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Pair of stools with kennels for the dogs of Louis XV, 1765
A pair of stool-kennels for the dogs of Louis XV, 1765. The luxury doghouse
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Asian Elephant, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
Art · Observations
The Witch, John Collier, 1893
And why a witch, exactly? Because the woman is asleep and awake at once, having taken the form of a black cat.
Faith · Art
Heinrich Aldegrever depicted Adam and Eve at labour in an engraving of 1540
Adam and Eve at work. He grubs up trees; she feeds the baby. The German artist Heinrich Aldegrever, “The Story of Adam and Eve”, 1540
Art · Mores
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death
John William Waterhouse, 1874 The picture was painted after the death of two of the artist's brothers from tuberculosis. As for the posture of the sleepers, it illustrates the old European fashion for sleeping in a half-seated position, which was considered the healthiest of all.
Architecture · Art · Paris
The Enceladus Fountain by Gaspard Marsy in the Gardens of Versailles and the Myth of the Giant
The Fountain of the Giant Enceladus in the Gardens of Versailles. Sculptor Gaspard Marsy, 1675/77. Enceladus, a mythical giant born of Gaia and Tartarus, was slain by Athena, who hurled after him an enormous rock that became the island of Sicily, while the breath of Enceladus became the fire
NB! · Art · Museums · Science · Rome
The Laocoön and His Sons of the Rhodian school from the Museo Pio-Clementino, and the Austrian anatomist Josef Hyrtl's reflections on the legendary sculpture
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Observations · Society Pages
A new contemporary art fair, Catalog, has opened in the Sytin printing house on Pyatnitskaya Street
A new contemporary art fair, Catalog, has opened in the Sytin printing house on Pyatnitskaya Street. The fair is organised by the Association of Galleries and may be regarded as normative: laid out in a single line, clearly arranged, with all the galleries on an equal footing, to the point
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The Empyrean, Gustave Doré
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Delighted to Meet You, Caravaggio
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Art · Observations · Society
The chief thing that the "ugliest fountain in Europe", unveiled for the 150th anniversary of Vienna's water supply, this little "masterpiece" by the art group Gelatin costing 2 million euros, makes one ponder is why one part of society admires it, surely…
Yet what, if not such provocative, even nauseating art, can compel us to reflect? The question is not a new one, but ought art, after all, to be beautiful? What function do such works serve? Beauty awakens feelings familiar to everyone: at the sight of a butterfly fluttering over a
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations
Russian Artists and Spain at the “Images of Spain” Exhibition at the Pushkin Museum
"For Russians who had an abundance of imagination or money, travel in Europe took on an almost ritual character. Those concerned with their health, and at the same time stirred by roulette, set off for Baden-Baden; lovers of the beautiful hastened to Rome; in search of adventure they