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A painting of 1892 depicts Napoleone della Torre (Napo della Torre), leader of the Guelphs and scion of the Milanese dynasty of Della Torre
The Milanese ruler of the Torriani family had brought several Lombard cities under his sway from 1265, but in January 1277 he was defeated in battle by the hostile forces of the Visconti. Napoleone and his relatives were taken prisoner by Archbishop Ottone Visconti. Confined in an iron cage hung
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Allori's 1560s frescoes in the Montauto Chapel and their borrowings from Michelangelo
An interesting episode from the early history of copyright is connected with these frescoes of the Montauto Chapel, or Chapel of San Girolamo, painted in the 1560s by the young artist Alessandro Allori. Having completed the decoration, Allori confessed that he had borrowed the images for it from Michelangelo, who
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Iceland's Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale to Present "Pocket Universe" by Artist, Poet and Film Director Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Iceland's Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale will present "Pocket Universe", a multidisciplinary project by the artist, poet and film director Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir. At the centre of the exhibition is a video work about a being called Creature Zero, who sets off in search of
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Society · Paris
In Paris, a cornice has collapsed at the Church of Saint-Roch
In Paris, a cornice has collapsed at the Church of Saint-Roch. Thank God, no one was hurt City activists had been raising the alarm about the church's precarious condition, and the town hall's inaction, for more than ten years
Archaeology · Archive · Museums · Science
Fitzwilliam Museum finds jackal on Book of the Dead papyrus was repainted to look slimmer
Researchers discover that the ancient Egyptians used an equivalent of correction fluid to fix mistakes on papyri. While preparing a papyrus some 3,300 years old for the exhibition "Made in Ancient Egypt" at the Fitzwilliam Museum in England, staff noticed that the painted figure of a jackal
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A new selection of Moscow exhibitions
📌 Closing soon: the exhibition "Marc Chagall. The Joy of Earthly Gravity" at the Pushkin Museum, until 15 March 📌 Ivan Nenashev's exhibition "The Mind of Flowers" at the a—s—t—r—a gallery, until 9 April 📌 An exhibition of African photographers, "Dandies. A
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The writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov in 1930
Faith · Observations · People
Patriarch Pavel Stoychevich, the Hierarch Beloved by Serbs, on Fasting and Strictness with Himself
Today is the start of the third week of Great Lent, and we recall the words of the Serbian Patriarch Pavle on fasting. In the photograph: Patriarch Pavle (Stojčević) at the Ravanica Monastery in 1994. Patriarch Pavle (1914-2009) is, perhaps, the most beloved hierarch of recent times among the
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Anna Yaroslavna's signature on French charters and her role as co-ruler
On a charter of King Philip I of France in favour of the Abbey of Saint-Crépin at Soissons, dated 1063, among Latin texts and the crosses of illiterate magnates stand two words in Cyrillic: "АНА РЪИНА" Queen Anna. This is the only surviving authentic signature of Anna
Archive · Moscow · Education
Spring in the Moscow State University Park, 1960s
Viktor Akhlomov
The East · Art · Books
I do not regret you, years of my spring, Spent in dreams of vain love, I do not regret you, O mysteries of nights, Sung by a voluptuous pipe, I do not regret you, faithless friends, Garlands of feasts and cups passed round — I do not regret you, young bet
I do not regret you, years of my spring, Spent in dreams of vain love, I do not regret you, O mysteries of nights, Sung by a voluptuous pipe, I do not regret you, faithless friends, Garlands of feasts and cups passed round — I do not regret you, young betrayers,