Observations · Humour
By the way, according to one version, after her death Helen of Troy became the wife of Achilles
Death could have overtaken Helen, for example, by way of a sea nymph who appeared in the guise of a seal
Alexandr Radayev
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Painted view of the Elbe, a stone bridge and the Frauenkirche dome in Dresden
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Over three days, from 13 to 15 February 1945, Anglo-American aircraft all but destroyed the ancient German city of Dresden
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Terrifying Physiognomic Pictures
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A gentleman from a sixteenth-century Book of Hours decided to present his beloved with a small reminder of death
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Sculpture of stacked, lumpy forms against a cloudy sky
Books · Mores · People
Alexander Blok’s poem “She Came in from the Frost, Flushed” of 6 February 1908
What vexed me most was that it was not we who kissed but the doves, and that the days of Paolo and Francesca are past. 6 February 1908, Alexander Blok, "She came in from the frost, flushed..."
Archaeology · Science
Egg with preserved yolk and white, 1,700 years old, found at Roman site in Aylesbury
An egg with its yolk and white intact, 1,700 years old, has been found in England. The egg was discovered during the excavation of a Roman-period site in Aylesbury, 60 kilometres north-west of London, together with three other eggs, which broke on being dug out, releasing a
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage
The 1488 Church of Saint George at Voroneț Monastery and Voroneț blue
The most beautiful of Romania's churches, a pearl of Moldavian architecture, the Church of Saint George, built in 1488 and painted both inside and out. It stands in the Voroneț convent for women. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The chief distinguishing feature of the frescoes is held to
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Ink sketch of horses and a carriage with wheels
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Exhibition of the 13 group at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, graphic art and painting
The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a very good exhibition of the artists of the rather original and productive group "13", which existed in 1929-1931. The core of the group was Vladimir Milashevsky, Daniil Daran and Nikolai Kuzmin, who worked at the newspaper Gudok and rethought the
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Princess Tarakanova, Konstantin Flavitsky, 1862, and Lady Jane Grey, Paul Delaroche, 1833
How much drama there is in a single movement of the hands of these women of tragic fate