Art · Museums
Study of a Dog (1861–1862 or 1875), Gustave Courbet
Langmatt Museum, Baden
Alexandr Radayev
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The Letters of Édouard Manet, 1879–1880, Embellished by the Artist
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Have You Ever Heard of Mexican Baroque?
Have you ever heard of Mexican Baroque? Before you are two paintings on the theme of the Annunciation by Cristóbal de Villalpando of Mexico City, the most brilliant representative of Mexican Baroque art.
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King George V of England Mows the Lawn under the Watchful Eye of His Mother, the Dowager Queen Alexandra
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The Whole Crew of "The Sicilian Clan" on Board One Aeroplane: Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura
The whole crew of "The Sicilian Clan" on board one aeroplane: Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura. A stunning cast for a legendary film. A breed of men that has almost been taken out of production.
Architecture · Art · Museums · Rome
Painting of the Pantheon interior at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of the Pantheon. Washington, National Gallery of Art
Books · Monarchies · People
Mikhail Lomonosov on the merits of the Russian language among European languages
Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Rome, used to say that one should speak Spanish with God, French with friends, German with the enemy, and Italian with the fair sex. But had he been skilled in the Russian tongue, he would surely have added that one may fittingly speak it with
In the Press · Faith · Science
The Sun reports on the latest scientific findings confirming that the Shroud of Turin was first made about 2,000 years ago, which coincides with the time of Jesus Christ, suggesting that the burial cloth with…
Thousands of hours have gone into the study of the Shroud: professionals from a variety of fields have examined the tiniest particles of pollen, microscopic fragments of stone, the details of photographs and X-rays of the cloth, its weave and much else besides. This is not the first study
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Alexandre Dumas's journey through Russia and the Caucasus in 1858 and 1859
Alexandre Dumas in a Circassian coat during his three-month stay in the Caucasus. Dumas père travelled through Russia in 1858 to 1859, having come at the invitation of the patron of the arts Count Kushelev-Bezborodko, who is called the prototype of the Count of Monte Cristo, and, for
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Mentions of Various Countries in the Polish Anthem
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The History of One English Road, from the Cretaceous to the Present Day
NB! · Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums
Detail of the Annunciation (the Madrid version, the best known), painted by Fra Beato Angelico in 1435
Detail of the Annunciation (the Madrid version, the best known), painted by Fra Beato Angelico in 1435. Look at the wing of the Archangel Gabriel and imagine the level of mastery of a Dominican friar of the early fifteenth century