Since before the dawn of the written word, mankind has always cherished leaving behind memorials, inscriptions, trophies, monuments, and other kinds of symbolic instillations...
This manuscript illustration from the National Library of the Netherlands was created by an unknown 14th-century artist. Although the artwork visually depicts late medieval...
This painting, by the French artist Pierre Paul Léon Glaize (1842 - 1932), was created for the Église Saint-Louis d'Antin (Church of Saint-Louis d'Antin)....
Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
"Once the process of heresy-hunting pervades an army, true comradeship dies. Officers are promoted not for professional knowledge but for being...
This scene of Norse mythology was sculpted by Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhard (1813–1902) and photographed by Ernst Alpers (c. 1828 - 1900). Standing in the...
Albert Camus (1913-1960)
"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
From The Myth of...
Alcibiades (c. 450-404/403 BCE) was a brilliant military strategist, but he was also an unscrupulous and flamboyant individual who often instigated chaos wherever he...
