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King Charles Admires David Hockney's Outfit at the Buckingham Palace Luncheon Where One of the Greatest Living Artists Received the Order of Merit
“Your yellow clogs are a splendid choice,” the British monarch said, glancing at the Crocs of the 85-year-old Hockney.
NB! · Faith · Art · Humour
Mood: Roast Capybara at the Last Supper
Faith · Art · Museums · Observations · Heritage · People · Humour
Sister Plautilla Nelli’s “Last Supper” shown again to the public after restoration
I Cannot Work Out Who Was Roasted for Christ at the Last Supper of the Self-Taught Florentine Artist-Nun Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588): a Capybara or a Monkey? In the Renaissance, women were still barred from studying art, anatomy and the construction of the male figure, so the skill
Faith · Art · Maps · Humour
Three Roads to Eternity: A French Map of 1825
Three Roads to Eternity: a French map of 1825. The journey to Heaven and Hell is based on verse 12 of chapter 7 of the Gospel of Matthew: "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
Art · Cinema · Observations
You do realise that the title sequence of the second season of "The White Lotus" is not just a set of frescoes, but scenes chosen and painted with care in the style of the Renaissance and antiquity, alluding to the fate of each character and forming…
If you, too, have been anxiously pondering what awaits the magnificent Tanya McQuoid, take a closer look at the chained monkey watched by a mysterious lady in a tower. Whom does Jennifer Coolidge play: the hapless captive or the heartless captor? Who will Jon Gries turn out to be, the
Art · Books · Monarchies · Observations · Science
Pareidolia from Arcimboldo's portrait of Rudolf II to the divination of Natasha Rostova
I propose we recall Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his portrait of Emperor Rudolf II as Vertumnus, on the occasion of my having taken a closer look at my grandmother's blanket. The phenomenon itself, in which people see the outlines of faces and creatures in the patterns, stains and details
NB! · Art · Museums · Humour
Miss Jane Bowles, I repeat, little Miss Jane Bowles in the buff-coloured dress in the painting by Joshua Reynolds, stop strangling the dog
Aristocracy · Art · Museums
If one had to express all the ideas of the Baroque in a single image, this photograph would serve: a swaddled pearl infant, covered with a pearl blanket, in a cradle of gold filigree with silk trimming and pearl inlay
A masterpiece of the jewellers of the 17th century (the infant's face is even engraved on the pearl) was intended as a gift for the last representative of the House of Medici, Maria Luisa, wife of Elector Johann Wilhelm of the House of Wittelsbach, who was expected to
Art · Books · People
Francis Picabia’s manifesto on Cubism and Dada in the collection “100 Art Manifestos”
Francis Picabia, Who Knows Nothing, Nothing, Nothing. From the excellent book “100 Art Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists”, which brings together the manifestos of creators of every stripe over the last 100 years
Faith · Art · Observations
The legend of Saint Narcissus's flies that saved Girona from French sieges
Saint Narcissus and the Miracle of the Flies. Francesc Joan, 16th century. During the siege of Girona in 1285, the troops of the French king Philip the Bold desecrated the tomb of Saint Narcissus of Girona, the city's bishop in the 4th century. The next morning an enormous
NB! · The East · Art · Museums
The Louvre Abu Dhabi Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary, and the Public Is at Last Shown the Museum's Generous Gift: Leonardo da Vinci's Masterpiece "John the Baptist"
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and the public has at last been shown the generous gift the museum has received: Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "John the Baptist". The painting, dating from the early sixteenth century, has passed from the Louvre in Paris