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A View of Hiroshima Before and After the Atomic Bombing of 6 August 1945
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The Prank Succeeded
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Potato flowers in the hairstyle of an 1783 portrait by Alexander Roslin
This portrait of 1783 by the eighteenth-century Swedish painter Alexander Roslin is sometimes called a portrait of Marie Antoinette, more rarely of Madame de Lamballe; in catalogues the picture passes as a portrait of an unknown lady, which sounds closer to the truth. But what is interesting is not
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Peggy Guggenheim in Venice
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Don't tell me I'm the only one who finds reading Russian manuscripts of the early seventeenth century reminiscent of the Wonnie meme universe
Don't tell me I'm the only one who finds reading Russian manuscripts of the early seventeenth century reminiscent of the Wonnie meme universe. And don't you dare even hint that you don't read such things!
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White strapless gown with a train on a mannequin in a museum display
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Exhibition of Elsa Schiaparelli's work on show at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris
In Paris, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is showing an exhibition devoted to Elsa Schiaparelli. The display brings together hundreds of her works. The dresses and accessories, executed with the most exquisite workmanship, leave no doubt as to Elsa's significance for world fashion, her undeniable relevance and her
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There was a time when some fruits were so exotic that artists painted their portraits
There was a time when some fruits were so exotic that artists painted their portraits. So it was with this distinguished pineapple, grown in the garden of Sir Matthew Decker at Richmond, Surrey. Dutch painter Theodorus Netscher, 1720
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Jean-Michel Othoniel’s “Crown of Night” is displayed as a chandelier in the Petit Palais
The exquisite "Crown of the Night" is the work of the contemporary French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. It is currently on show as a chandelier in the Petit Palais. Incidentally, I have an antique Christmas garland of glass baubles that is not merely in the same style but
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Queen's silk mourning dress for her grandson Albert Victor, who died in 1892
Queen Victoria Stood Just 152 cm Tall. Look at this little black dress! The Queen wore this silk dress in mourning for her grandson Albert Victor, who died during the Russian flu pandemic in 1892. As the eldest son of Edward, Prince of Wales, Albert Victor was second in line
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The Syracusan moneylender Timon and the finances of the Delian sanctuary in the 2nd century BC
Met an interesting character. Timon of Syracuse lived on Delos in the 2nd century BC and was a moneylender. The very sacred island on which Apollo was born proved quite conducive to the growth of commerce and the financial sector. Among Timon's borrowers, we know, was the federation