NB! · Art

Nude, Charles Le Brun

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The 81-year-old Nikola Tesla in 1937

NB! · Art · Monarchies · Moscow

The Coronation of Nicholas II, Valentin Serov

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Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, Palermo

NB! · The East · Art · Books · Ethnography

A Tatar Kalmak

A Tatar Kalmak. Engraving from Philippe Avril's "Travels into Divers Parts of Europe and Asia, Undertaken by the French King's Order to Discover a New Way by Land into China", 1693

NB! · Books

Fools know sorrow too, only they are far less tender towards it than the clever, and for that reason I count the foolish much happier than the wise

NB! · Art · Madrid · Museums

The Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch, 1490-1500, detail

Close-up of an outfit with a floral velvet bodice, a rococo porcelain-style belt framing a tureen, and a red patterned skirt.

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Mary Katrantzou presents her Autumn-Winter 2011 collection with a porcelain-style corset

This really is cool. Mary Katrantzou, Autumn-Winter 2011 collection

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Nicholas II before the Two Chambers of the State Duma, Winter Palace, 1906

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Versailles, an Evening in the Marble Court

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During his visit to Saint Helena, Prince Edward conversed with Jonathan, a 191-year-old tortoise who was acquainted with King George IV and Elizabeth II and has lived on the island since the 1880s

NB! · Architecture · Heritage