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Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12

Last year the Prado Museum reattributed the painting "The Colossus" as a work by Francisco Goya of 1808-12. A naked giant with a clenched fist, standing before a field of scattering people, may, in the view of art historians, symbolise the struggle against Napoleon's army.

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Epiphany bathing in Saratov in 1949 and the feuilleton in the newspaper “Pravda”

Legendary images of Epiphany bathing in the Stalin era were printed in the country's main newspaper. In 1949 the feast of the Epiphany in Saratov became the subject of a satirical feuilleton in Pravda; the mocking piece dwells on stories of those who fell ill with pneumonia after

A young woman in a headscarf and a man in a burgundy waistcoat walk arm in arm holding rifles, rosettes pinned to their clothes, with a torch-bearing crowd behind them.

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Night procession by torchlight: a woman and a man with rifles in period costume

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In 2018 the Franco-Belgian historical film "One King, One France" was released, in which Gaspard Ulliel (1984-2022) played one of his last roles: Basile, a lowborn fighter for liberties who builds his love and his life in…

Aristocracy · Books · New York · Pop Culture

André Leon Talley dedicated his memoir The Chiffon Trenches to his friend Lee Radziwill

Former Vogue editor André Leon Talley with actress and socialite Lee Radziwill. They were good friends, and died two years apart. In 2020 Talley's memoir The Chiffon Trenches was published, which he dedicated to Lee Radziwill with the words: "For three decades she gave me unconditional love,

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The only consolation is that Daenerys finally flew too close to the sun

A man with long dark hair, in a white shirt and a ring, rests his head on his arms at a table. Around him are written sheets, crumpled paper, an inkwell with a quill, and a glass.

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Long-haired man leaning over a table with manuscripts and a quill

Cinema · Books · Paris · People

Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière

Molière is credited with the remark that one day people would speak of the French language not as the language of the French, but as the language of Molière. However presumptuous these words may have seemed to his contemporaries, the audacity proved prophetic. One of the greatest dramatists in history

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Deleted Scenes from the Film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"

The snow-covered Arc de Triomphe in fog, with a horse-drawn cart and two men at its foot.

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The Arc de Triomphe under snow in freezing Paris, January 1917

Cold in Paris. January 1917

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When Someone Turns Out to Be a Supporter of the Normanist Theory

Full-length self-portrait of a man in an open striped robe and black shorts, standing in a room with a rug and a bed.

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Painter Deineka portrays himself at the age of 49

Deineka's self-portrait. The artist is 49 here

Alexandr Radayev