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Marble bust of Vespasian turned into a sink with a drain in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages the head of Vespasian was hollowed out from within and used as a water basin, with a hole bored in the ear to serve as a drain. Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Farnese Collection
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Balloon sculptures by the Japanese artist Masayoshi Matsumoto
Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Humour
The statues in the Babylon Hall of the Pushkin Museum do not talk to you!
The statues:
NB! · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris
Sharing with you a rare chance to see the Mona Lisa without a crowd of tourists around her
Aristocracy · Art · Mores
A Brothel Scene, by an Unknown Artist of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century
A Brothel Scene, by an unknown artist of the second half of the eighteenth century. France. In the reception room of a house of ill repute, an aristocrat is met by the madam and one of her girls. The procuress's apron pocket is stuffed with money. Between her
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Interior of the Doge's Palace, John Singer Sargent, 1898
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The Italo-Swiss street artist Andrea Ravo Mattoni says that the aim of his work is to link classical painting with the urban space, to join past and present and, closer to the point, to bring art hidden away in halls and…
Art · Cinema · Observations · Heritage
On Gustav Klimt's birthday, a reminder of the 2015 film "Woman in Gold" with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds
On Gustav Klimt's birthday, a reminder of the 2015 film "Woman in Gold" with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. The plot is based on the story of Maria Altmann, heiress of the Austrian sugar magnate Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, who sued Austria for the return of works
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William Turner's sketches from his 1802 journey through the Swiss Alps
William Turner's sketches made on his journey through the Swiss Alps in 1802. I should like to compare our impressions and visit the place in 2022.
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French silk brocade, 1760s-1770s, with the fashionable pattern imitating fur
Art · Cinema · London · People
Marc Chagall’s “The Bride” in Roger Michell’s 1999 film “Notting Hill”
In honour of Marc Chagall's birthday, I want to recall the appearance of his painting "The Bride" in one of the most sentimental and, incidentally, highest-grossing of English films: Roger Michell's "Notting Hill" of 1999. The Chagall reproduction in William Thacker&