manuel cohen

Show Navigation
  • Portfolio
  • Search (in english)
  • Reportages
  • Fine Art Prints
  • About
  • Contact
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • PicRights

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 189 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles,<br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1337.jpg
  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles, <br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1338.jpg
  • Europeans landing in America, oil painting, early 18th century, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. This scene takes place in the Southern USA or the Antilles,<br />
with the captain holding a white flag and accepting a peace pipe from the Indian chief, while his men offer a barrel and tools. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1336.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061124.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061120.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061119.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061110.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061103.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061128.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061127.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061126.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061125.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061123.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061122.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061121.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061118.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061117.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061116.jpg
  • Old tramway (detail); founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061115.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061114.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061113.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061112.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061111.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061109.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061108.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061107.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061106.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061105.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061104.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061102.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061101.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061100.jpg
  • Founded in 1540, Campeche City was the first Spanish settlement of the Yucatan Peninsula and served as one of the most important ports in America, exporting forest products. Actually tourists attraction for the upper-class Spanish mansions, churches and other colonial buildings still standing, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061099.jpg
  • Main concourse of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Originally opened in 1871, the station was completely rebuilt in 1913 and has 44 platforms and 56 tracks. The main concourse is 84x37m and 38m high, and its ceiling is painted with an astrological design by Paul Cesar Helleu, painted by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing. The large American flag was hung in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_NEWYORK_MC_050.jpg
  • Main concourse of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Originally opened in 1871, the station was completely rebuilt in 1913 and has 44 platforms and 56 tracks. The main concourse is 84x37m and 38m high, and its ceiling is painted with an astrological design by Paul Cesar Helleu, painted by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing. The large American flag was hung in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_NEWYORK_MC_014.jpg
  • General view of Parque Hidalgo with Grand Hotel in the backround, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 15, 2006, in the morning. There are many 18th-19th century Colonial buildings in the town which is now considered to be one of  the oldest continually occupied cities in the Americas. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC004.jpg
  • Detail of sculpture, La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. Montejo's house illustrates the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC012.jpg
  • Detail of sculpture, La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. Montejo's house illustrates the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC011.jpg
  • Oblique view of the Palacio Municipal (Town Hall), 16th century, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 15, 2006, in the morning.  The Town Hall, opposite the Cathedral, is a colonnaded building with a clock-tower. In 1821 news of Yucatan's independence was called out here by the town-crier. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC003.jpg
  • Low angle view of the Catedral de San Ildefonso, 1561-98, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 15, 2006, in the evening beneath a cloudy sky. The twin-towered cathedral stands on the site of a Mayan temple, many of whose stones were incorporated in the building which was built by the Mayan workers. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger), captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, whose lime-mortared stone buildings reminded them of Roman architecture in Merida, Spain. Having demolished Th'o and built a new city, incorporating old Mayan materials in the cathedral and other impressive 16th century buildings, they named it after Merida. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC001.jpg
  • General view of the Palacio Canton and garden, 1900s, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 18, 2006, in the evening. The Palacio Canton was designed by Enrico Deserti, directed by Manuel G. Canton Ramos, as the residence of General Francisco Canton, ex-governor of Yucatan. It was the first building in Merida to use elements such as ironwork and marble and is now a museum housing an important collection of Pre-Colombian Mayan objects. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC013.jpg
  • Detail of entrance to La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier suggesting the Medieval and Moorish has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC010.jpg
  • View from the front of La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier suggesting the Medieval and Moorish has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC009.jpg
  • View from the front of La Casa de Montejo (Montejo's House), 1549 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 13, 2006, in the evening. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger) captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, and built a new city named after Merida in Spain. The two tiers of the sculpted facade of Montejo's house illustrate the characteristics of Plateresque architecture, a combination of late Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance styles. The lower facade features fluted columns, classical entablatures and coffered panelling in Renaissance style. The two busts above the doorway are thought to be Montejo's parents. The upper tier, suggesting the Medieval and Moorish, has a frieze of grotesques and a bowed figure supporting the corbelled balcony. Above the window is the Montejo shield. Huge figures of Spanish halbardiers stand on heads, often interpreted as Mayans, but probably European demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC008.jpg
