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Only This Mood in Stock; No Other Capuchins Have Arrived Yet
Art · Moscow · Observations
Nikolai Sapunov’s Work “Still Life with a Self-Portrait”, 1910–1911
I very much liked this painting at the new exhibition at the In Artibus foundation marking the centenary of Dmitry Vladimirovich Sarabyanov. The work is Nikolay Sapunov's "Still Life with a Self-Portrait", 1910-1911. You have to look very closely to find the self-portrait
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Abram Sorkin's photograph of a Palace of the Soviets model on display
Art · Books · Museums · Observations
The Jewish Museum invites visitors to look at art through the prism of Kafka's work
The Jewish Museum invites visitors to look at art through the prism of Kafka's work. At the entrance they hand out booklets, one red and one brown. The two routes, we are told, are built on the story "The Metamorphosis" and the novel "The Trial&
Monarchies · Science · Education · Paris
Charles V, the College of Maître Gervais and astrology teaching at the University of Paris
Charles V of France reads, seated on his throne; beside the books on the table stands an armillary sphere, an astronomical instrument for determining the coordinates of celestial bodies. Charles V made a considerable contribution to the development of astrology. He opened a faculty at the University of Paris to
NB! · Education
You Couldn't Wish for a Better Education
Archaeology · In the Press · The East · Science
In 1913 a number of English-language newspapers carried an article claiming that several temple-like chambers had been discovered inside the Great Sphinx
In 1913 a number of English-language newspapers carried an article claiming that several temple-like chambers had been discovered inside the Great Sphinx. The text reported that there was a fairly large room both inside the head and inside the body, and that in one of these chambers small
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Parrot, Kees van Dongen, 1910
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Did You Recognise Yourself?
NB! · Art · Moscow · Museums
At the Vladey gallery at 14 Neglinnaya Street, an exhibition by Vlad Kulkov / Leonid Tskhe, "The Risk-Taker and the Magus", has opened
Archive · Art · Mores · Paris
Robert Doisneau’s “The Kiss” from the 1950 Life shoot to the court case and the auction
Robert Doisneau's famous photograph "The Kiss" was taken for Life magazine in 1950. Doisneau noticed a couple kissing in a Parisian café and proposed that they take part in a shoot, paying them a handsome 500 francs, which in our day is almost 1,500 euros.