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Outdated Russian transcription of Bosch, Leonardo and Vermeer in a 1930 book
If you ever fancy reading a hundred-year-old book on art at your leisure, be prepared to fail to recognise half the names you meet, or at the very least to be surprised. Gieronimus Bos instead of Bosch, Lionardo spelt with an I, Yan fan Eyk, Van-Dyck with
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In Brief: Foreign-Currency Savings in Our Day
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Katharine, Duchess of Kent, aged 89, in New Balance trainers at the gala evening of Future Talent, the competition for young musicians she founded 16 years ago
The Duchess looks mar-vel-lous!
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Raphael RIP 🕯🥀
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Prince William, a Former Royal Air Force Pilot, Arrives in Loafers Embroidered with Aeroplanes at the Premiere of "Top Gun", an Action Film About Naval Aviators
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Forrest Gump Spotted at Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
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After the decline of the ancient world, countless masterpieces of art lost their value in the eyes of men
After the decline of the ancient world, countless masterpieces of art lost their value in the eyes of men. Marble sculptures were smashed so that their bases could be used in the foundations of outhouses, and magnificently wrought bronze statues were melted down for scrap. By the fifth and sixth
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The Very Form Teacher Who Promised to Help You in the Unified State Exam
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For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Canadian artist Rosemarie Pelokenn has made busts of Elizabeth II and Prince Charles... out of wool
For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Canadian artist Rosemarie Pelokenn has made busts of Elizabeth II and Prince Charles... out of wool. And while the hairdos come off quite well in this medium, the faces seem to prove the reptilian origins of the House of Windsor
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