  • General view of Casas Gemelas (Twin Houses), early 20th century, Paseo Montejo,  Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 18, 2006, in the evening. These twin mansions, with French Renaissance features, were designed by French architect Gustave Umbdenstock (1866-1940), and Manuel Canton Ramos, who also oversaw the building of the Palacio Canton, supervised their construction. One of the houses was decorated in the early 20th century style by Fernando Barbachano, and has been preserved. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC007.jpg
  • General view of the Palacio Canton, 1900s, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 18, 2006, in the evening. The Palacio Canton was designed by Italian architect Enrico Deserti, directed by Manuel G. Canton Ramos, as the residence of General Francisco Canton, ex-governor of Yucatan. It was the first building in Merida to use elements such as ironwork and marble and is now a museum housing an important collection of Pre-Colombian Mayan objects. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC006.jpg
  • Oblique view of the Universidad de Yucatan, 1618, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 16, 2006, in the morning. The impressive white crenellated University building was originally a Jesuit boys' school. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC005.jpg
  • Oblique low angle view of the Catedral de San Ildefonso, 1561-98, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, pictured on July 15, 2006, in the evening beneath a stormy sky. The twin-towered cathedral stands on the site of a Mayan temple, many of whose stones were incorporated in the building which was built by the Mayan workers. In 1542 Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco de Montejo (the Younger), captured the ancient Mayan city of Th'o, whose lime-mortared stone buildings reminded them of Roman architecture in Merida, Spain. Having demolished Th'o and built a new city, incorporating old Mayan materials in the cathedral and other impressive 16th century buildings, they named it after Merida. Merida is the state capital of Yucatan. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
    LC_MEXICO_JUL07_MC002.jpg
  • An English slave owner from Barbados selling his mistress, by Jean Michel Moreau the Younger, 1741-1814, facsimile of the original in the Musee du Quai Branly, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1384.jpg
  • Le Shega, a negro dance, with slaves dancing and behind, industrial buildings including a mill and factory, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1375.jpg
  • Slave working at the sugar cane harvest, with master looking on, sepia wash, c. 1800, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1380.jpg
  • Model of a plantation in the West Indies, by Valerie Coriani, based on research by Jacques de Cauna and inspired by the Nolivos sugar cane plantation at Croix-des-Bouquets, Santo Domingo, with plantation, slaves' huts and to the left, aqueduct, mill and sugar factory, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1383.jpg
  • Map of the island of Martinique, German copy of the map by Guillaume Delisle, 1675-1726, by Matthieu Seutter, 1678-1757, after 1732, coloured engraving, from the Chatillon collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1362.jpg
  • Map of the Island of Santo Domingo in the West Indies, engraving with watercolour, published 1723, by Nicolas de Fer, 1646-1720, in the Chatillon collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1363.jpg
  • Map and view of Cap Francais, founded 1670, capital of Santo Domingo in the West Indies until 1751, when Port au Prince became the capital, 1728, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1364.jpg
  • View of the town of Fort Saint Pierre in Martinique, by Samuel Alken, 1756-1815, after Cooper Williams, 1796, engraving, in the Chatillon Collection, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1358.jpg
  • Fort of San Carlos, beginning of the 17th century, church of San Francisco in the distance. At present houses City Museum showing the defense system of the walled city of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061095.jpg
  • Fort of San Carlos, beginning of the 17th century, church of San Francisco in the distance. At present houses City Museum showing the defense system of the walled city of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061094.jpg
  • Church of San Francisco, 16th century, historic centre of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061092.jpg
  • Church of our Lady of Purisima Concepcion, XVII century, changed into the Cathedral in 1895, Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061090.jpg
  • Monument marking the room where Hernan Cortes was born in 1485, and right, the Monument to Hernan Cortes, designed by Eduardo Barron and inaugurated in 1890, in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain. Cortes is depicted wearing armour, trampling on Mexican idols and raising the banner of the Cross. Hernan Cortes, 1485-1547, was a Spanish Conquistador who caused the end to the Aztec empire and brought Mexico under the rule of Castile. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1048.JPG
  • Monument to Hernan Cortes, designed by Eduardo Barron and inaugurated in 1890, in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain. Cortes is depicted wearing armour, trampling on Mexican idols and raising the banner of the Cross. Hernan Cortes, 1485-1547, was a Spanish Conquistador who caused the end to the Aztec empire and brought Mexico under the rule of Castile. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1098.jpg
  • Monument marking the room where Hernan Cortes was born in 1485, and behind, the Monument to Hernan Cortes, designed by Eduardo Barron and inaugurated in 1890, in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain. Cortes is depicted wearing armour, trampling on Mexican idols and raising the banner of the Cross. Hernan Cortes, 1485-1547, was a Spanish Conquistador who caused the end to the Aztec empire and brought Mexico under the rule of Castile. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1097.jpg
  • Mission village at Saint Johns, Antigua, West Indies, drawing by L Stobwasser, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1373.jpg
  • Wealthy plantation owner inspecting sick slaves, 1822, coloured engraving, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1374.jpg
  • Slave hut, illustration, 1780, from La France Pittoresque, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1376.jpg
  • Slaves pounding couscous (actually manioc, called 'couche-couche' in Haiti), chromolithograph, c. 1840, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1377.jpg
  • Slaves working in the fields near Havana, Cuba, early 19th century, by Ambroise Louis Garneray, 1783-1857, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1378.jpg
  • Model of a plantation in the West Indies, by Valerie Coriani, based on research by Jacques de Cauna and inspired by the Nolivos sugar cane plantation at Croix-des-Bouquets, Santo Domingo, with slaves' huts and behind, aqueduct, mill and sugar factory, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1382.jpg
