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Berlusconi's collection of thousands of cheap paintings has become a burden to his heirs
The Guardian carries an amusing little item on how Silvio Berlusconi's heirs were astonished to learn that a collection of some 25,000 paintings, on which he may have spent around 20 million euros, consists largely of worthless daubs. The former Prime Minister of Italy devoted several years
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Observations · Paris · Humour
Perhaps not the most suitable portrait for comparing Louis XIV to Apollo
Art · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour
Could Vincent van Gogh Have Dreamed of Such Fame?
A reproduction of Van Gogh's self-portrait in the setting of the 2003 Bollywood romantic comedy "I'm Going Mad with Love"
NB! · Monarchies · People · Pop Culture · Humour
Why does Alexander I look like Junior from Duolingo?
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But which of the Stalinist skyscrapers, precisely, is reflected in the helmet of the guardsman in Gerard David's 1498 painting "The Judgement of Cambyses", made for the courtroom of the town hall in Bruges?
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Only This Mood in Stock; No Other Capuchins Have Arrived Yet
Books · Mores · Humour
When Ladies Do Not Invite Gentlemen
Illustration from the book "The Art of Bayonet Fencing, or Instruction in the Use of the Infantry Rifle as an Offensive and Defensive Weapon", 1832
NB! · Moscow · Museums · Observations · Humour
Folding stools for visitors to rest on have appeared in the Pushkin Museum galleries
Mobile chairs for visitors at the Pushkin Museum. So that, having sat down to rest, you need not fret that you have taken someone's workplace
Geography · Art · Science · Humour
The building of the first steam locomotive is dated to 1803
Artificial Intelligence Imagines How Medieval Miniatures Would Look Had They Depicted Trains. A reminder that the first steam locomotive was built in 1803
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It Turns Out Rita Was Switched Too
Art · Humour
Falling from the Height of His Glory
Falling from the height of his glory. Caricature from the series "The History of Comedy". Auguste de Valmont, engraver Alois Senefelder