Classical Collection (page 4)

Portrait of two dancers in traditional Thai classical dance costume, smiling and looking at the camera, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Birth of Aphrodite
She is born from the foam of the sea

Telesphorus Roman Deity
Roman healing deity, associated with Asclepius : personifying the hope of successful healing, he is represented as a boy in a hooded cloak

Stowe House C18Th
Sir Richard Temples House at Stowe, designed by William Cleere & begun in 1676. This view dates from a later period when many improvements have been made. Now Stowe School

Medusa and Perseus
The only way to defeat Medusa is not to look at her : Perseus keeps his gaze averted as she seeks to destroy him

Nativity / With Lamb
Classical Nativity compostion; Joseph carries his carpenters tools

Athena (Mussard)
The Greek goddess of wisdom, with her owl and a a dragon

The Odyssey / Scylla
Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, attacks Odysseus men

Iliad / Achilles (Geffroy)
As presented by Jean Racine in his play IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE

Poseidon / Vase Painting
Poseidon/Neptune with his chariot and winged horses

Mozart and Constanze on their honeymoon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791), Austrian composer and musician, seen here honeymooning with his bride Constanze. They married in 1782

Ancient Roman athletes boxing in leather gloves
Ancient Roman athletes boxing wearing a cestus (leather glove) on each hand

Ganymede (Titian)
The beautiful youth Ganymede, son of King Tros of Troy, catches Zeus eye and he sends an eagle to abduct him, immortalising him as the cupbearer of the Gods

Station In London - Euston
Euston- Station, London serving the London and North-Western Railway. The Euston Arch, built in 1837, was the original entrance to the station, facing onto Drummond Street. It was demolished in 1961

Peter Pears and Emanuel Hurwitz Aldeburgh Festival 1963
Peter Pears talking with Emanuel Hurwitz, violinist in the English Chamber Orchestra and Melos Ensemble during rehearsals of St Nicholas at Orford Church 23 June 1963 Aldeburgh Festival. Date: 1963

Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten Rehearsing
Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten rehearsing violin and piano in the Jubilee Hall for the Piano Trios recital in Aldeburgh Parish Church on 24 June 1963. Date: 1963

Temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Greek architecture. NOTE: This image avail. up to 100MB. Call for details

GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon, Propylaea and Erechtheum. Classical Greek art. Architecture

Birkenhead Park Gateway
The fine Neo Classical entrance gateway to Birkenhead Park, Merseyside, England. The park was opened in 1847. Date: mid 19th century

Pyramus & Thisbe
Babylonian maiden Thisbe has assignation with Pyramus but flees from lion; he finds her bloody veil, cries Can this be Thisbe ? stabs him- self, she arrives, does same

Leeds / Town Hall 1858
Leeds, Yorkshire: the Town Hall (architect Cuthbert Brodrick)

Muses - Thalia, Erato
Thalia muse of comic drama and Erato muse of lyric poetry

Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer, best known for his operas

Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Date: circa 1905

The satyr Marsyas teaching Olympus to play the Tibia or flute.. The satyr Marsyas sitting on a stone teaching the boy Olympus to play the Tibia or flute

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Classical Composer
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912) - Classical Composer. Professor at the Crystal Palace School of Music and conducted the orchestra at the Croydon Conservatoire

Soviet composer, dmitri shostakovich, backstage listening to the first performance of his 12th symphony the year 1917 being played by the leningrad philharmonic

Pavlova, Anna (1882-1931). Russian classical dancer. Poster of the Russian Ballets

Asia, China, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Wong Tai Sin District, Diamond Hill area. Jumble of multicolored koi carp form a colorful pattern in the Blue Pond of the Nan Lian Garden

Silhouette of Hurlingham Club House and polo players
Silhouette of the Hurlingham Club House and five polo players on horseback

Birkenhead Park Gateway
The fine Neo Classical entrance gateway to Birkenhead Park, Merseyside, England. The park was opened in 1847. 1950s

Orestes & Eumenides
Orestes is pursued by the Eumenides

Herodotus, Greek historian, artwork
Herodotus. Historical artwork of Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484-425 BC), a Greek historian from Iona who documented the Greco-Persian wars, which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC

Atomic structure, artwork
Atomic structure. Computer artwork of electrons orbiting a central nucleus. This is a classical schematic Bohr model of an atom

Medieval scholar, 16th century

Persian pharmacy, 13th century artwork
Persian pharmacy. 13th century Arabic artwork entitled The Preparation of Medicine from Honey. This image was produced in Baghdad, Iraq, whilst it was still part of the Persian Empire

Cover design for Narcisse by Nikolai Tcherepnin
Cover design for Narcisse, a mythological poem set to music by the Russian composer Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873-1945)

Pantheon and Fountain, Rome, Italy
View of the entrance to the Pantheon, with a fountain in the piazza in front. The Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome

Daphne Flees Apollo
She is beloved by Apollo, but has vowed to remain a virgin, so she flees him and when he nearly catches her, changes into a bay or laurel tree : her leaves become a symbol

Odysseus & Tame Animals
Odysseus and his men are amazed by a group of strangely tame wild animals - a lion licks Eurylochuss foot. Circe has cast a spell on them

Arion on a Dolphin
A Greek poet and musician, reputed to have been cast into the sea by mariners but carried to Taenaros on a dolphins back

Classical Myth / Lilith
LILITH, night vampire probably of Babylonian origin, supposed to haunt wildernesses. In Rabbinical writings she is supposed to have been Adams first wife

Trevi Fountain at night, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Stiebel Evening Dress
An evening dress in golden jersey classically draped and folded. By Victor Stiebel at Jacqmar

Aeneid Title Page
Title-page for the second part of Virgils Aeneid, in a French edition of 1662, featuring gods above, battles below, and some of the protagonists

Horace in Archway
QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Roman lyric poet and satirist

Muses - Clio, Calliope
Clio muse of history and Calliope muse of epic poetry

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