) served as the first President of the United States, and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation of the United...

Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and one of the two patrons of Italy (with Catherine of Siena), and it is customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4...

Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her...

The Diana of Versailles is a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis (Latin: Diana), with a deer, located in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. It is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, circa 325 BC. ...