@historyinmemes
People were likely to possess an ability to create such a skillful works.
Ancient Hellenistic Greek rock crystal ribbed ring, ca. 2nd – 1st Century B.C.
@historyinmemes
On November 24, 1971, a man who bought tickets on the name of Dan Cooper announced the hijacking of a Boeing 727.
During the flight from Portland to Seattle, he showed the stewardess a suitcase with something looked like an explosive device and announced the hijacking of the…
@historyinmemes
The London Underground is one of the oldest and most beautiful undergrounds in the world.
But probably also one of the hottest.
Its hot there all year round, because the clay in which the tunnels are dug has been absorbing, accumulating heat for decades and seems to have reached…
Austrian classicist painter Joseph Rebell (1787-1828) found the most beautiful way to say us "good night" -
by his painting «𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧» (1808).
@historyinmemes
There was the same story with a massage from past in the bottle but a year earlier, in 1886
A family from Perth, Australia, found the oldest message in a bottle on the beach - it was thrown into the ocean 132 years ago, experts say.
In an old bottle, which Tonya Ilman noticed in…
@davidcinema
The legendary scene from «Breakfast at Tiffany's», which demonstrates an instant, but incredible in strength, spiritual and moral reversal of Tiffany and signifies a wonderful happy ending.
@archi_tradition
Kotor in Montenegro has one of the best preserved old towns in Europe.
The city suffered almost no destructive wars during the centuries of existence, and every stone, wall, heraldics on the balcony breaths of history.
@EverythingOOC
Gta Vice City is great and after 20 years still admirable. Admirable for neon colourful lighting of stylish hotels along the palms on beach, behind which firmament is illuminated by saturated paints morning and evening sun, for the refined music of 80s, fancy clothes and cars,…
@archi_tradition
@ilhan1077_
I think, there is no most beautiful country in the world.
Every country has it's own architectural, cultural and natural beauty and richness.
@RatiosCrazy
Abe deutch ist tsvar ainfukh, braookht man fuer einen laoot "ch" dee guntsen feer boukhshtaben "tsch".
(Even though German is easy in pronunciation, one needs for the sound "ch" the whole four letters "tsch")
@culturaltutor
By the way, this is not the only Leonardo da Vinci painting that was stolen.
So the painting "Madonna with a Spindle" was stolen in August 2003 at Drumlangrig Castle in Scotland. Under the guise of ordinary tourists, the robbers entered the castle, taking a famous canvas on the…
Thomas Cole (1801-1848) - the father of American Romanticism and the wonderful painting school of the Hudson River, which charmingly portrays the genuine divine beauty of natural landscapes and features of the USA.
Cole was primarily known for series of architectural paintings…
@TheCinesthetic
As a good example of comedic actor in serious role serves Steve Carell as Marc Baum in film «Big short» (2015).
Carell perfectly played the financier that foretold and first realised the forthcoming crisis and its consequences.
@PicturesFoIder
Yes, accent and perfectly adjusted pronunciation as well as knowledge of some language's niceties is a matter of time.
Not many people are able to speak like a natives, especially in the beginning of learning.
@archi_tradition
@care4art
Prague - the city, where streets breathes of history, roofs remind of a candle houses of Grimm's fairytale and sky illuminates the enigmatic spirit.
@PicturesFoIder
"Mafia: The City Of Lost Heaven" - an eternal classics in game history, masterpiece of a game art, the first and the last word in triumphal game aesthetics.
@culturaltutor
Great example!
I think there is also an underrated and probably even unknown architectural masterpiece - The Building of Belgrade Cooperative in serbian capital Belgrade.
The majestic edifice was built in 1882 in the style of Academism by the leading serbian architects Anrdi…
@historyinmemes
The absolute record for Earth is +56.7 °C was stated in Death Valley, USA in 1913
However, in the same year, in January, the lowest temperature was recorded in Death Valley in the area of the Greenland Ranch and was minus 10 °C.
@cartographer_s
Karl F. Schinkel - one of the brightest representatives of romantic historicism and main representative of german ellinism in architecture in Prussia in the first half of 19th century.
One of his most famous buildings are Neue Wache, Altes Museum (Berlin) and Schloß Babelsberg…
@Culture_Crit
That's what I did in 3 years old in sand-box.
The "artist" is older than 20 years and does this in museum.
This makes me feel that my works are historical masterpieces.
@WerteUnionHRO
@Georg_Pazderski
Ganz und ganz stimmt.
Grenze ist die Frage von Schutz der Souveränität des Landes. Und das ist ausschließlich die Aufgabe entweder von Sicherheitsdiensten (wie in der DDR oder in Russland) oder Armee (wie in USSR oder Polen).
@PicturesFoIder
I've studied once in a high school by the university for foreigners in Germany, and everyone with european originin class mastered at least 3 languages.
One lady spoke Greek, Danish, English and German, the other one french, English, german and spanish, the third spoke georgian,…
@cartographer_s
Oh, Alexey Bogolyubov...
Probably, second the most significant and renown painter of sea-scapes after Aivasovsky in history of russian painting. The largest representative of realism in the salon-academic marina of the second half of the XIX century.
Being in a Alexandrovskiy…
@culturaltutor
Agree!
Right after Dresden Berlin decided that now it is its turn to attach the meaning to architecture.
Every time I walk through the Unter-den-Linden Boulevard, I genuinely admire this marvellous palace ensemble.
@culturaltutor
Absolutely.
Video games, especially old, which were made for the sake of soul, genuine interest and emotions and memorability throughout the generations, are the form of conveying the practices, spiritual representations of a society in authentic and aesthetic forms with rich…
@cartographer_s
Albert Bierstadt's works are the great example of neoromantism in academic manner, inspired heroic landscape, what refers to Düsseldorf Painting School and, as some specialists claim, also Hudson River School.
Bierstadt loved to experiment with dramatic light effects and his…
@cartographer_s
There is another prominent painting depicting this tragic military enterprise in career of A. Suvorov.
«Suvorov Crossing Panixerpass» (1860) by prussian-russian painter of battle-pieces Alexander Kotzebue.
Montenegro, Opština Budva.
Gently fading caramel sunset far over the dark calm mountains.
The long embankment of the Rafailovichi is decorated with sharp lights blazing in the balkan twilight of a fresh spring evening and colorfully play streaming along the quiet surface of the…