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NB! · Faith · The East · Art
The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family, as Imagined by the Chinese Artist Ren Yifang
Archive · Society · Saint Petersburg
“To the Citizens of Russia!
“To the citizens of Russia! The Provisional Government has been deposed. The cause for which the people have fought, the immediate proposal of a democratic peace, the abolition of landlords’ ownership of the land, workers’ control over production, the creation of a Soviet government, that cause is secured. Long live
NB! · The East · Mores
A Means of Conveyance for the Well-to-Do Chinese, or Plans for the Day
Art · Museums · Paris · Ethnography
Taino and Kalinago chair on show at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris
A chair by craftsmen of the Antilles. A work of art by the Taíno and Kalinago peoples, who inhabited the Caribbean basin before the arrival of Columbus. Together with other examples of this culture, the chair is on show at the exhibition “Taínos and Kalinagos of the Antilles” in one
NB! · Observations
I Wish You All a Sense of Proportion
NB! · Museums · Observations · Humour
Whenever I see sedan chairs in museums, that European variety of the palanquin, a status symbol of urban transport in the form of an elegant little cabin with a seat, carried on two poles, I always recall the cartoon of the crash test for a sedan
Whenever I see sedan chairs in museums, that European variety of the palanquin, a status symbol of urban transport in the form of an elegant little cabin with a seat, carried on two poles, I always recall the cartoon of the crash test for a sedan. Such is my dusty
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage · Humour
The TsUM building regains its historic eggshell colour
The façade of TsUM is being restored to its historic eggshell colour. Our Gothic castle no longer looks like Minas Morgul and is coming to resemble the stronghold of Minas Tirith. Farewell, soot of the Boulevard Ring
NB! · Archive · Science · Society
The Delivery of a Modern Computer to Norwich City Council in 1957
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NB! · Archive · Architecture · Paris
Paris, View from the Arc de Triomphe in 1910
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