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It was no accident that I recalled La Fontaine's fable of the statue of Jupiter last night. In an illustrated edition of La Fontaine, the figure of Jupiter was depicted as a sculpture resembling the one installed in the hall of the former residence of the Margraves of
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Every Liturgy Is an Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hell. Saint Nikolai of Žiča (Velimirović) (1881-1956) A mighty truth: the grace and mystery of the Liturgy truly shake the gates of darkness.
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Valery Ivanovich Yurlov is a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series in which he explores the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation. Valery Yurlov's works are held in the collections of
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"The sea; in the distance the Russian fleet can be seen; in the foreground Empress Catherine II in a chariot drawn by sea-horses and guided by Neptune; on the right side of the chariot is Minerva, and on the left a genius holds fettered Turks on a chain
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The casket was intended for the safekeeping of important founding documents and charters granted for the administration of the governorates of the All-Russian Empire". The Tver Viceroyalty, established on 25 November 1775, became the first administrative-territorial unit of the new pattern in the Russian Empire. The casket
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A wondrous marble once a sculptor bought For carving. "Whether I make a god, or a table, Or a vessel for washing, — It shall be a god! Let the sovereign Hold thunderbolts in his hands! Fall to the dust, you mortals, — Behold the master of the universe!" So
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Our House Is on Fire, and We Are Looking the Other Way. Jacques Chirac. In the photograph: Chirac in the 2000s and in 1968
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Almost 600 square metres of frescoes are called the most accomplished creation of Gury Nikitin. The subject of the main volume glorifies Our Lord Jesus Christ, telling the whole story of his life. On the piers are depicted the venerated saints, the pillars of the Church, together with representatives of
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Pray, read, read, read, read again, labour, and you shall discover something new
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Botticelli's "Madonna of the Veil" turns out to be a twentieth-century fake, painted from the popular 1930s actress Jean Harlow. Doubts about its authenticity were confirmed by the discovery of modern pigments. The true author of the "Botticelli Madonna" proved to be the
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The Béton Centre for Visual Culture has announced a new project, "Masterpieces of Early Photography". The exhibition, which opens on 29 August, will present unique works by outstanding nineteenth-century photographers: David Hill and Robert Adamson, Édouard Baldus, Henri Le Secq, Gustave Le Gray and other masters whose