TEC4654256: Experimental house of 1950-1952, by architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), in Meudon (Hauts de Seine). photo taken 10/05/98 (photo), Prouve, Jean (1901-84) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654319: La Palma Observatory - La Palma observatory - The Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory is located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. At 2400 m above sea level, this European Boreal Observatory is one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. Roque de Los Muchachos observatory is located at the top of La Palma island, in Canary islands. This is one of the largest astronomical centre in the world / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654364: La Palma Observatory - La Palma observatory - The Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory is located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. At 2400 m above sea level, this European Boreal Observatory is one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. Roque de Los Muchachos observatory is located at the top of La Palma island, in Canary islands. This is one of the largest astronomical centre in the world / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654398: View of the cathedral of Exeter, beginning of the 14th century (photography), English School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654473: The Marriage of the Virgin Wood, 15th century (oil on canvas), Master of Flemalle, (Robert Campin) (1375/8-1444) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654500: View of Hampton Palace Court Palace, circa 1515 (photography), English School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654520: La Palma Observatory: Gamma ray telescopes MAGIC - La Palma Observatory: The MAGIC Gamma ray telescopes - Major Atmospheric Gamma - ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC telescope) is a telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma, in the Canary Islands. MAGIC - I is a telescope of 17 meters in diameter. MAGIC - II (right) is a second telescope of 17 m in diameter located 85 meters from the first telescope (in operation since April 2009). MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma - ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) is a Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescope situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level. It detects particle showers released by cosmic gamma - rays, using the Cherenkov radiation. With a diameter of 17 meters for the reflecting surface, it is the largest in the world. A second MAGIC telescope (MAGIC 2, at right) at a distance of 85 m from the first one has started taking data in July 2009 / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654525: Officer of Hunters on Horseback of the Imperial Guard Charge, 19th century (painting), Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824) / Bridgeman Images

LBY4654583: La Maison du Peuple a Clichy - 1939 - Marcel Lods, Eugene Beaudouin, Jean Prouvé and Vladimir Bodiansky (photo), Prouve, Jean (1901-84) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654625: View of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 1096-1145 (photography), Romanesque, (12th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654634: View of the castle of Pembroke, 1083 (photography), English School, (11th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654798: The last judgment, 1120-1146 (Sculpture), Gislebertus, (12th century) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654815: First World War (1914-1918): “A meeting of the Superior Council at the Trianon Palace in Versailles in July 1918", 1924 (oil on canvas), Olivier, Herbert Arnould (1861-1952) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4653092: Telescope E - ELT - Artist's view - European Extremely Large Telescope - Artwork - Artist's view of the E - ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope), a telescope project measuring 40 metres in diameter. Its main mirror will consist of 906 hexagonal mirrors assembled together, and its total surface will be equal to that of a football field. A new architectural concept drawing of Eso's planned European Extremely Large Telescope (E - ELT) shows the telescope at work, with its dome open and its record - setting 40 - metre - class primary mirror pointed to the sky. In this illustration, clouds float over the valley overlooked by the E - Elt's summit. The comparatively tiny pickup truck parked at the base of the E - ELT helps to give a sense of the scale of this massive telescope. The E - ELT dome will be similar in size to a football stadium, with a diameter at its base of over 100 m and a height of over 80 m. Scheduled to begin operations early in the next decade, the E - ELT will help track down Earth - like planets around other stars in the habitable zones”” where life could exist - - one of the Holy Grails of modern observational astronomy. The E - ELT will also make fundamental contributions to cosmology by measuring the properties of the first stars and galaxies and probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4653121: Bauhaus building in Dessau (Germany) designed in 1925 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4653127: A Landscape road with cart of peasants, herds and shepherds, 19th century (oil on canvas), Demarne, Jean Louis (1752-1829) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654280: Still Life of Flowers, 17th century (oil on canvas), Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (1636-99) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654310: Christ Benching Wood, 15th century (painting), Gallego, Fernando (1440-1507) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4653146: Bauhaus building in Dessau (Germany) designed in 1925 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4653266: View of the yellow room of the Amalienburg Pavilion, 1734-1739 (photography), Cuvillies, Francois de (1695-1768) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4653301: Mirrors of one of the gamma ray telescopes HESS - Mirror of Gamma rays telescope HESS - Telescope of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) network located in Namibia near Gamsberg. This network of telescopes is dedicated to the study of high energy gamma rays. High Energy Stereoscopic System or HESS is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays. It is located in Namibia, near Gamsberg / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654505: View of Hampton Palace Court Palace, circa 1515 (photography), English School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654360: The zodiacal light and the Lactee Way - La Palma Observatory - Zodiacal light and Milky way - La Palma observatory - The zodiacal light and the Winter Lactee Way, photographed from the La Palma Observatory in the Canary Islands. The Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory is located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish Canary Islands. At 2400 m above sea level, this European Boreal Observatory is one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. Zodiacal light and winter milky way seen near dawn. Roque de Los Muchachos observatory is located at the top of La Palma island, in Canary islands. This is one of the largest astronomical centre in the world / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654457: View of the School of Fine Arts, 1898-1909 (photography), Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (1868-1928) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654472: Telescope geant Grantecan - Grantecan - La Palma observatory - The Telescope Grantecan (Gran Telescopio Canarias) is the largest telescope in the world. Its hexagonal mirror measures 10.4 m in diameter. The instrument cost EUR 130 million to Spain (90%), Mexico (5%) and Florida (5%). It is located at 2400 m above sea level, at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), called GranteCAN, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope and is undertaking commissioning observations at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma, Spain. It is the largest telescope of the world, in 2008 / Bridgeman Images

