A model in a white draped gown with a slit and feathered wings walks on parquet. Gilded doors and a chandelier stand behind her; spectators sit at right.

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Model in a white gown with feathered wings at a show in a gilded salon

Statuette of a nude woman with reddish hair seated in an open shell, in a museum display case.

NB! · Observations · Society

Greetings to women on 8 March with wishes of love, well-being and a spring mood

Sweet girls, lovely women, wonderful ladies! Congratulations on 8 March! I wish you love, prosperity and a springtime mood, and may you never forget your divine significance! Everything most beautiful ever created in this world has been inspired by you!

Cinema · Observations

So a film that does well at the box office automatically counts as commercial?

In my view, the director Konchalovsky Jr. is quite mistaken in this instance

Archive · Architecture · Art · People

Henri Cartier-Bresson's Famous Photograph of Young People Gazing at a Ceiling Was Taken Not in the Louvre but in the Rotunda of the American Capitol in 1957

Henri Cartier-Bresson's famous photograph of young people gazing at a ceiling was taken not in the Louvre but in the Rotunda of the American Capitol in 1957. The young people are looking not merely at a ceiling but at one of the most beautiful domes in the

Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

In Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld", Pluto arrives on Olympus with a stick of sausage and on skis, and the Olympian gods, tired of ambrosia, are ready to stage a revolution

In Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld", Pluto arrives on Olympus with a stick of sausage and on skis, and the Olympian gods, tired of ambrosia, are ready to stage a revolution. Jupiter, meanwhile, turns into a fly, seduces Eurydice and gives himself up to

Art · Moscow · Museums · Society

Sergey Bocharov's portrait of the Night Witches and the 46th Guards Regiment's combat record

Group Portrait of the Heroine Airwomen of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, Order of the Red Banner and Order of Suvorov, by Sergey Bocharov, 1985. The painting was acquired by the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics of DOSAAF, where it is on display to this day.

A blurred black-and-white photograph or print with a dark figure, in a light frame with a wide mat. It stands on a table; the edge of another frame is visible beside it.

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Black-and-white portrait in a frame with a mat

Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Mores

Windsor family photographs on the drawing room piano, four generations and the Danish sisters

A few days ago King Charles III met the acting Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, at Sandringham House. Let us try to examine the furnishings of the drawing room in which such meetings take place. On the piano stands a row of family photographs. King George V and Queen

Archaeology · Museums · Paris

Bronze Tyche found in Paris in 1675 and regarded as the patron goddess of Lutetia

The goddess of chance Tyche was depicted not only with a cornucopia and a ship's rudder, but also wearing a crown in the form of city walls. Popular in the Hellenistic age, the goddess was regarded as the patroness of cities. Female statues with a fortress tower on

NB! · Observations · Humour

A reminder not to stay up too late on the internet ✅

A long-haired, gray-bearded man in a blue police uniform with a badge sits on a motorcycle before a house and trees. A gothic-style caption below reads Policeman Théoden.

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Police officer on a motorcycle in a frame captioned Policeman Théoden

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