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NB! · Aristocracy · Archive · Art · London · Monarchies
Prince Charles and Princess Anne through the lens of Antony Armstrong-Jones, their future uncle, the Earl of Snowdon
NB! · Art · People
It is held that it was from this drawing, "Lingonberry Leaves" by Nikolai Suetin, that the tilted female faces came to Suprematist portraits
Coming Up · Archive · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
The Leporskaya Archive, transferred to the Russian Museum in 2017, is on show until 15 May
The Russian Museum shows the third exhibition devoted to the Leporskaya archive in the Mikhailovsky Castle. The Leporskaya archive is one of the most significant collections relating to the post-revolutionary history of the Russian avant-garde, the circle of Kazimir Malevich and the work of the leading pupils of
NB! · Art · Cinema
Eva Green as the Venus de Milo, Bernardo Bertolucci's “The Dreamers”, 2003
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Humour
The New European Barber's Shop, or the Shaving of Napoleon by the Allies after the Battle of Leipzig
The greatest pleasure is to contemplate Emperor Alexander's smile, with the plate of 1812, which shows, as nothing else could, his disposition for the negotiations in Vienna. The chin: Holland; the towel: Milan, Kulm, Leipzig; the razor: London 1813; the shaving bowl: 1812.
NB! · Art · Pop Culture · Humour
Giacomo Ceruti's (1698-1767) "Beggar" Wears Vintage Comme des Garçons, 2000
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Paris · People
Drawing kept by a court physician later bound into the journal of King Louis XIII
A self-portrait of Louis XIII, drawn by the Dauphin of France at the age of 6! The drawing was preserved by the court physician. The sheet was later bound into the journal of Louis XIII's activities as king.
Art · Observations · Paris
Compositional Similarity of Caillebotte’s “The Floor Scrapers” of 1875 and “The Oarsmen” of 1877
Note the striking similarity: Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers, 1875, and Gustave Caillebotte, Oarsmen, 1877. Moreover, in both the same rather unusual viewpoint from above has been chosen. Perhaps this is explained by the fact that Caillebotte was not so good at capturing faces, and so quite naturally sought compositional
The East · Art · Museums · Humour
The Bespectacled Goat
The Bespectacled Goat. I hope you have someone to send it to. From the collection of the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad
Art · Mores · People · Humour
Young George Frideric Handel secretly taught himself the harpsichord in an attic
This is exactly what you were thinking! Papa with a lantern and the entire family burst into the attic to catch their son at a shameful occupation. Little Georg Friedrich Handel was strictly forbidden to study music. The four-year-old child found an abandoned old harpsichord and taught himself
NB! · Faith · Art · Observations
Jacopo Fantoni’s Marble Risen Christ of 1520 with Unusual Facial Features
What unexpected features and expression the Risen Christ of Jacopo Fantoni, 1520, possesses. And he looks far older than in the traditional iconography