NB! · Archive · Architecture · Mores
Engraving with plan and elevation of an eighteenth-century bathroom with side portals
Plan of an eighteenth-century bathroom. An interesting solution with side portals through which one may enter and leave
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Aristocracy · Archive · London · Monarchies
Christian IX of Denmark's Daughters Alexandra and Maria Feodorovna and Their Sons George V and Nicholas II
The Dowager Queen Alexandra and her sister, the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, also a dowager, on their way to the coronation of George V, 22 June 1911. The daughters of King Christian IX of Denmark, the eldest, Alexandra of Denmark, and the middle one, Maria Feodorovna, were born three years
NB! · Archive · Observations · Rome
Rome in 1950 as a reminder of how beautiful the world was before globalisation
NB! · Architecture · Art · Paris
Mosaic of Orpheus and Eurydice in the Palais Garnier in Paris
Orpheus and Eurydice. Mosaic in the Palais Garnier, Paris
NB! · Moscow · Heritage · Society
🕯️On the eve of 22 June, a memorial to the Great Patriotic War was opened on the Moskva River embankment in Muzeon Park
🕯️On the eve of 22 June, a memorial to the Great Patriotic War was opened on the Moskva River embankment in Muzeon Park. Set into the granite parapet are perpetual lamps, one for each day of the war: from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
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Candles on the Moskva River embankment and the Peter the Great monument at dusk
NB! · Architecture · Faith · The East · Observations
Hagia Sophia, filmed from a helicopter
Hagia Sophia, filmed from a helicopter. Just imagine how beautiful it was before the seizure
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Abstract painting in grey tones in a wooden frame on a museum wall
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
The exhibition “Square and Space” opens at GES-2, with works from Malevich to the Kabakovs
The "Square and Space" exhibition, curated by Zelfira Tregulova and Francesco Bonami, has opened at GES-2. Judging by the sheer number of first-rank names gathered for it, this is an event of international standing. According to the curators' conception, in the first quarter of the
NB! · Cinema · Observations · People
Thank you, Donald Sutherland, for the many brilliant performances you have left us
NB! · Archive · Paris
Robert Doisneau photographs two girls dancing on a Paris street in 1950
Two girls dancing in the street, Paris, 1950. Photo by Robert Doisneau
Cinema · Mores · People
Three years ago, on receiving the Golden Lion, the actor and director Roberto Benigni addressed his wife, the actress and producer Nicoletta Braschi:
"We have spent 40 years doing everything together. I know only one way of measuring time: with you or without you."