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The Secret of the English Lawn: Sow It, Then Arrange for Rain Over Seven Centuries
André Maurois
Alexandr Radayev
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At the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, appeared in vestments by the celebrated French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, aged 75, who in his day dressed Lady Gaga and Pope John Paul II…
At the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, appeared in vestments by the celebrated French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, aged 75, who in his day created outfits for Lady Gaga and Pope John Paul II. For the opening ceremony Castelbajac also designed vestments
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Wooden 1920s propaganda placard from Central Asia calling for an end to the veil
Down with the Veil! Wooden placard, 1920s, Central Asia
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Raphael's Sketches, c. 1505
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Ancient Swedes in the high-budget series “The History of Sweden” by SverigesTelevision AB
The ancient Swedes according to the lavish series "Sweden's History", produced by SverigesTelevision AB. Charming
Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The Hermitage opens an exhibition on mythical monsters of Antiquity and their conquerors
The Hermitage has opened the exhibition "…Look into the Eyes of Monsters…": Mythical Personifications of Terror in Antiquity and Their Conquerors. Its heroes are the dreadful creatures of mythology, the monsters and chimeras that symbolised the fears surrounding the ancient Greeks and found vivid embodiment in the art
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Theatre set with a crescent moon face and pink draped paper curtain
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In my view, the most beautiful stand at the contemporary art fair |catalog| is that of the Deep list gallery
In my view, the most beautiful stand at the contemporary art fair |catalog| is that of the Deep list gallery. The girls do something special every time, and this time they have managed to create a quite distinctive mood, one that echoes the art on show and frames it with
Faith · Art · Observations · Heritage · Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris keeps the Crown of Thorns, a sacred relic believed to be the very crown placed on the head of Jesus Christ by Roman soldiers during his mocking
Fortunately, the relic was saved during the fire, and after the restoration the crown was placed in a new reliquary. Here is the reliquary of one of the greatest holy objects of mankind, made in our own day by Sylvain Dubuisson; compare it simply with the reliquary created in the
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