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Harper's Bazar marked its fiftieth year with an anniversary cover in December 1916
The anniversary cover of Harper's Bazar. In December 1916 the magazine of fashion, style and society marked its fiftieth anniversary
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Marshal Berthier stayed awake for years with Napoleon and kept others from sleeping
Louis Alexandre Berthier, French Minister of War and Bonaparte's chief of staff, was obliged for many years to stay awake together with Napoleon, who slept three or four hours a night. In the end Berthier grew accustomed to this regime and even acquired the habit of not letting
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While a sixth of the earth's landmass chops its salads, in the first Rome they pray on bended knee for Pope Benedict XVI and keep the windows open, lest the tolling of bells announce the pontiff's death
On 28 December the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni announced a rapid deterioration in the condition of the Pope Emeritus, owing to his venerable years, of course. Francis I, who visited Benedict on the morning of the 28th, asked for prayers for him in his hour of great weakness, beseeching God
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One of Vivienne Westwood's most important collections, Harris Tweed, Autumn-Winter 1987/88, was inspired by images of the royal family, British motifs and historical details…
One of Vivienne Westwood's most important collections, Harris Tweed, Autumn-Winter 1987/88, was inspired by images of the royal family, British motifs and historical details, and featured traditional woollen fabrics, black velvet and elements of eighteenth-century corsetry. Ironic and mocking of the aristocratic way of life,
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Vivienne Westwood in an ermine cape and a fur-trimmed crown hat of her own design, in a shoot for Vogue, August 1987
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White-Bearded Elder with Staff and Hawk on a Cliff above a Winter River
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Whenever I think of Ancient Rus', I picture exclusively Hyperborea as painted by Vsevolod Ivanov
Whenever I think of Ancient Rus', I picture exclusively Hyperborea as painted by Vsevolod Ivanov. And the riding mammoths are my absolute favourites
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Norman mosaic of Alexander the Great and griffins in Otranto, Italy
Mood on this birthday: Alexander the Great holds skewers of meat above his head to make two griffins carry him up into the sky. Norman floor mosaic in the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, 11th century, Otranto, Italy
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Enslaved woman fights off her master's advances in a casta painting
It is well known that enslaved women were constantly subjected to violence by their masters, but it is pleasant to learn that at least one woman managed to repel the advances of her lord. And didn't the scoundrel get what was coming to him 💪🏽
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Photographs of the 1885 excavation of the Terme Boxer on the Quirinal Hill in Rome
Footage from the excavation of one of the most famous boxers in the world. The so-called Boxer at Rest was found in Rome, on the Quirinal Hill, in 1885. Fortunately, a photographer happened to be present at the dig, and we can watch this bronze athlete of the 2nd-
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Today Gérard Depardieu Is 74
Today Gérard Depardieu is 74. This is how I remember him