Symbol of the first English industrial revolution , Coalbrookdale, by night (1801) was painted by the French painter Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812). The artists most famous and most reproduced painting, this oil on canvas is not very representative of his work. The theme of this painti
Alcatraz. A maximum security prison located on a rocky island off the coast of San Francisco. Today it does not fulfill its main task, it is only a well-known and frequently visited tourist attraction. What is the history of this place and what was the famous escape from the island like? Gannet
Islamic Sufism consists of a set of mystical practices, of an initiatory character, developed by Islamic sages. By Me. Cláudio FernandesIn the western world, especially from the turn of the 20th century to the 21st century, a somewhat biased, not to say negative, view of the Islamic religion was bu
A French noble of the 1700s wearing culottes A item of clothing typical of eighteenth-century mens fashion close to the French Revolution were the culottes, as already written in this post https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8234/storia-moderna/come-vestiva-un-nobile-francese-del-700. But h