Figurine of a coachman in a green coat driving three horses, with two men in bicorn hats seated in the sleigh under a fur rug.

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Napoleon and his general in a Russian troika on a 20th-century Thuringian figurine group

Napoleon's Flight from Russia. It is curious that, according to the artist's conception, Napoleon and his general are speeding along in a Russian troika driven by a Russian coachman. Thuringia, 20th century

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Florist Petra Radnai and photographer Orsolya Karancs take inspiration from Fra Angelico and Michelangelo

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Frédéric Bazille's Portrait of Renoir as a Reminder That All Our Beloved Old Men Were Once Young, and Perhaps Sat in an Armchair With Their Feet Up

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A Year with the Sun and Moon in Its Hands, and Light and Darkness Beneath Them

Around the symbolic image of the year are the signs of the zodiac, natural phenomena, details of the weather and the four winds. From the illustrated book Scivias by Hildegard of Bingen, completed in 1151-1152 and devoted to her religious visions

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Man in a dark jacket standing before a mirrored wardrobe in a room

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New Literary Observer has published "Doctor Zhivago as a Historical Novel", by the philologist Konstantin Polivanov, a study of Boris Pasternak's principal novel, of the prototypes of its heroes, of Pasternak's spiritual and political evolution, and of ho

New Literary Observer (Novoye literaturnoye obozreniye) has published "Doctor Zhivago as a Historical Novel" by the philologist Konstantin Polivanov. The book deals with Boris Pasternak's principal novel, the prototypes of the heroes of his famous work, Pasternak's spiritual and political evolution, and the way

Watercolour drawing of men in early 17th century dress playing ball with bats in a courtyard, with a red tiled roof at the bottom.

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Ball game in the courtyard of the Fulda seminary in an early 17th century album amicorum drawing

Men playing ball in the courtyard of the Fulda seminary, the oldest school in Germany, founded in the monastery of Fulda in the 8th century, that is, more than 1,200 years ago. Drawing from an album amicorum of the early 17th century

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Project for the 50th anniversary of poet Boris Ryzhy devotes a month to his works

Boris Ryzhy departed this life very young, at 26. This year he would have turned fifty. It was Boris Ryzhy who wrote the lines "In Russia people part for ever…". His poetry requires no preparation and no agonised interpretation: it is to be felt. Yevgeny Rein, a friend

Ancient marble head of a youth with wavy hair on a round base, displayed against a dark museum backdrop.

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Exhibition of Ancient Sculpture at the Istanbul Airport Museum

A magnificent display of antique sculpture in the Istanbul Airport Museum. Frankly, the material is handled here far better than in most of Istanbul's city museums, which by no means always leave an impression of a high museum culture

Painting of several men asleep among olive trees, with a grey-bearded man sitting and resting his head on his hand.

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Felice Carena, Italian painter who lived from 1879 to 1966

Apostles, 1924. The Italian painter Felice Carena (1879-1966)

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The Dungeons of Moscow Are Kindly Asked Not to Scatter Money About

Close-up of gray stone steps with rough edges and thin joints between slabs. Sharp shadows fall across the upper steps, and a Roman numeral VI is carved into one slab.

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