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Good Morning

Page of an old book with a black and white gridded embroidery pattern showing the Adoration of the Magi, with a French caption above it.

NB! · Archive · Faith · Ethnography

Embroidery pattern “The Adoration of the Magi” of 1603, 150 by 117 stitches

The Adoration of the Magi. Embroidery pattern of 1603

NB! · Cinema

A Still from the Filming of Ridley Scott's "Napoleon"

NB! · Architecture · Art · Heritage · Paris

Vase with chimeras in the park of Versailles, Parterre du Midi, 1665

Vase with chimeras in the park of Versailles, Parterre du Midi, 1665. During the Revolution, the imperial lilies on the coat of arms were replaced with a sword

Car parts stacked upright: a Mercedes steering wheel, engine, a peeling yellow panel and tinted glass. A chalk inscription covers a radiator; ceiling trusses are above.

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Installation made from a dismantled Mercedes car in an exhibition hall

NB! · Art · Society

Cholera and Socialism, Horace Vernet, 1850

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Long Awaited

Cutaway illustration of the Colosseum with crowded seating, an arena with elephants and palms, underground chambers and a golden statue at left.

NB! · Architecture · Observations · Rome

Cutaway reconstruction of the Colosseum showing the arena, underground chambers and seating

The Colosseum in cross-section. I adore diagrams like this

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Colleagues 🤝

NB! · Art · Museums · Society Pages

The Zotov Centre Marks Its First Birthday with a Splendid Exhibition

Antique painted icons and two wooden crosses with medallions hang on a red museum wall, lit by a spotlight from above.

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Old Russian icons and crosses on a red museum gallery wall

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