Spanish colonial art
Unknown master Receiving guests on the terrace of a country house. Screen. Around 1725. Oil on canvas, gilding.
The winner is always stronger. Together with the warrior’s boot, a new order, a foreign philosophy, comes to the conquered lands. And no matter how much the defeated
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Postmortem: “Five Dead” by Karol Beyer
Composition Five Dead.
The earthly path of any person always ends the same way – inevitable death. A scientist leaves a legacy to future generations of great discoveries, an artist and
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The Oceanian art
A figure of a deity placed on the bow of a canoe, Solomon Islands.
The art of Oceania, which covers some 1,800 cultures and languages, has fallen out of fashion for some time. Last April, according to Victor Teodorescu, he had the
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The most expensive chess sets
Benzoni chess.
Chess is an ancient game, widespread throughout the world and loved by many statesmen, famous scientists, musicians and writers. Professional players and strong amateurs are able to fight
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Executions in painting: execution art
Paul Delaroche. Execution of Lady Jane Grey.
At all times, painters have been attracted to subjects associated with extreme situations and vivid emotional disturbances, capable of emphasizing both the highest and lowest manifestations of human
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The five most famous counterfeiters
Edward Muller.
The five most famous counterfeiters Counterfeiting money is a criminal craft that is as old as the world. Archaeologists have found ancient counterfeit coins made in the 6th
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Scagliola
The floor is made of artificial marble in the pavilion of the Rolling Hill in Oraniembaum, built according to the design of Antonio Rinaldi, 1762 1774.
Anyone who has visited ancient palaces and mansions has probably noticed the beautiful columns, which at first glance seem to be carved from marble. In some cases this
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10 crazy artists: famous names of great creators
Portrait of Camille Claudel in Roubaix, France
10 crazy artists: Francisco de Goya Francisco Goya is undoubtedly one of the most prominent representatives of romanticism, although the painter’s state of mind can hardly be called
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Kholmogory bone carving
Icon with a sculptural relief of Saints Peter and Paul made of walrus and ivory, Kholmogory, 18th century.
The folk art of bone carving originated in northern Russia more than four hundred years ago. The most famous center of bone carving was a town located near
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The first Christmas cards
Christmas card Merry Return Christmas Comes But Once a Year, circa 1850, from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 1843, Henry Cole, inspired by the then widespread “universal” cards (in which the sender could include the recipient’s name, event, greeting and signature), commissioned artist John Calcott
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