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William Hogarth's engravings on the fate of a woman of loose morals in the 18th century
A Harlot's Progress. William Hogarth's series of engravings of 1731-1732 describes the typical path of a girl of free morals in the eighteenth century, from procuress to grave, and usually not a very long one at that: 1. Ensnared by the procuress 2. Quarrel with
Faith · People · Rome
Benedict XVI, 95, who abdicated in 2013, photographed in the Vatican gardens
The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI strolling through the Vatican Gardens, in one of his most recent photographs. As you can see from this picture from the Joseph Ratzinger Foundation, Benedict, though very frail, is nonetheless in tolerable health for a man of his venerable age. Let me
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Map of Greek Possessions and Colonies in the Archaic Period, 8th–5th Centuries BC
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Orobas, a spirit of King Solomon, in Collin de Plancy’s “Dictionnaire infernal”
Orobas, one of the spirits of King Solomon, appears when conjured in the form of a man with a horse's head and gives answers to questions about the past, present and future. Illustration from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal"
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Hall with a painted ceiling, carved columns and an openwork chandelier
NB! · Architecture · The East · Art · Museums · Observations
Painted ceiling of a hall in the Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan
In the Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan, a single room is enough to fall irrevocably in love. No exhibits, guided tours or wall labels are required: just lift your head
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Do You Love Arnold Böcklin as I Love Him?
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The Delft Gunpowder Explosion of 12 October 1654, in Which Carel Fabritius, Creator of the Legendary "Goldfinch", Perished
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Baroque pulpit shaped like a ship with an anchor and Archangel Michael, Irsee Abbey
A pulpit symbolising hope, in the form of a ship's prow with a raised anchor and a golden sculpture of the Archangel Michael, in Irsee Abbey, Germany. Church Baroque: a love for all time
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The French as Hungry Rats in the Command of Village Elderwoman Vasilisa
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Vasilisa Kozhina and the Partisan War Against Napoleon in Smolensk Governorate
The elder of a certain village in the Sychyovka district led a party of prisoners, taken by the peasants, into town. In his absence the villagers caught several more Frenchmen and at once brought them to the elder's wife, Vasilisa, to be dispatched whither they ought to go.