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Bronze Poseidon of 480 BC found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece
Bronze Poseidon, 480 BC. Found in the Bay of Livadostra in Boeotia, Greece. Not the handsomest of the gods.
Alexandr Radayev
Art · Observations
Giovanna Garzoni, an Italian Baroque artist, and her still life with a dog
Can you believe this is a work of 1648? Still life with a dog by the celebrated Italian Baroque artist Giovanna Garzoni
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Painting of a music lesson recognised as a work by Titian
Lad, how I understand you. Not long ago this picture, which depicts a music lesson, was at last recognised as the work of Titian.
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Fire-damaged building behind a wrought-iron fence under a cloudy sky
Almaty · Architecture · Heritage · Society · Reportage
This is how the administrative buildings near Republic Square in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, look after being looted, burned and smashed during the January attempted coup and mass disorders: the presidential residence, which was built…
Books · Monarchies · Observations · Mores
Byron in “Don Juan” describes the 62-year-old Catherine II as a woman in the bloom of maturity
"Of course, her pleasant face bore traces of obesity": I suggest that all ageists read Byron's description of Catherine II, the imperial mistress of Don Juan. It might seem a not especially flattering beginning. But in fact Byron is kind and benevolent towards the 62-year-
Society · People · Humour
The Only Slap Truly Worth Noticing Has Nothing to Do with the Mediocrities of the American Pop Industry
The only slap truly worth noticing has nothing to do with the mediocrities of the American pop industry. On 7 November 1968 the German journalist Beate Klarsfeld, known as a Nazi hunter, mounted the rostrum at a congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and boxed the ears of
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Klyuchevsky on the global significance of Alexander III's reign in a speech of 28 October 1894
"Thirteen years of the reign of Emperor Alexander III have passed, and the more hurriedly the hand of death hastened to close His eyes, the wider and more astonished grew the eyes of Europe to the world significance of this brief reign. At last even the stones cried out:
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Sophia Loren at Armani's pre-Oscars party yesterday with Roberta Armani, the brand's director of VIP client communications
Sophia Loren at Armani's pre-Oscars party yesterday with Roberta Armani, the brand's director of VIP client communications. Sophia is still a beauty at 87🥰
Art · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture
Anniversary Smiley by André Saraiva in the atrium of Galeries Lafayette in Paris
For a month now, a giant smiley has hung in the atrium of Galeries Lafayette to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the yellow grinning mug. Not only in Paris, by the way, but in Beijing and Shanghai too. Though one must admit that a half-century slapped across the eyes
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Charles Bukowski with his second wife Linda Lee and a cat
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