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American architect Stanford White was born on November 9, 1853. His Italian Renaissance Revival buildings and Shingle Style homes made Stanford White one of the most prominent architects of the Gilded Age.

In addition to elaborate summer homes for the Vanderbilts and other wealthy families, Stanford White designed the New York Herald Building, Madison Square Garden, and New York's Washington Square Park Arch.

Like his buildings, Stanford White's personal life was lavish. A red velvet swing hung from the gold leaf ceiling in his Madison Square Garden apartment where he entertained many beautiful young women. Eventually, Stanford White was shot in Madison Square Garden; he died in the building he created.

November 8, 1793 marks the date that the French revolutionary government turned the posh royal palace in Paris into what became one of the world's most famous museums: The Louvre.

But what's with that odd glass pyramid out front?

^{Louvre Photo © Alexei Nabarro / iStockPhoto}

November 7, 1917 marks the second stage of the Russian Revolution when Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky lead Communist revolutionaries in a violent overthrow and captured the Winter Palace. You may have seen slightly different dates for these events - Russia still used the Julian calendar. But by any records, Russia's political upheaval brought dramatic changes, including a transformation in the visual arts.

Join us for a photo tour of Architecture in Russia. And, to learn more about the Russian Revolution, see this history timeline, from About European History.

^{Shown here: Hermitage Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo from ArtToday.com.}