Humour - The Parnassian (Page 26)

Observations · Nature · Humour

Pity the Poor Beasts, Eh!

Hannibal took some 37 war elephants with him across the Alps. Roughly as many as it takes to fill the runway at a Marina Rinaldi show. The elephants were most probably of the North African subspecies. An elephant requires an enormous quantity of fodder, some 100 kg or more a

NB! · Art · Observations · Humour

Or, as the critics put it, the work turns to the theme of the authenticity of the gesture and the contingency of form, the artist calls into question the boundaries between creator and observer, a subversion of the academic tradition

NB! · Monarchies · Humour

Come on, lads, own up nicely: why did you take the crown off?

Observations · Society · Humour

The Macron Years in Two Pictures

It has been worse: in the Hundred Years' War, during the Wars of Religion, under the Jacobin Terror, in the First World War and under German occupation. But for peacetime, Emmanuel Macron is undoubtedly one of the worst rulers of France. Off the top of my head, he shares

NB! · Art · Pop Culture · Humour

Alarm: a statuette of 1925 is impersonating Renata Litvinova

NB! · Observations · Humour

What Is the Name of the Mental State That Makes People Think Others Will Change Their Minds if Shown Weighty Arguments Backed by Exhaustive Facts and Data?

NB! · Faith · Art · Humour

A Plump Evangelist Luke in a Coloured Engraving on Vellum by Cornelis van Merlen, Patron of Artists, Physicians and, Judging by Appearances, of Those Who Have Rather Overdone the Luncheons Between Manuscripts

Archaeology · Museums · Paris · Humour

Judging by the gestures, he is still arguing with the tour guide

An urn that proves that ancient art is not merely vases, but a philosophy of form. The photograph shows an Etruscan funerary urn, roughly of the 4th to 3rd centuries BC, from the collection of the Louvre. Such vessels come from central Italy, the region of Etruria, and were used

Cinema · Monarchies · Humour

Justinian the Great Wishes His Crown to Outshine Every Star in the Firmament

Justinian the Great wishes his crown to outshine every star in the firmament. The only trouble is that Orson Welles also demands a spotlight of his own. Still from the film “The Battle of Rome”

Art · Observations · Paris · Humour

This assistant is so devoted to her work that she ignores deadlines even in her sleep

The Parisian gallery Massimo de Carlo presents a project by the Scandinavian contemporary artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset: a hyperrealist sculpture of a gallery assistant, installed in the window in full view of passers-by. The gallery office, usually hidden behind the exhibition space, has been brought to the fore:

London · Science · People · Humour

There is a legend that in the eighteenth century one of Isaac Newton's teeth was sold in London for several hundred pounds, in those days the price of a decent house

There is a legend that in the eighteenth century one of Isaac Newton's teeth was sold in London for several hundred pounds, in those days the price of a decent house. At some point, it is said, the owner of the relic had the tooth set in a

Art · Observations · Mores · Humour

Anyone Who Owned a Czechoslovak Suite of Furniture Should Also Enjoy a Czechoslovak Bruegel

Admittedly, ours was from the GDR, but I am very fond of this photograph from the 1970s