Geography · Maps · Observations · Humour

Area distortion on Mercator maps, with Greenland and Macron's head as examples

For all who have forgotten how the Mercator-type maps we usually use distort sizes, a reminder in the form of this photograph of Emmanuel Macron with his forehead in the Mercator projection. This is precisely how the inconstancy of scale on Mercator maps expresses itself, and precisely why the

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The Real Size of Greenland Once the Map's Angular Distortion Is Removed

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How Good It Is to Change One's Mind in Time

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Amedeo Modigliani moves from the Rue du Delta to the Rue Dancourt in 1913

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By the way, the collage with Aureliano Buendía and Amaranta came out by accident, but it turned out well

Art · Heritage · Society

German Cabinet Approves Reform of Restitution of Art Confiscated by the Nazis

The German Federal Cabinet has approved a plan to reform the restitution of artworks confiscated by the Nazis. Claimants who suffered from Nazi confiscations will now be able to apply directly to a specially created arbitration court, without requiring the consent to arbitration of the present owners of the works

Dark wooden cross with worn paint. On the crossbar stand small carved items: lantern, jug, hammer, pincers, cup, hand. Small balls hang below; a serrated blade and a curved piece flank the s

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Wooden cross with Passion instruments: hammer, pincers, lantern, hand

Faith · Art

Mid-19th-century French wooden cross with the instruments of the Passion and their meanings

Cross with the instruments of the Passion, wood, French work of the mid-19th century. Among the instruments of the Passion are tools resembling those of torture, for instance pincers. They refer, however, to the drawing of the nails from Christ's hands. The sword is the one with

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The Revolt of the Toads

Unpublished Khlebnikov, 1929 You know whom to send it to

Smoke over a hillside with a large building and a sign reading “The Getty Villa”, with flames visible on the slope.

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Getty Center and Getty Villa in Los Angeles fall within mandatory evacuation zone due to fires

The Getty Center and the Getty Villa in Los Angeles have fallen within a mandatory evacuation zone owing to the fires in the city. The museum had earlier described itself as "the safest place for works of art during a fire"

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If a morning workout, then with the Egyptian goddess Nut, who swallows the Moon and stars every day and gives birth to them again

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Deputy Nilov Says Russia May Gradually Move Away from the Unified State Exam

Deputy Nilov has stated that Russia may gradually move away from the Unified State Exam (EGE). According to him, the new format for assessing schoolchildren's knowledge will be based on the best aspects of the EGE, as well as of the Soviet and Russian education systems. Nilov stressed

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