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15
November
2020
History of European tattooing
At first I just wanted to write about the first London tattoo artist. Well, about who opened the first tattoo Studio in London. About what clients he had, what drawings he used, and so on. But then I started writing the introduction and got stuck. For this reason, this post can be safely called A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TATTOOS.
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24
May
2020
Cats and martial arts. Some funny observations of a Japanese photographer
Japanese photographer Hisakata Hiroyuki spent two years trying to capture these moments in my opinion. But I think it was worth it.
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23
March
2020
About the fact that there was such a car - a Packard
Starting to remember the cars of previous years, I suddenly first wanted to say something about Pontiacs, but this is a long story and I'm still piecing it together. And while I was there, I remembered about the Packards and about the cars in the Garage of the Special Purpose of the Main Security Department of the MGB of the USSR.
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18
February
2020
When Japan's isolation ended, the great Japanese graphic artist created engravings of what was happening inside us
Japanese infographics about how the human body works-in fact, it is an educational program of the end of the Edo period. Well, it's the end of the 19th century.
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10
January
2020
On how to cross the Rubicon
On the 10th of January, in the glorious and far-off year 49 B.C., contrary to the law that he had to stay there with his army after the conquest of Gaul, proconsul Gaius Julius Caesar, with one Legion and 300 horsemen, crossed the border that ran along the Rubicon river and moved the army to Rome. There was no resistance. Caesar easily took possession of Rome and Italy.
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9
January
2020
The first exhibition "Stephanos"
We know very little about Mikhail Larionov's first exhibitions. And even more so, how it was met by criticism.
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6
January
2020
First Christmas card
Well, Yes, today is the sixth, tomorrow is Christmas and I want to tell something Christmas, right? Well. Tell.
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21
December
2019
Jan van Scorel. The first of the Northern Renaissance
On January 9, 1522, Hadrian VI, the only Pope to retain his baptismal name, ascended the papal throne. And on this subject, with your permission, I will say a few words about the man who painted this portrait. Well, I think it's interesting. Because you wrote it, the Dutchman - Jan van Scorel.
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9
December
2019
The six forces that killed Alexei Savrasov
I was going to write about Savrasov in my tour of the world gallery for a long time. You see, when people talk about it, then everyone remembers the textbook "Rooks arrived" and all the stories are connected with it – all copies, resales... Well, and probably two or three landscapes: "elk island in Sokolniki", "Lane", "rainbow". What else do we hear about Savrasov? And in addition, we all constantly hear the same thing – poor and common cliches: the artist of one picture, drunk, died in poverty, a genius who killed his talent, a great loser... In principle-all of course so, after all under the end of the he, received in 24 year title academician, indeed traded their drawings on market himself. And the author's copies of "Rooks" went for three dollars apiece. But, for me personally, it's not that simple. So let me try to write six things about him that I think have influenced him a lot.. Can be something will become clearer – that personally for me means Alexey Savrasov.
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