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The Judgement of Paris
The painting shows the Judgment of Paris, an event in Greek mythology. Figures, from left to right: The goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, then Aphrodite's son, Eros, and Paris.
Oil on canvas, 1904. Museum of Málaga.
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The Judgement of Paris (Detail)
A detail from a fragmentary marble relief depicting the Judgement of Paris, one of the preliminaries in the Trojan War story. Paris wears his typical oriental cap and on the left is his companion, the shepherdess Oenone...
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Adolf Hitler in Paris
A photograph showing Adolf Hitler in Paris after the Fall of France in 1940. On the left is Albert Speer (Hitler's favourite architect and future Armaments Minister) and on the right is Arno Breker (architect and sculptor...
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The 'Big Four', Paris Peace Conference
A photograph of the 'Big Four' leaders at the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles which decided peace terms after the First World War (1914-18). Left to Right: Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Orlando (1860-1952...
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Matthew Paris' Map of Britain
Map of Great Britain by Matthew Paris (c. 1199-1259), made c. 1250. From the manuscript Epitome of Chronicles, BL Cotton MS Claudius D VI, fol. 12v. (British Library)
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Paris
In the antiquity, the statue represented an attendant of the original god Mithras and would have held a torch, but in the 18th century, the arms were restored with attributes of the Trojan prince Paris. Discovered outside Rome in 1785...
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German Soldier in the Paris Gun, WWI
A May 1918 photograph of a German soldier inside the barrel of the massive Paris Gun, an artillery piece used in the Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums...
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The Arabian Commission in Paris
A 1919 photograph of the Arabian Commission to the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles which decided peace terms after the First World War (1914-18). Standing in the foreground is Emir Faisal while to the rear and...
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Paris Gun, 1918
A 1918 photograph of the Paris Gun, a giant artillery piece used by the German Army in the last year of the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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Siege of Paris, 885-886 CE
A depiction of the Siege of Paris in 885-886 CE, by Mirco Paganessi.
Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
