I Wash My Hands
At the centre of the composition we see Jesus Christ, with Pontius Pilate seated to his right. And who is that in the upper part of Pontormo's fresco from the Carthusian monastery of Galluzzo?
A servant is coming down the stairs, carrying the water with which the prefect of Judaea will wash his hands after the condemnation of Christ
Prince William has met the Māori Queen. This is a ceremonial title created in the nineteenth century to unite the Māori tribes. In September 2024, after the death of King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, a council of 12 elders chose his youngest daughter, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō,
The façade of the Mshatta al-Umayyad Palace, located in Jordan, presented in 1903 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to the German Emperor Wilhelm II as a personal gift. The palace dates from the first half of the 8th century and is believed to have been built before the fall
A triptych by the Belgian Symbolist Léon Frédéric entitled "The Ages of the Worker", painted between 1895 and 1897. It belongs to the collection of the Musée d'Orsay and is currently on show at the "Brussels 1900" exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris.
Good morning from Konstantin Paustovsky. Dedicated to everyone who is about to take the Metro