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Two sketches of a camel costume for an opera in 17th-century France
The magic of opera in two sketches for a camel costume. France, 17th century
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Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses. John William Waterhouse, 1891
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It makes me laugh every time I remember how much Rodin's monument to Balzac resembles a sad seal
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After the Fall into the Abyss of Khazad-dûm, Gandalf the Grey Is Indeed No Longer the Same
The East · Art · Society
The Victory of the Red Army over Fascism, Hossein Tahirzadeh Behzad, Iran, 1945
The Red Army is embodied in the person of Stalin, Fascism in that of Hitler; behind them one can make out Roosevelt and Churchill, shooting at Mussolini.
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Iranian Second World War posters showing Hitler as Zahhak from the “Shahnameh”
Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt transport a vanquished Hitler, snakes sprouting from his shoulders, following Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who raised a revolt against the tyrant Zahhak. Goebbels is tied to the horse's tail. During the Second World War a series of propaganda posters appeared in Iran, based on
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Atlases Prefer Blondes
Coming Up · Moscow · Museums · Education
Pushkin Museum Opens Applications for Summer School of Inclusive Practices for Museum Professionals
For the attention of museum staff. The Pushkin Museum is opening applications for its “Summer School of Inclusive Practices”, intended for museum professionals who work on developing an accessible environment and on engaging with visitors in the modern museum. The project is open to specialists in inclusive, educational and interdisciplinary
NB! · The East · Society
In Düsseldorf, the First Arabic Street Sign Has Been Put Up
Art · London · Museums · Ethnography
Wooden sphinx of the Haida people in the British Museum, attributed to Simeon Siltda
This wooden sphinx in the British Museum has nothing to do with Egypt. The sculpture is the work of a North American artist of the Haida, a small nation living on the islands of British Columbia. The sphinx was found in an abandoned Haida village, buried inside an empty house.
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Gustave Doré's 1871 work on Christian martyrs in the arena
Christian Martyrs. Gustave Doré, 1871
Faith · The East · Observations · Society · Rome
The Pope on the culture of encounter, cooperation and religious art
Pope Francis receives a delegation of the Fo Guang Shan Humanistic Buddhism Association from Taiwan. It is curious to watch the Vatican persist in its attempts to take part in the international political agenda. The Pope, all the same, delivered a very measured speech on the importance of cooperation. "