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Dürer's Charlemagne and Repin's Sofia Alekseyevna look like one and the same person in a good mood and in a bad one
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The words fascism and fajita trace back to the Latin fascis, meaning bundle
Fascism and fajitas are relatives, derived from the very same word. I am in shock. Are you?
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Excuse me, does anyone else think San Marzano tomatoes look like Artemis of Ephesus?
Art · Observations
How do you like this Klimt?
How do you like this Klimt? A fragment of the Beethoven Frieze, 1901-1902. At the centre of the composition is the dreadful giant Typhon, with Sickness, Madness and Death to his left, and Lust, Wantonness and Intemperance to his right, followed by Gnawing Grief
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I still maintain that we should have gone with the name Tsarbucks
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Stealing an obelisk is one thing; getting the blessed thing to stand up is quite another
For anyone who has ever wondered how it was done: like this. One of the 72 reliefs of the frieze of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino. 15th century
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Apparently, It's Bach
Archive · The East · Observations · Science · People · Saint Petersburg
Academician Abich resigned from the Academy in 1865 over his work on the geological map of the Caucasus
On the Probity of Scholars. In November 1865 Academician Abich asked to be released from the Academy and renounced the title of full member, since at that time he was unable to attend the Academy's sessions and to bear the duties of a member of the conference on
Books · Observations · New York · Society · Nature
Exploitation of horses in big cities and Mayakovsky's verses on a fallen horse
In New York, Conscientious People Are Outraged at the Cruel Treatment of Horses, an Important Part of the City's Tourist and Entertainment Industry. Incidentally, I am sure this is a common problem for all big cities where horse labour is exploited for amusement: the wretched animals work from
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Since Fantômas is returning, perhaps one of our producers will have the wit to buy the rights to Vil Lipatov's novella and screenplays about the village detective Aniskin?
Since Fantômas is returning, perhaps one of our producers will have the wit to buy the rights to Vil Lipatov's novella and screenplays about the village detective Aniskin? To my mind, against the backdrop of our seven-league strides into the radiant past, it could make quite an
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Russian poem of the early 17th century about a sister's sinful love for her brother
Found a Russian poem from the early seventeenth century, that is, the end of the Time of Troubles, describing a sister's sinful love for her brother. What is more, the sister does not even fear public censure and is ready to seek her brother's love in