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Tolstoy and Chekhov in the Crimea in 1901

Tolstoy and Chekhov in the Crimea in 1901. Lev Nikolayevich is 73, Anton Pavlovich 41.

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Florist Petra Radnai and photographer Orsolya Karancs take inspiration from Fra Angelico and Michelangelo

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Frédéric Bazille's Portrait of Renoir as a Reminder That All Our Beloved Old Men Were Once Young, and Perhaps Sat in an Armchair With Their Feet Up

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Man in a dark jacket standing before a mirrored wardrobe in a room

Watercolour drawing of men in early 17th century dress playing ball with bats in a courtyard, with a red tiled roof at the bottom.

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Ball game in the courtyard of the Fulda seminary in an early 17th century album amicorum drawing

Men playing ball in the courtyard of the Fulda seminary, the oldest school in Germany, founded in the monastery of Fulda in the 8th century, that is, more than 1,200 years ago. Drawing from an album amicorum of the early 17th century

Ancient marble head of a youth with wavy hair on a round base, displayed against a dark museum backdrop.

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Exhibition of Ancient Sculpture at the Istanbul Airport Museum

A magnificent display of antique sculpture in the Istanbul Airport Museum. Frankly, the material is handled here far better than in most of Istanbul's city museums, which by no means always leave an impression of a high museum culture

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The Dungeons of Moscow Are Kindly Asked Not to Scatter Money About

Close-up of gray stone steps with rough edges and thin joints between slabs. Sharp shadows fall across the upper steps, and a Roman numeral VI is carved into one slab.

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Stone steps of a staircase in slanting sunlight

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The curious numbering of the steps in front of the State Kremlin Palace: have you ever noticed it?

Stylized engraving of a full-length winged figure with a halo, in armor and a cloak, holding a long sword upright. The wings are golden.

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Winged warrior figure with sword and halo in an engraving style

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In São Paulo, Construction Has Begun on a 70-Metre Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel, Meant to Stand Twice as Tall as Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and to Become the Tallest Catholic Statue in the World

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