LRI4653427: Internal view of the church of the Benedictine monastery of the Holy Trinidad, 18th century (photography), Fischer, Johann Michael (1692-1766) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4653474: Kitt Peak Observatory - Arizona - McMath - Pierce Heliostat - Kitt Peak observatory. - Heliostat of the McMath solar telescope - Pierce. McMath - Pierce Heliosta / Bridgeman Images

LBY4653522: Cafe de l'Aubette in Strasbourg (Bas Rhin). Architect Theo van Doesburg (Emil Marie Kupper, 1883-1931), realisation 1928. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4653594: Detail of the Benedictine Church, 1749 (photography), Fischer, Johann Michael (1692-1766) / Bridgeman Images

MDA4653605: Les Halles de Boulingrin in in Reims (Marne). Ingenieur Eugene Freyssonet (1879-1962), architect Emile Maigrot (1880-1961). This building was built in 1927-1929, by the company Limousin, is covered by a spectacular thin parabolic vault in weapon concrete 7 cm thick, the building consists of a ground floor and a basement of 5700 square meters each and a peripheral mezzanine of 1800 square meters. In the first year, the building houses an exhibition on aviation and the halls operated until 1988 as a wholesale and retail walk. Destined to be demolized, they were classified as historical monuments in 1990 and have since been waiting to be rehabilitated to host a cultural programme. / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4653655: Marine Ships and sailboats moored, 19th century (oil on canvas), Fowles, Arthur Wellington (c.1815-78) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654758: Large Binocular Telescope - Large Binocular Telescope - Summer lactee over the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham, Arizona. The LBT consists of two giant mirrors measuring 8.4m in diameter. Summer stars over the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mt. Graham in Arizona, USA. The giant observatory combines two side - by - side 8 - meter telescopes / Bridgeman Images

PIX4654818: Mauna Kea observatory seen from Mauna Loa - Mauna Kea observatory seen from Mauna Loa - Mauna Kea observatory at 4200 meters altitude, seen from Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, USA. The Mauna Kea observatory, about 4,200 m height, seen from Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, USA / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654565: View of St.Paul Cathedral, 1675-1710 (photography), Wren, Christopher (1632-1723) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4654585: Portrait of Sophie Frederique, Princess of Baviere and Archiduchess of Austria (1805-1872), 19th century (painting), Stieler, Joseph Carl (1781-1858) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4654619: View of the medieval castle of Raglan, 1435 (photography), English School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images