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Painter Deineka portrays himself at the age of 49
Deineka's self-portrait. The artist is 49 here
Cinema · Society · Nature · Humour
Wolf photographed for the first time in Luxembourg, where the species was exterminated in 1893
A wolf has been photographed in Luxembourg. What of it, you ask? Firstly, the picture unmistakably shows the wolf from the cartoon "Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog" [Zhil-byl pyos], voiced by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Secondly, wolves were exterminated in Luxembourg as long ago as 1893,
Art · London · Museums · Observations
Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when
Once again, taking this reconstruction of the original appearance of the 2nd-century AD Tauroctony from the British Museum as my example, I am convinced that ancient sculptures, in any present-day state and in any artist's rendering, lose very badly when painted, which is meant to restore
NB! · Museums · Humour
And Why Did the Museum Attendants Start Shouting TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE?
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Restoration of a wooden church with a carved porch in a field
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage
The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast
The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Russia 💙
NB! · Archive · People · Humour
A joke about Kerensky in 1917 and a white cat blending into its rug
1917. Kerensky in a ladies' dress shop
Art · Cinema · Moscow · Museums
A Remarkable Discovery!
A remarkable discovery! One of the opening scenes of Sergei Parajanov's comedy "The First Lad" repeats, down to the last detail, Tatyana Yablonskaya's famous painting "Bread". The composition, the placing of the figures, the colour scheme, even the blue hem tucked up
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Heritage
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Dismantled on Red Square
The sculptural group, 4.5 m high, has left its pedestal for the first time in 200 years. The monument has been dismantled for restoration. The restoration of the sculptures is expected to last until November 2022, at a cost of 55 million roubles. The money for the restoration, as
NB! · Architecture · New York
The General Electric Building in New York, an Art Deco Landmark Completed in 1931
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