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Louis XV style commode by Parisian cabinetmaker François Linke, early 20th century
A Louis XV-style commode with a large central panel. Made by François Linke (1855-1946), early twentieth century. The central door of the commode bears an allegorical bronze composition with a pair of figures. The piece is richly adorned with foliage and flowers, and its façade is crowned at
Art · Museums · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture
The Louvre's Department of Decorative Arts stages a fascinating exhibition setting objects from the museum's collection, from Byzantium and the early Middle Ages to the Second Empire, beside more than a hundred fashion looks and accessories…
The works have been lent from the archives of more than 45 fashion houses from France and elsewhere: Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Alaïa, Prada, Paco Rabanne, Balenciaga, Louboutin, Balmain, Yohji Yamamoto and many others. The central idea of the exhibition is the bond between fashion and
Art · Cinema · Observations · Society
The Resnicks’ Water Holdings in California and the Plot of Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown”
I have read a most peculiar story about the Resnicks, an American family of billionaire collectors who have come into the public eye because of the wildfires in California. The point is that, besides an enormous art collection in Beverly Hills, which includes works by Fragonard, Boucher and Picasso, besides
NB! · Faith · Art
The Virgin Mary appears to Saint Francis at the Porziuncola in a painting of around 1450
The Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Francis at the Porziuncola, c. 1450.
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The Pipes of Pan, Pablo Picasso, 1923, Antibes, France
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Museums
Yury Avvakumov created a model mausoleum of dominoes with Swarovski crystals in 2008
A mausoleum of black dominoes with Swarovski crystals. An homage to Shchusev. Yury Avvakumov, 2008. The domino, a byword for the chain reaction, for unstable, successive collapse, becomes the material of an object emblematic of both a political system and modern history. On the other hand, it is a tomb
Faith · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
A Very Unusual Three-Hypostasis Icon
A very unusual three-hypostasis icon. The New Testament Trinity, 1812. An icon from the collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion, at the exhibition "The Russian Incredible" at the Zotov Centre
Art · Observations · Nature
Sculpture of an animal's head with closed eyes on a marble base
Nicolas Darrot, The Great Bear. A beautiful but very sad sculpture
NB! · Art · People · Humour
Vincent van Gogh Treats You to Onions, Feathers and All
Art · Museums · Paris · People
"Nature endowed him with a body remarkable for its slenderness and bearing, and fully matching the nobility of his spirit…
"Nature endowed him with a body remarkable for its slenderness and bearing, and fully matching the nobility of his spirit… He had an expressive face, flashing eyes, a nose of noble shape,… a rather long neck, a very broad chest, a taut belly, muscular thighs, strong and shapely shins.
Art · Books · Observations
Of a true official one cannot say that he is sometimes more of an official and sometimes less: he is always, and in full measure, nothing but an official
"The Castle", Franz Kafka. To my mind, this is the finest Kafka cover I have ever come across