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The Hermitage shows Rembrandt’s “The Sacrifice of Abraham” after four years of restoration
The Hermitage has completed the restoration of Rembrandt's "The Sacrifice of Abraham". The results of the work, which lasted four years, are presented at a temporary exhibition in the Apollo Hall of the Winter Palace. Specialists removed layers of yellowed varnish and later overpainting which for
Art · Cinema · People · Saint Petersburg
A Model of the Monument to Alexei Balabanov Unveiled in Saint Petersburg
The model shows the maintenance tram car in which Danila Bagrov took refuge from the gangsters in the film Brother. On the edge of the car sits the figure of the director. The monument will be cast in bronze at life size and installed in May next year in Yekaterinburg,
NB! · Archive · Cinema · Moscow · Education
In this photograph from the early 1960s: students of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio
In this photograph from the early 1960s: students of the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio. In the front row Vera Alentova is easy to recognise; in the back row one can make out Andrey Myagkov, along with Vsevolod Abdulov, Gemma Osmolovskaya, Yelena Odintsova and Rogvold Sukhoverko
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Vera Alentova, aged 22, at the Genoa Municipal Theatre in 1964, in the company of Rogvold Sukhoverko and Nikolai Malyuchenko
Heritage · Society · Rome · Ethnography
Rome to introduce an entry fee and visitor cap at Trevi Fountain square from 1 February
From 1 February, entry to the square in front of the Trevi Fountain will cost $2.35. No more than 400 people will be allowed on the square at any one time. These measures are intended to reduce the excessive pressure of tourism on the landmark. Today the fountain receives
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Owners of cultural heritage sites made liable for the condition of facades, with fines tied to cadastral value
Owners of cultural heritage sites have been made answerable for the condition of monument façades. Fines for such violations depend on the cadastral value of the property, and in extreme cases its confiscation is possible. At present, around 40% of cultural heritage sites are restored with private investment
Books · Observations · Society
In his book "Men Among the Ruins" Evola attempts to propose a philosophical basis for the post-war world, and it contains a chapter, "The Demonic Nature of the Economy", in which he rejects the materialist foundation of modern society and the fixation on
In his book "Men Among the Ruins" Evola attempts to propose a philosophical basis for the post-war world, and it contains a chapter, "The Demonic Nature of the Economy", in which he rejects the materialist foundation of modern society and the fixation on the economy
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The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, from Conrad Grünenberg's "Description of a Journey from Constance to Jerusalem" (c
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, from Conrad Grünenberg's "Description of a Journey from Constance to Jerusalem" (c. 1487). Baden State Library, Karlsruhe
Art · Heritage · Ethnography
In 2018 a monument to a Bashkir mounted warrior was erected in the Netherlands on the spot where Bashkir cavalry took part in the crossing of the River IJssel in November 1813, as part of Benckendorff's expeditionary force during the liberation of the Kin
Officially, the sculpture is called the monument to Benckendorff and the Bashkirs as liberators of the Netherlands. The figure of General A.Kh. Benckendorff himself, who commanded the force, has not been cast in bronze, but the image of one of his soldiers is meant to serve as a composite
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