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"In the sounds of the dinner being prepared in the kitchen there was an unpleasant reproach, and the prospect of washing and shaving seemed as near and as impossible as perspective to the masters of the early Middle Ages"
Nabokov, The Gift Photo by Jindřich Štreit
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Brodsky with Baryshnikov and Rostropovich
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Tower clock from Smolensk given to the Savvino monastery by Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich
The dial that adorns the belfry of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery today was installed in 1983, after yet another restoration. The very first dial dates from the time of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, who presented the Monastery of Saint Savva with a tower clock brought from Smolensk. Unfortunately, neither the clockwork
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Antique Armchair, 1895
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A Freemason, a Meissen Porcelain Figure
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The Duel between Onegin and Lensky, Ilya Repin
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The Bashful, by Igor Makarevich, at the Az/art Centre for Contemporary Art
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Posters reading "Russia is not our enemy" hang all over Italy
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Young Pict woman covered in tattoos, drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, c. 1585
A young daughter of the Picts, covered in tattoos. The girl wears nothing but a belt with a sword and a necklace. Drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, c. 1585
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Wall drawing of Through the Looking-Glass characters in a gallery
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