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Saint Matthew writing his Gospel in a drawing from the late 9th or early 10th century
Mood: Saint Matthew writing his Gospel. Drawing, late 9th to early 10th century
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Excuse me, does anyone else think San Marzano tomatoes look like Artemis of Ephesus?
Art · Observations
How do you like this Klimt?
How do you like this Klimt? A fragment of the Beethoven Frieze, 1901-1902. At the centre of the composition is the dreadful giant Typhon, with Sickness, Madness and Death to his left, and Lust, Wantonness and Intemperance to his right, followed by Gnawing Grief
NB! · Art · People · Nature
The German artist Lina Clauss makes installations from rubbish found on the beaches of Bali and Hong Kong
NB! · Art · Nature · Humour
A swarm of two-inch squat lobsters from New Zealand looks, in this photograph, like a painting by David Hockney
NB! · Art · Moscow · Nature
In the grounds of the Peredelkino Creative Retreat, Nikolai Polissky has made sculptures on the site of century-old trees that died last year from bark beetle
Art · Museums · Humour
- Why, in this painting by Pierre-Auguste Vafflard in the museum at Évreux, is it the girl who carries her beloved in her arms, and not the other way round?
- Because a real woman ought to be 70% concern for her knight and 30% beauty? - The bridegroom has died, and she is kissing his weightless ghost, but your version, too, has a right to exist
Architecture · Art · Observations · Humour
Stealing an obelisk is one thing; getting the blessed thing to stand up is quite another
For anyone who has ever wondered how it was done: like this. One of the 72 reliefs of the frieze of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino. 15th century
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Viktor Vasnetsov's 1920 work showing a woman in historical dress at a window
The Tsarevna Who Would Not Laugh. Viktor Vasnetsov, 1920
Aristocracy · Art · People
Lawrence's portrait of seven-year-old Charles Lambton and the suit changed from yellow to red
The Red Boy, or Portrait of Charles William Lambton, 1825, Thomas Lawrence. Charles William Lambton, heir to a barony and an ancient family castle, lived only 13 years; tuberculosis cut him down. In the portrait the boy is seven. A canvas by so celebrated an artist and academician cost a
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Vasily Polenov, Birch Alley, 1880
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Two friendly Telegram channels share insider tips
Two friendly Telegram channels share insider tips. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559