  • View to the North East of Fort Louis in Martinique in the Caribbean, 1796, by Williams Cooper, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.  Martinique changed hands several times between the French and English during the colonial wars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1370.jpg
  • Map of the island of Martinique, watercolour engraving published c. 1762 in Nuremberg, with text explaining the island's history, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Martinique was occupied by the French in 1637, attacked by the Dutch in 1674 and the English in 1693 and taken by Amiral Rodney in 1762. On the left is the attack of the royal fort by the English fleet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1361.jpg
  • Map of the French Antilles, based on documents of Mr Petit, Engineer to the King, and  observations of Guillaume De Pifle of the Academy of Sciences and First Geographer to the King, July 1717, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1360.jpg
  • Fort of San Pedro, last decade of the 17th century, Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061098.jpg
  • Fort of San Pedro, last decade of the 17th century, Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061097.jpg
  • Fort of San Carlos, beginning of the 17th century, at present houses City Museum showing the defense system of the walled city of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061096.jpg
  • Church of San Francisco, 16th century, historic centre of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061093.jpg
  • Church of San Francisco, 16th century, historic centre of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061091.jpg
  • Church of our Lady of Purisima Concepcion, XVII century, changed into the Cathedral in 1895, Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico Picture by Manuel Cohen
    DMEXICO061089.jpg
  • Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, with the Denver Art Museum and the  Central Library section of the Denver Public Library, built 1995 by Michael Graves, at 1357 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, USA. This postmodern extension was added to the original 1950s building and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. In the foreground is the monumental sculpture Denver Monoliths by Beverly Pepper, 2004-6. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_171.jpg
  • Central Library section of the Denver Public Library, built 1995 by Michael Graves, at 1357 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, USA. This postmodern extension was added to the original 1950s building and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_172.jpg
  • Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, copper statue erected 1951 by the Boy Scouts of America, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_TEXAS_MC010.jpg
  • Strengthen the Arm of Liberty, copper statue erected 1951 by the Boy Scouts of America, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The building is in Italian Neo-Renaissance style, with both Corinthian and Doric details and a large central dome. The State Capitol houses the Senate, Governor's Office, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_TEXAS_MC009.jpg
  • Oraibi, Arizona, possibly the oldest inhabited village in America, with classic Pueblo architecture with plaster over stone and a central plaza for religious and social gatherings and rooftops serving as upper patios reached by exterior stairs and ladders, photograph by Adam Clark Vroman, 1898, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_239.jpg
  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_141.jpg
  • Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Dakota Group), 100 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many dinosaurs lived in this area, including the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurs and the herbivorous Iguanodon Theiophytalia Kerri. Gradually, central Colorado became a coastal region as the vast Cretaceous Seaway formed, eventually covering the middle of what is now North America. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_142.jpg
  • Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_052.jpg
  • Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_051.jpg
  • Kiva, a round sunken ceremonial room, at Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_050.JPG
  • Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_049.jpg
  • Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_048.jpg
  • Long House, 13th century, a Native American Puebloan settlement of 150 rooms, kiva, tower, and central plaza, housing 150 people, on the Wetherill Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Long House was built c. 1200 and occupied for 80 years, and is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_047.jpg
  • The oldest basket yet found in the Americas, about 9000 years old, probably used to gather and process small seeds, made in central Utah, from the collection of the Utah Museum of Natural History, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_COLORADO_MC_232.jpg
  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC169.jpg
  • Burg Weiler Altar Triptych, Altarpiece with Virgin and Child and Saints, detail, central panel, c. 1470, by the Master of the Burg Weiler Altarpiece, German, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. This section depicts the Virgin and child surrounded by (left-right) St Apollonia, St Barbara, St Catherine and St Lawrence, with angels overhead crowning her. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC178.jpg
  • Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The central panel shows the Virgin and archangel Gabriel in the Annunciation, with on the left, a kneeling donor at open door and on the right, Joseph in his carpenter's workshop. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC134.jpg
  • Archangel Gabriel, detail, from the Annunciation, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC132.jpg
  • Blessing Bishop (centre), St Nicholas of Bari, Italian Gothic sculpture from Umbria, c. 1350–75, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The statue is in painted and gilded wood, and the bishop wears a mitre and a robe with a black orphrey ornamented with a series of quatrefoils and folded drapery forms. On the left is the Adoration of the Shepherds, 1374, by Bartolo di Fredi, active 1353-1410, central altarpiece panel, tempera with gilt on wood, from the Convent of SS Annunziata in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC126.JPG
  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, detail, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC103.jpg
  • Fireplace, late 15th - early 16th century, with central figure of St Michael, from Alencon, Normandy, France, in the Unicorn Tapestries Room, housing 7 tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC087.jpg
  • Unicorn Tapestries Room, housing 7 tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. On the left is a monumental fireplace, late 15th - early 16th century, with central figure of St Michael, from Alencon, Normandy, France. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_NYC_USA_MC086.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x